THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY AND BESS: THE BROADWAY MUSICAL and NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT pick up four Tony Awards.

The Library of Congress awards the first Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

The Gershwins are awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

George Gershwin is awarded a special posthumous Pulitzer Prize for his body of work.

CRAZY FOR YOU opens at New York’s Shubert Theatre. It wins multiple awards, including the 1992 Tony Award for Best Musical and the 1993 Olivier Award (in London) for Best Musical.

Ira Gershwin dies in his Beverly Hills home at the age of 86.

During the 1983 Tony Awards broadcast, the Uris Theatre is renamed the Gershwin in honor of George and Ira.

MY ONE AND ONLY, starring Twiggy and Tommy Tune, opens at the St. James Theatre on Broadway. It wins three Tony Awards.

Knopf publishes LYRICS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, Ira’s book of over 100 of his lyrics with his annotations and observations.