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Jerome Kern

Also Credited As: Jerome D. Kern

Date of Death: November 11, 1945 (60)

Birth Place: New York, NY, USA

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Productions

Show Boat
 
[Broadway, 1948]
Producer
Show Boat
 
[Broadway, 1946]
Producer
Music in the Air
 
[Broadway, 1932]
Director
Director
The Cat and the Fiddle
 
[Broadway, 1931]
Orchestrator
The Canary
 
[Broadway, 1918]
Composer
Miss Springtime
 
[Broadway, 1916]
Composer
A Modern Eve
 
[Broadway, 1915]
Composer
Fads and Fancies
 
[Broadway, 1915]
Composer
To-Night's the Night
 
[Broadway, 1914]
Composer
The Doll Girl
 
[Broadway, 1913]
Composer
The "Mind-the-Paint" Girl
 
[Broadway, 1912]
Composer
The Little Cherub
 
[Broadway, 1906]
Composer
The Earl and the Girl
 
[Broadway, 1905]
Composer
The Catch of the Season
 
[Broadway, 1905]
Composer
An English Daisy
 
[Broadway, 1904]
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Writing

Cousin Lucy
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Composer
Big Deal
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Blue Eyes
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The Bunch and Judy
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Composer
The Cat and the Fiddle
Lyricist
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Bookwriter
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The City Chap
Composer
Composer
Criss Cross
Composer
Dear Sir
Composer
Dream
Composer/Lyricist
Have a Heart
Composer
Love o' Mike
Composer
Composer
Lucky
Composer
Composer
Miss 1917
Composer
Composer
Music in the Air
Composer
Composer
The Night Boat
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Composer
Nobody Home
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Composer
Oh, Boy!
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Composer
Oh, I Say!
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Oh, Lady! Lady!
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Composer
Roberta
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Composer
Rock-a-Bye Baby
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Composer
Sally
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She's a Good Fellow
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Composer
Show Boat
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Sitting Pretty
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Composer
Stairway to Paradise
Sketches/Composer/Lyricist
Sunny
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Composer
Sweet Adeline
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Swing!
Composer/Lyricist
Toot-Toot!
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Very Warm for May
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Composer

Awards and Nominations

Olivier Awards - 1999 - Outstanding Musical Production

Jerome Kern, Show Boat


winner
Olivier Awards - 1991 - Best Musical Revival

Jerome Kern, Show Boat

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SHOW/BOAT:A RIVER Comes to NYU Skirball in 2025 Photo
SHOW/BOAT:A RIVER Comes to NYU Skirball in 2025

NYU Skirball will present the Obie Award-winning Target Margin Theater’s world premiere production of Show/Boat: A River, a daring reconsideration of the seminal musical Show Boat, running January 9–26, 2025 at NYU Skirball, with an opening set for Wednesday, January 15. 
SONGBOOK SUNDAYS Returns to Dizzy's Club This Month Photo
SONGBOOK SUNDAYS Returns to Dizzy's Club This Month

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with Heart and Soul and Hoagy Carmichael on Sunday, October 13th at 5 PM and 7:30 PM. 
Liza Pulamn and Joe Stilgoe Bring A COUPLE OF SWELLS to London Photo
Liza Pulamn and Joe Stilgoe Bring A COUPLE OF SWELLS to London

Following their sold-out 2024 debut performances at Chichester and Cadogan Hall and after a busy summer of festivals, including Aldeburgh, Lichfield and Petworth, A Couple of Swells arrive in London to showcase their new album in the intimate surroundings of The Other Palace Studio for one week only, from Tuesday 22 to Saturday 26 October.
Photos: Songbook Sundays Honored Jazz Icon DUKE ELLINGTON at Dizzy's Club Photo
Photos: Songbook Sundays Honored Jazz Icon DUKE ELLINGTON at Dizzy's Club

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer, kept on rolling this Sunday, August 18, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club. The bi-monthly series celebrates the American Songbook. This month's edition, NOTHIN’ BUT DUKE ELLINGTON, paid tribute to jazz’s greatest icon, who celebrated his 125th birthday this year. Check out photos from inside the big event.
Joe Iconis, Eve Plumb & Bianca Marroquin to Join BROADWAY BOUND Seventh Edition at 54 Photo
Joe Iconis, Eve Plumb & Bianca Marroquin to Join BROADWAY BOUND Seventh Edition at 54 Below

Joe Iconis, Eve Plumb, and Bianca Marroquin join the cast Broadway Bound 7 at 54 Below. Learn how to purchase tickets.
New York City Opera to Perform at the Milford Theater as Part of Fundraiser for Opera Photo
New York City Opera to Perform at the Milford Theater as Part of Fundraiser for Opera! Pike! Park!

New York City Opera will perform at the Milford Theater as part of a fundraiser for Opera! Pike! Park! Learn how to attend.
See What's Coming Up At Birdland: Jazz Programming August 12th - August 25th Photo
See What's Coming Up At Birdland: Jazz Programming August 12th - August 25th

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater have revealed all jazz programming running August 12th - August 25th.
Aisha De Haas, Darius De Haas & More to Star in NOTHIN' BUT DUKE ELLINGTON at Dizzy's Photo
Aisha De Haas, Darius De Haas & More to Star in NOTHIN' BUT DUKE ELLINGTON at Dizzy's

Songbook Sundays, created and hosted by Deborah Grace Winer celebrating the American Songbook will continue at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club with Nothin’ But Duke Ellington. Learn how to purchase tickets.
See What's Coming Up At Birdland August 5th - August 18th Photo
See What's Coming Up At Birdland August 5th - August 18th

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater has revealed jazz programming running August 5th - August 18th.
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater Reveal August 2024 Programming Photo
Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater Reveal August 2024 Programming

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater will operate this August with a full slate of nightly performances.
See What's Coming Up At Birdland July 29th - August 11th Photo
See What's Coming Up At Birdland July 29th - August 11th

Birdland has announced jazz programming running at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater July 29th - August 11th.
See What's Coming Up At Birdland July 22nd - August 4th Photo
See What's Coming Up At Birdland July 22nd - August 4th

Birdland has announced details on all jazz programming at Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater running July 22nd - August 4th.
'Alternate Judy Album' Coming Featuring Unheard Takes From Judy Garland Photo
'Alternate Judy Album' Coming Featuring Unheard Takes From Judy Garland

Never-before-heard alternate takes for the songs on Judy Garland’s well-loved 1956 Capitol album entitled “Judy' are set to be released. These recordings were recently discovered by award-winning designer and collector Raphael Geroni on a unique set of acetate discs that he owns, preserving the original recordings made in late March, 1956.
La Guitarrista Marina Tomei Presentará Su Disco Alma Antigua En La Sala Manuel M. Po Photo
La Guitarrista Marina Tomei Presentará Su Disco Alma Antigua En La Sala Manuel M. Ponce

La Secretaría de Cultura del Gobierno de México y el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), a través de la Coordinación Nacional de Música y Ópera, presentarán el disco Alma antigua, de la guitarrista italiana radicada en México, Marina Tomei, el 29 de junio en la Sala Manuel M. Ponce del Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Review: TRIBUTE TO MALTBY & SHIRE Is a Triumph at The Cutting Room Photo
Review: TRIBUTE TO MALTBY & SHIRE Is a Triumph at The Cutting Room

A 'Big' salute to songwriters Maltby & Shire, hosted and music-directed by Michael Lavine, brings us 'Closer Than Ever' to perfection. As tributes go, the one filled with the songs of Maltby and Shire, as they were bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award, was tops. Filled with theatre and cabaret performers, it was a great night.
BWW Q&A: Michael Feinstein on BECAUSE OF YOU: MY TRIBUTE TO TONY BENNETT at Wolf Trap Photo
BWW Q&A: Michael Feinstein on BECAUSE OF YOU: MY TRIBUTE TO TONY BENNETT at Wolf Trap

We talk to Michael Feinstein about his upcoming show at Wolf Trap. You’ll get a kick out of the legendary career of the late Tony Bennett when Michael Feinstein and The Carnegie Hall Big Band perform a powerful tribute concert.
ANNA BERGMAN: THE SONG IS YOU to be Presented By Hamptons Summer Songbook By The Sea Photo
ANNA BERGMAN: THE SONG IS YOU to be Presented By Hamptons Summer Songbook By The Sea

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Review: ONE FOR JOHNNY MERCER at Dizzy's Was One Fine Show Photo
Review: ONE FOR JOHNNY MERCER at Dizzy's Was One Fine Show

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HAMPTONS SUMMER SONGBOOK BY THE SEA Concert Series Begins This Month At LTV Studios

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Review: THE ONE-OFFS Is One Off-the-Charts Smash for Those Girls at Pangea

Those Girls, the award-winning foursome, were back, with dazzling arrangements and harmonies. Together or separately, they are terrific and endlessly entertaining with any style of music. Those Girls raised their harmonious, glorious voices and raised the audience's spirits, too.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Jerome Kern written?

Jerome Kern has written 62 shows including The Cat and the Fiddle (Bookwriter), La Belle Paree (Composer), The Red Petticoat (Composer), Oh, I Say! (Composer), The Laughing Husband (Composer), 90 in the Shade (Composer), Nobody Home (Composer), The Girl from Utah (Composer), Cousin Lucy (Composer), Miss Information (Composer), Miss Information (Composer), Very Good Eddie (Composer), Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 (Composer), Theodore and Co (Composer), Miss Springtime (Composer), Have a Heart (Composer), Love o' Mike (Composer), Oh, Boy! (Composer), Leave It to Jane (Composer), Miss 1917 (Composer), Oh, Lady! Lady! (Composer), Toot-Toot! (Composer), Rock-a-Bye Baby (Composer), Head Over Heels (Composer), She's a Good Fellow (Composer), Zip! Goes a Million (Composer), The Night Boat (Composer), Hitchy-Koo [1920] (Composer), Sally (Composer), Good Morning Dearie (Composer), The Cabaret Girl (Composer), The Bunch and Judy (Composer), The Beauty Prize (Composer), Stepping Stones (Composer), Stepping Stones (Composer), Sitting Pretty (Composer), Dear Sir (Composer), Sunny (Composer), The City Chap (Composer), Criss Cross (Composer), Lucky (Composer), Show Boat (Composer), Blue Eyes (Composer), Sweet Adeline (Composer), The Cat and the Fiddle (Composer), Music in the Air (Composer), Roberta (Composer), Three Sisters (Composer), Gentlemen Unafraid (Composer), Mamba's Daughters (Composer), Very Warm for May (Composer), Ladies and Gentlemen, Jerome Kern (Music), Ladies and Gentlemen, Jerome Kern (Composer), Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood (Composer), Big Deal (Composer), Something Wonderful (Composer), Dream (Composer/Lyricist), Swing! (Composer/Lyricist), Elaine Stritch At Liberty (Composer), Never Gonna Dance (Composer), Stairway to Paradise (Sketches/Composer/Lyricist), Come Fly Away (Composer).

What awards has Jerome Kern been nominated for?

Jerome Kern has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. Some of the notable nominations include Outstanding Musical Production at the Olivier Awards for the show "Show Boat" and Best Musical Revival at the Olivier Awards for "Show Boat". These nominations recognize the excellence and impact of Kern's work in the Broadway industry.

What awards has Jerome Kern won?

Jerome Kern has won the Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival for the show "Show Boat".

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