Lost sheet music from George Gershwin’s first full-length musical has resurfaced nearly a century after it was last performed. Jacob Kerzner, a researcher and musician at the University of Michigan, ...
George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...
The contents of a box Kerzner uncovered at Amherst College ultimately contained George Gershwin's lost musical. (photo by Jacob Kerzner, courtesy University of Michigan Communications) It’s been just ...
Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. While combing through the Samuel French Collection at Amherst College last summer, ...
In a particularly turbulent election year, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Odyssey Opera embraced extreme timeliness with a double bill of 1931’s “Of Thee I Sing” and its 1933 sequel “Let ’Em ...
Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone will be presented February 7-11, 2024 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St., Mountain View. Tickets (starting at $37) are now ...
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 ...
To the editor: Thanks to Gustavo Arellano for the tribute to George Gershwin and his “messy” masterpiece, “Rhapsody in Blue.” Despite criticism of this work, performers will play and audiences will ...
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 ...
On January 26, the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance and the UM Gershwin Initiative presented a centennial concert of works by George Gershwin and his lyricist brother Ira ...