Paul Laird is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Kansas. He is a noted scholar on American musical theater, especially the life and works of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Schwartz, and co-edited three editions of The Cambridge Companion to the Musical with William A. Everett. Laird’s current project is a book on mezzo-soprano Joyce Castle for the University Press of Kansas. Laird frequently speaks before performances for the Midwest Trust Series at JCCC and the KC Friends of Chamber Music and has done numerous Pre-Opera Talks for Lyric Opera of Kansas City.
