Like many fellow aspiring musicians, he studied in the French capital and discussed music theory at such a high level with ...
With George Gershwin’s melancholy melody and DuBose Heyward’s colloquial poetry, the opening aria from ‘Porgy and Bess’ ...
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, as part of their 2023-2024 PNC Pops season, brought a heavy dose of “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” to Heinz Hall on Friday night with their Gershwin celebration. This ...
A University of Michigan researcher stumbled upon the full orchestral score for La, La, Lucille, the composer’s first complete musical. Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to ...
Three times now George Gershwin has set foot over the line that divides formal and informal music; three times taken his own jazz notions, compounded them seriously and presented them, not for any ...
PITTSFIELD -- Those who believed it impossible to perform more than 40 songs in less than two hours underestimated the producers and arrangers of "'S Wonderful," the new Gershwin jukebox musical. And ...
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Henry, Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown and New York Times writers and editors pick 13 songs to seal the deal. Some of the best music I’ve ever heard was ...
The upcoming production from Stage Right’s Summer Professional Company is “the the typically crazy, boy-falls-in-love-with-girl story,” said director Tony Marino. The company will present the ...
Burton Lane, Broadway and Hollywood composer and sometime lyricist, in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, August 17, 1992 in New York. In 1992, after creating a radio documentary about Leonard ...
When George Gershwin visited a cottage in Folly Beach, S.C., in 1934, “Porgy and Bess” came to life. But will it remain a historic artifact or become just another beach house? By Jonathan Abrams In ...