George & Ira
Gershwin
George and Ira Gershwin will always be remembered as the songwriting team whose voice was synonymous with the sounds and style of the Jazz Age.
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An American in Paris
Buy TicketsWatch the Tony-Award winning Broadway musical from the comfort of your own home! Filmed in London, this production of An American in Paris stars its original Broadway leads, Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope.
The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess
Buy TicketsWatch this staging of the classic American opera from the comfort of your living room! This San Francisco Opera production is directed by Francesca Zambello and stars Eric Owens and Laquita Mitchell.
Gershwin and More
Buy TicketsFeaturing songs from the Gershwin catalog, including "Summertime" and "The Man I Love" Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra Deanna Tham, conductor Capathia Jenkins, vocalist
Gershwin in Rhythm
Buy TicketsA STREAMING EVENT Rhapsody in Blue, Girl Crazy Overture, "I Got Rhythm" Variations & Catfish Row Liège Royal Philharmonic Gergely Madaras, conductor Yeol Eum Son, piano
Delishious – A Gershwin News Update
December 30, 2020
News from the world of George and Ira Gershwin. The Library of Congress recently announced the digitization of the original bound, handwritten manuscript of George Gershwin’s two-piano score of the Rhapsody in Blue that the…
Read MoreDelishious – A Gershwin News Update
November 30, 2020
We’re all missing the experience of live performance and we hope to see you again soon with the joyous music and lyrics of George and Ira Gershwin. In the meantime, please check out these online…
Read MoreUpcoming Online Gershwin Offerings
August 31, 2020
The Metropolitan Opera’s acclaimed production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess will be available to stream for two days over Labor Day weekend, September 4 and 5, 2020. Visit https://www.metopera.org/season/on-demand/opera/?upc=810004200944 for more details ***** And…
Read MoreGeorge Gershwin Alone — Benefit for Theater Companies
August 24, 2020
The pianist, actor, and playwright Hershey Felder, whose one-man shows about the lives and music of musical geniuses from Irving Berlin to Ludwig von Beethoven and beyond have thrilled audiences around the world, will reprise…
Read MoreDelishious — The Latest Gershwin
April 30, 2020
Some news from the world of George and Ira Gershwin. Until we can all safely return to our favorite theaters and concert stages, to hear once again in a live setting George’s concert works and…
Read MoreDelishious — The Latest Gershwin
February 29, 2020
News from the world of George and Ira Gershwin for the first two months of 2020: Singer and songwriter Garth Brooks (pictured) will receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at a…
Read MoreDelishious — The Latest Gershwin
December 31, 2019
Some highlights in the world of George and Ira Gershwin for the last month of 2019: Let ‘Em Eat Cake, the Gershwins’ sequel to the Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical comedy Of Thee I Sing, received a…
Read MoreDelishious — The Latest Gershwin
November 21, 2019
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s disc Transatlantic (Fanfare Cincinnati), which includes the first recording of the critical edition of George Gershwin’s An American in Paris, was just nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance….
Read MorePraise for the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Porgy and Bess
October 4, 2019
Some of the reviews Washington Post: Met Opera Offers a Porgy of Its Time That Speaks to Ours New York Times: A Splendid Porgy and Bess Opens the Met Opera Season New York Magazine: A Gorgeous Porgy…
Read MoreIn Honor of George Gershwin’s 121st Birthday
September 26, 2019
The captivating new book Summertime: George Gershwin’s Life in Music (W. W. Norton; $39.95) is the culmination of nearly twenty years of research by Richard Crawford, Emeritus Professor of Musicology at the University of Michigan….
Read More“Rhythm Is Gonna Get You”: Gershwin Prize Celebrates the Music of Emilio and Gloria Estefan
March 25, 2019
On May 3, 2019, PBS will broadcast the awarding of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song to two of the most popular entertainers and songwriters of the past thirty years: Emilio and…
Read MoreAn American in Paris: The Musical Returns to Cinemas!
March 18, 2019
Due to popular demand, the film of the musical version of An American in Paris, recorded during its run at London’s West End in 2017, returns to cinemas in the UK beginning on May 7,…
Read MoreReflections on Dr. James Billington
November 29, 2018
On November 20, 2018, former Librarian of Congress Dr. James Billington passed away at a hospital in Washington, DC of complications from pneumonia. He was 89. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, in 1929, Dr. Billington…
Read MoreAn American in Paris on PBS!
October 30, 2018
PBS will air the “Live Capture” of the Tony Award-winning musical An American in Paris as part of its Broadway’s Best series this coming Friday, November 2. The film captures the London production of the…
Read MoreGershwin Items At Auction in October
September 26, 2018
For anyone wishing to celebrate today’s 120th anniversary of George Gershwin’s birth with a purchase, Heritage Auctions has two fabulous items open for bids next month. On October 12, a highly-unusual Cecil Beaton photographic portrait…
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