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…

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…

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….

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…

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….

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…

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,…

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…

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…