Twyla Tharp, Lost, School of Pop

Studio 360

Kurt talks with legendary Broadway and modern dance choreographer Twyla Tharp. Her new musical “Come Fly Away” is a dance narrative set to tunes by Frank Sinatra. An online pop music vocals class preps “American Idol” wannabes. And a new folk ballad mourns the end of the television thriller, “Lost.”

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