The 1983 Tony Award-nominated Gershwin musical returns to New York for a one-night-only benefit performance by the Roundabout Theatre Company, directed and choreographed by Rob Ashford! The cast features Tony Award-winners Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie, 2011 & the 2002 revival of Anything Goes) and Gavin Creel (the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly!), as well as Michael Park, Heidi Blinkenstaff, Ted Louis Levy, and Lance Roberts.
First staging of Porgy and Bess at the English National Opera! “… if you’re going to stage Gershwin’s opera, this is how.” (The Guardian) “… a sterling revival of this truly magnificent show…. There's nothing else like it in the West End right now.” (www.londontheatre.co.uk) “… a towering production….” (www.broadwayworld.com) “English National Opera’s new production is one of those occasions where everything goes right.” (The Spectator) With Eric Greene (Porgy) and Nicole Cabell (Bess), Nmon Ford (Crowhttp://www.londontheatre.co.ukn), Frederick Ballentine (Sportin' Life), Nadine Benjamin (Clara) & Latonia Moore (Serena) A new production of the opera, directed by James Robinson, Artistic Director of Opera St. Louis
An American in Paris, Rhapsody in Blue + songs Kansas City Symphony Jason Seber, conductor Patti Austin, vocalist Kenny Broberg, piano
Concerto in F, Lullaby & selections from Porgy and Bess Aurora Symphony Orchestra Norman Gamboa, conductor Wesley Leffingwell, piano
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…
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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…
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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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