January 27, 2026 Library of Congress Celebrates Composer Frederick Loewe Collection with Concert of Legendary Broadway Songs and Rare Selections

Tony Award-winning music director Ted Sperling conducts a stellar cast that includes Broadway’s Scarlett Strallen, Bryonha Marie Parham and John Riddle in celebration of the Frederick Loewe Collection at the Library of Congress. Loewe’s legendary Broadway shows include “Brigadoon,” “Camelot” and “My Fair Lady,” and his memorable songs like “I Could Have Danced All Night,” and “If Ever I Would Leave You” have become enduring classics. The Loewe collection has been held by the Library since an initial donation in 1962.

The evening’s repertoire will showcase the composer’s well-known works such as “Almost Like Being in Love” and “On the Street Where You Live,” rarities from the Library’s Loewe Collection that includes early German works and songs cut from musical theater productions, and the premiere of “Look,” a previously unpublished musical sketch for which composer and lyricist Sam Tucker-Smith has written new lyrics. This event is made possible by the Frederick Loewe Foundation.

What: Loewe and Behold: Revelations from the Frederick Loewe Collection, a concert and conversation celebrating the Frederick Loewe Collection.

Who: 

• Music Director Ted Sperling (Broadway: “The Light in the Piazza” – Tony Award for orchestrations, “My Fair Lady,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “The King and I”)
• Olivier Award-nominated actress Scarlett Strallen (West End: “She Loves Me,” Broadway: “Mary Poppins,” “A Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder”)
• Actress Bryonha Marie Parham (Broadway: “Prince of Broadway,” “The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess,” “Ragtime”)
• Actor John Riddle (Broadway: “The Phantom of the Opera,” “Frozen”)

When: Monday, Feb. 2

• 6:30 p.m. pre-concert conversation with artists
• 8 p.m. concert

Where: Whittall Pavillion (pre-concert conversation) and Coolidge Auditorium (concert), Library of Congress Jefferson Building, 10 First Street SE, Washington, D.C.

RSVP: Please register here. For media interview requests, contact Elaina Finkelstein, efinkelstein@loc.gov. Request ADA accommodations 5 days in advance at 202-707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

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