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--The Musical
Buy TicketsGerman-language premiere! Starring Gernot Romic, Myrthes Monteiro, Christian Fröhlich, Christof Messner & Daniela Dett
An American in Paris (movie)
Buy TicketsShowing of the 1951 Academy Award winner with live symphony performance Chicago Symphony Orchestra Constantine Kitsopoulos, conductor
Gershwin and Ravel
Buy TicketsCuban Overture & An American in Paris Los Angeles Philharmonic Lionel Bringuier, conductor
An 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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