George Gershwin News

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 10/7/2016.

Kevin Black's recent hit production, The Soul of Motor City, had audiences on their feet and dancing in the aisles.  The show received a Carbonell recommendation, and was extended numerous times past its originally scheduled closing date.  It's no wonder then, that Stage Door Theatre's Executive Producer Derelle Bunn has asked Black to develop another brand new show for her ever-popular theatre.

It may feel a little daunting to try to top its last triumphant season, but Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra (PSYO), led by Assistant Conductor Roger Kalia, is up to the task! Energized by a year of artistic achievement and recently returned from its highly successful summer performance tour of China, Southern California's finest young orchestra musicians inaugurate their 2016-17 season with an array of charismatic works.

This month, the Morris Museum is pleased to present a host of entertaining special performances in the Bickford Theatre. The line-up includes Grover Kemble's 'Durante Returns' on October 9;  'Dueling Pianos: The Magic of Four Hands, Two Voices' on October 16; a performance by The Garcia Project on October 21; Karen Knotts in 'Tied up in Knotts' on October 23; and a classical music concert by the Azure Ensemble on October 30. The month will also feature two jazz performances: Paris Washboard on October 10 and the Frank Vignola Trio on October 24.

 Critically acclaimed artists Stacy Sullivan and Todd Murray brought a thought provoking, sometime humorous, and musically entertaining look at the very human quandary of 'should I stay or should I go with '  with their show Separate Ways to Feinstein's/54 Below last night and Broadwayworld was there. They say that breaking up is hard to do; most certainly. But with writers such as George Gershwin, Joni Mitchell, Adam Guettel, Adele, we find that skies can be sunny blue or grey, and goodbyes can be happy. Songwriters have looked for ways to express the angst of people's need to be joined and separate at the same time. Todd and Stacy are masters at bringing honesty and life to their lyrics.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra has welcomed new musicians and artistic staff to the Orchestra. In the 2016-17 season, David Southorn joins the Orchestra as Assistant Concertmaster; NJSO first violinist Adriana Rosin has also been named Assistant Concertmaster.

Andrea Marcovicci - the singer and actress hailed as "torch singer, spellbinder, heart-breaker" by People - will celebrate her birthday with a return to Feinstein's/ 54 Below on Friday, November 18 at 7:00 PM for the New York City debut of her acclaimed show "A Gershwin Valentine."

Britain's popular musical comedy duo, Ferris & Milnes, will make their New York debut at the internationally acclaimed jazz cabaret venue, The Metropolitan Room on Saturday October 22nd with their show 'Ferris & Milnes - What A Swell Party This Is!'

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Stacy Sullivan & Todd Murray in "Separate Ways" today, October 4th, Wednesday, October 5th and Today, November 22nd at 7:00pm.

Internationally acclaimed vocalist, Spider Saloff makes a rare NYC appearance with award winning pianist Ricky Ritzel.

Lyric Stage continues its 24th season with George and Ira Gershwin, George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind's Pulitzer Prize winning political satire musical OF THEE I SING in concert November 3-6, 2016.

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9/30/2016.

Chris Isaacson Presents has announced Chopin Meets Broadway, the unique artistic collaboration of acclaimed vocalist Peisha McPhee and award-winning pianist Sergiu Tuhutziu for two shows only on Today, September 30 and Saturday, October 1 at 8:30pm at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood. 

Lynn Henderson delighted a small but enthusiastic audience at Don't Tell Mama in the final performance of her new show, T'AIN'T NOBODY'S BIZNESS IF I DO! With musical director Douglas J. Cohen, a multi-award winning songwriter (including a Drama Desk Award nomination and the Noel Coward Prize), and bass player Bob Sabin (himself the winner of numerous jazz awards, who sits on the music faculty both at the prestigious Hunter College High School and NYU), the veteran big band, choral, and lounge singer combined material from her 2014 CD, If We Only Have Love, with classics from the Great American Songbook (George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kander and Ebb, among others). Ably directed by 10-time MAC Award winner Barry Kleinbort, the show also included more contemporary material by Billy Joel, Jerry Herman, and Randy Newman.

At 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2, the Oakland Symphony Orchestra (OSO), Oakland University's orchestra-in-residence, will give the first of its two fall 2016 concerts. The season opener will offer an exciting program including Tiento del primer tono y batalla imperial by Cristobal Halffter; Concerto for Viola and Orchestra by William Walton with guest viola soloist Dr. Roman Kosarev; and Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms.  

Chris Isaacson Presents has announced that Katharine and Adriana McPhee will join their mom Peisha McPhee along with award-winning pianist Sergiu Tuhutziu for Chopin Meets Broadway at the Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1 at 8:30pm.

The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, UC Davis announces its 15th season of performing arts, filled with the leading artists in music, dance, theater and speakers.

Broadway Rush, Lottery & Standing Room Only Ticketing Policies - updated on 9/23/2016.

The University Symphony Orchestra at the University of Michigan will perform two George Gershwin masterpieces—'An American in Paris' (1928) and 'Concerto in F' (1925)—in new critical editions that reveal, for the first time in decades, the composer's original intent for the works. 

An American in Paris, the most awarded new musical of 2015 and winner of four Tony Awards, comes to Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts this holiday season. The Orlando engagement will play the Walt Disney Theater December 13 -18, 2016. Tickets are on sale to the general public tomorrow, Friday, September 23, 2016.