The Tony Award-winning Gershwin musical comes to the Hamilton Family Theatre
The Washington National Opera presents Francesca Zambello's acclaimed production of the Gershwin opera in its return to the nation's capital With Michael Sumuel/Reginald Smith (Porgy), Brittany Renee/Alyson Cambridge (Bess), Denyce Graves (Maria), Chauncey Packer (Sportin' Life), Norman Garrett/Kenneth Kellogg (Crown), Vuvu Mpofu (Clara), Ben Taylor (Jake), and Amber Monroe (Serena) Kwamé Ryan, conductor
+ An American in Paris, Lullaby & Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture North Carolina Symphony Sophie Mok, conductor Dan Tepfer, piano
An American in Paris & songs from Porgy and Bess Chicago Symphony Orchestra James Gaffigan, conductor Janai Brugger, soprano
December 28, 2023
More news from the world of George and Ira Gershwin. The new West End production of Crazy for You is ending its well-received run at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London on December 31. Will…
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More news from the world of George and Ira Gershwin. ♪♪♪♪♪ The cast of the rollicking West End revival of the award-winning Gershwin musical Crazy for You made a number of recent appearances in advance…
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News from the world of George and Ira Gershwin. ♫♫♫♫♫ The rapturously received production of Crazy for You that was the hit of the 2022 Chichester Festival is coming to London’s West End this summer!…
Read MoreJune 27, 2022
Some news from the world of George and Ira Gershwin. ♪♪♪♪♪ Discover the life and music of George Gershwin in The Gershwin Project, an Australian radio program originally broadcast in 2008 and now available on…
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A glimpse at news from the world of George and Ira Gershwin. On March 9, 2022, The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will be awarded to singer/songwriter Lionel Richie at a gala…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2021
More news from the world of George and Ira Gershwin. Hollywood is abuzz with the announcement of the impending production of Fascinating Rhythm, a movie to be co-produced by the legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese (Raging…
Read MoreDecember 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…
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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 MoreAugust 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…
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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…
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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…
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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 MoreDecember 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 MoreNovember 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 MoreOctober 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 MoreSeptember 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 MoreMarch 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 MoreMarch 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 MoreNovember 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 MoreOctober 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 MoreSeptember 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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