Houston Symphony to Honor Legacy of Marvin Hamlisch

The Houston Symphony is proud to present A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch to honor the life, musical accomplishments and longstanding career of multiple award-winning composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch.

Hamlisch - best known for his major musical contributions to Hollywood and Broadway - is one of a handful of artists to receive every major performing award in the U.S.: Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Academy Awards. Hamlisch composed more than 40 motion picture scores including his Oscar-winning score and song for The Way We Were and his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for The Sting, for which he received a third Academy Award. On Broadway, he wrote the music for one of the longest-running shows, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning A Chorus Line. Hamlisch also won two Golden Globe Awards in the Best Original Song category for The Way We Were and Life Is What You Make It.

On April 24-26, conductor Jack Everly will lead the orchestra in A Tribute to Marvin Hamlisch, bringing to life many of these memorable award-winning scores, from The Way We Were to What I Did for Love. Everly will be joined by actress-singer Marissa McGowan, known for appearing on many Broadway musicals including Hamlisch's last musical, The Nutty Professor. The program will also feature young and adult singers and dancers from Theatre Under the Stars' Humphreys Musical Theatre.

Unless otherwise noted, all concerts take place at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 615 Louisiana Street, in Houston's Theater District. For tickets and information, please call (713) 224-7575 or visit www.houstonsymphony.org unless otherwise noted. Tickets may also be purchased at the Houston Symphony Patron Services Center in Jones Hall (Monday - Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.). All programs and artists are subject to change.