When Hollywood came to Moses Lake: Big Bend musicals
Leonard Nimoy, center in gray wig, poses with members of the cast of “Oliver!” at Big Bend Community College in 1974.
COURTESY PHOTO/MOSES LAKE MUSEUM & ART CENTER
| October 19, 2026 3:00 AM
From 1974 to 1992 Big Bend Community College ran a spring musical program that brought Hollywood stars to our small town. The program was the brainchild of Wayne Freeman, the director of the music program at BBCC. In an interview he said of the program, "This all began with a brainstorm (I) had in the fall of 1973. A late April date was chosen to not interfere with the Spokane World’s Fair and was a hiatus time for TV and movie actors.”
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