George Gershwin News

In its ninth year, Modfest is Vassar College's exploration of the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries. This year's program will celebrate the visual arts, dance, drama, film, literature, poetry, and music in a series of events that will take place across the Vassar campus from January 20 through February 5, 2011.

Because of the prodigious talent of bassist and composer Jaco Pastorius, who passed away at the young age of 35, presenting a tribute to this musical genius is a daunting venture.

Bonhams & Butterfields is pleased to present the Estate of well-known collectors and autograph dealers, Charles Williamson and Tucker Fleming, on April 20, 2011.

Reprise Theatre Company presents Barbara Cook in Concert. It will have one performance only on Monday, May 16 at 8:00 pm, at UCLA's Freud Playhouse. Barbara Cook in Concert is the latest in Reprise Theatre Company's tradition of presenting Broadway stars and legendary entertainers in concert, which have included Patti LuPone, Carol Burnett, Sutton Foster, Ben Vereen, Kristin Chenoweth, and Brian Stokes Mitchell.

Providing its region with a cultural attraction of world-class quality and scale, the multi-venue Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana - just outside of the state capital of Indianapolis - opened the first of its venues on January 29, 2011, with an inaugural concert at its state-of-the-art concert hall The Palladium. The Center's other venues, now under construction, will be a 200-seat studio theater (opening in March 2011) and The Tarkington, a 500-seat proscenium theater (opening in August 2011).

Fifty years after her legendary Carnegie Hall debut, The New York Pops remembers Hollywood icon Judy Garland with a song-for-song re-creation of the 1961 performance that is referred to by so many as "the greatest night in show business history".

It's less than eight weeks till our 2011 Festival! Our full program is up on our website and our box office is open and ready to take your ticket orders.

The Atlanta Opera has launched Atlanta Opera Extras, community outreach initiatives that entertain and educate audiences about opera.

The Concert Operetta Theater will open its 9th season with a concert, Remembering Romberg! honoring the great American composer. Philadelphian Michael Presser, founder of New York City's leading Broadway non-profit organization Inside Broadway will be the guest narrator.

The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) proudly presents the new Gershwin Musical, ‘S Wonderful, for two performances only on Saturday January 29 at 8 pm, and Sunday, January 30 at 2 pm.

The Laguna Playhouse is pleased to present internationally acclaimed actor, playwright and Steinway concert artist Hershey Felder in two exclusive limited engagement shows this February: The Great American Songbook (February 14, 24 & 26) and Monsieur Chopin (February 17 - 27).

The Friend Center for the Arts at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco (JCCSF) proudly presents the new Gershwin Musical, ‘S Wonderful, for two performances only on Saturday January 29 at 8 pm, and Sunday, January 30 at 2 pm.

On Friday, February 25th, join Harlem Opera Theater in saluting black history month with excerpts from George Gershwin's jazz opera, Blue Monday, and Lost in the Stars by composer Kurt Weill at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

The Barns Serves up Three Consecutive Nights of Top-Tier Musicianship with Indie-Folk, Classical Horn, and Selections from The Swinging '30s

Award-winning Vocalist Spider Saloff performs 'The Memory of All That,' a fresh version her critically acclaimed tribute to George Gershwin (1898-1937), Jan. 23rd at North Central College to launch a new cabaret series.

After its hugely successful run of shows in 2010, including Bent, Smokey Joe?s Cafe, Closer Than Ever and Tomorrow Morning, The Landor Theatre is seeing in the New Year with the ?rst of its exciting new cabaret season, ?A Spotlight On...? - a series of one night only performances from some of the leading musical theatre artists from London's West End and Broadway.

Performing Arts Fort Worth welcomes the return of acclaimed singer-songwriter and pianist Randy Newman to Bass Performance Hall on Sunday, January 23, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $22-$55, and are on sale NOW!

Michael Donald Edwards, Asolo Repertory Theatre's producing artistic director, announced today his selections for the 2010-2011 season. A major highlight of Asolo Rep's 52nd season is the pre-Broadway try-out production of Bonnie & Clyde opening on November 19, 2010.

Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, under the leadership of Executive Director Stacie Burgua, is proud to welcome pianist Walt Wagner to Whidbey Island.

The Barns Serves up Three Consecutive Nights of Top-Tier Musicianship with Indie-Folk, Classical Horn, and Selections from The Swinging '30s