George Gershwin News

On Sunday, March 26 at The Town Hall, American Favorites: An Evening of Bernstein and Gershwin will pay tribute to two legendary--and distinctly New York--musical voices

The 2006 MAC AWARDS will be presented on MONDAY, APRIL 17 AT 7:30 PM at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC, 199 Chambers Street. Hosted by Lee Roy Reams, the 20th annual MAC Awards will include appearances by Phoebe Snow, Ben Taylor, Karen Mason, Carol Hall and Rocky Carroll among others.

Hershey Felder's Monsieur Chopin will run in Cambridge from June 15th through July 9th

Café Carlyle (located in The Carlyle Hotel, Madison Avenue at 76th Street), will present legendary concert artist Barbara Cook in a five-week engagement beginning March 1.

The music of Stephen Schwartz, Jason Robert Brown, Vernon Duke and George Gershwin will be featured in Symphony Space's Broadway and Beyond concert, starring Rebecca Luker, Liz Callaway and others, on February 2nd

The Broadway by the Year series will showcase musicals from 1930, 1956, 1968 and 1978 in 2006, and other events will also be featured at Town Hall

Café Carlyle (located in The Carlyle Hotel, Madison Avenue at 76th Street), announces the return engagement of UTE LEMPER, international star of stage and screen (Chicago, Cabaret, Cats) and screen (Pret-A-Porter) for a three-week engagement beginning February 7th.

Jason Robert Brown will be busy with a slew of events in 2006, including concerts, a workshop of his musical 13, and playing Jamie in Reprise!'s one-night-only concert of The Last 5 Years

The music of Vernon Duke, George Gershwin, Stephen Schwartz and Jason Robert Brown will be featured in Symphony Space's Broadway and Beyond concert on February 2nd

The national tour of Little Women, starring Maureen McGovern, will play Chicago from January 24th through February 5th, 2006

Patti LuPone's latest solo CD, The Lady with the Torch, will be released by Ghostlight Records in April

Brian Stokes Mitchell and Audra McDonald will headline Gershwin at Ravinia: Who Could Ask for Anything More? on July 15th, 2006

Hershey Felder's Monsieur Chopin has extended its run in Chicago for a second time, and will now close on December 4th

Audra McDonald will sing in Bringing Back the Music, an October 28th benefit concert for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

New York City Center will present the 13th season of New York City Center Encores! Great American Musicals In Concert®, opening February 9 with Kismet starring Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie, followed by the Kander and Ebb musical 70, Girls, 70. George and Ira Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing will end the season, playing May 11 - 14.

Nine-time Tony Award-winner Tommy Tune will perform with the Manhattan Rhythm Kings at the Strathmore Music Center in Maryland on December 16th and 17th