George Gershwin News

Christopher Wheeldon has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Choreography for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. 

Natasha Katz has won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for AN AMERICAN IN PARIS.

GEORGE GERSHWIN ALONE, a solo one-act play with music, focuses on the life of George Gershwin. Along with providing a taste of Gershwin's arresting personality, the piece features several of the composer's most popular songs.

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Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents the West Coast Premiere of Up and Down, the newest work by the renowned Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg. Performances are June 5 - 7, 2015 in Segerstrom Hall.

A concert celebrating the city of lights!

A concert celebrating the city of lights!

The city that inspired AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!

Called 'the greatest songwriter that has ever lived' by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin is known for innumerable American classics such as 'White Christmas,' 'God Bless America,' 'Anything You Can Do,' and 'Top Hat, White Tie and Tails.' Jerome Kern said it all: 'Irving Berlin... is American music.'

Abbiamo gia visto i candidati a miglior attrice ed attore protagonista,e anche quelli a miglior attrice ed attore non protagonista.  Eccoci dunque a IL PREMIO che tutti stiamo aspettando: MIGLIOR MUSICAL!

The irresistible music of America's favorite composer comes alive, along with insights into his brief and brilliant life, in this remarkable play-with-music by internationally acclaimed actor, playwright, and Steinway concert artist Hershey Felder. George Gershwin Alone is a delightful, touching and captivating evening of sheer joy. Brimming with irresistible music, the award-winning show includes songs by the creator of An American in Paris including 'Someone to Watch Over Me,' 'I Got Rhythm' and, of course, 'Rhapsody in Blue.' 

Inside the spectacular dancing of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!

MASTERWORKS BROADWAY releases the Original Broadway Cast Recording of An American in Paris. Produced by Rob Fisher and Scott Lehrer, the album is available everywhere today, June 2, 2015.

Without a resident theatre or base, Vienna Festival Ballet have achieved remarkable things over the last 35 years since its conception by Austria's most successful ballet dancer, Peter Mallek. They are very much a touring company living and working out of a suitcase but in doing so, have created a solid reputation in many countries. This production is a showcase of several of their favourite Tchaikovsky ballets within their repertoire to celebrate achievements made working independently for so many years.

Bill and Hillary Clinton recently paid a visit to AN AMERICAN IN PARIS and posed with the cast after the show. Below, check out the pic of the couple with Max von Essen, Robert Fairchild, Leanne Cope, and the rest of the Tony-nominated team!

It takes a woman of considerable wit, style, and maturity to tackle (let alone celebrate) the subject matter of men. In her new show, Celebrating Men (Bless Their Hearts), seen last Thursday night at the Metropolitan Room, happily, Charlotte Patton possesses all those traits as she leads us on her guided tour of all the various male idiosyncrasies that can drive a woman wild--or mad.

Inside the look of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS!

American pianist Jeffrey Biegel will be in concert tonight, May 30 presenting Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin as the sixth program of 5 @ 5 at DiMenna, a solo piano performance series curated by Mirian Conti, at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street in Manhattan.

92Y announces the lineup for Lyrics & Lyricists 2016, the 46th season of the country's preeminent American Songbook series.

Below, BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you a Character Sketch of Madame Baurel, played by Veanne Cox!