November 1918: The Great Gatsby and the Great War

Historian John Monsky returns for a powerful Veterans Day performance. Celebrated Broadway vocalists join “New York’s hometown orchestra” (The New York Times) for music from the era as Monsky applies his signature blend of meticulously researched history and rare archival film and photography to this groundbreaking exploration of World War I, fought, in large part, to “make the world safe for democracy.”