Date of Birth: September 26, 1898
Date of Death: July 11, 1937 (38)
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
'Good Night, Oscar' is full of comedy, music, celebrity, addiction, mental illness, ambition, and the uncomfortable bargain between an artist and an audience that wants to consume his genius.
Los Angeles Ballet has announced its 2026-27 season, featuring American Icons, The Nutcracker, Movers and Shakers, the company premiere of Coppélia and a special Hollywood Bowl engagement with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Pianist Lucas Debargue has released GERSHWIN VARIATIONS, a double album featuring recordings with Orchestre de Paris and original études inspired by George Gershwin's compositions.
Taige Wang, 16, has been named inaugural Artist-in-Residence for the MUSICON Music Festival, which will present its opening concert at The Blanc in New York City featuring classical masterworks and Wang's world premiere chamber composition.
FIM in Flint, Michigan hosts October programming including THE ROCKET MAN SHOW on October 1, Jesse McCartney on October 3, LITTLE RIVER BAND on October 9, and the Flint Symphony Orchestra on October 10.
Violinist Bella Hristova will present performances with orchestras including the Buffalo Philharmonic and Charlotte Symphony, and release a recording of six newly commissioned solo violin works in spring 2027.
Grammy-nominated pianist and vocalist Judy Carmichael returns to Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor for an evening of swing and Great American Songbook standards from the 1930s and '40s.
North Coast Repertory Theatre will present GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR, a play by Doug Wright directed by Tom Frey, at its Solana Beach location.
Bridgehampton Chamber Music's autumn series will bring the MIRÓ QUARTET, soprano Susanna Phillips, and a Baroque holiday program to Bridgehampton Presbyterian Church on Long Island.
Lorna Dallas, a 2020 Bistro Award recipient, will present an encore performance of her cabaret show at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in New York City.
Countertenor John Holiday has announced season highlights including a world premiere with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, a Wigmore Hall recital, and productions with Dutch National Opera and Komische Oper Berlin.
Cape Ann Symphony will launch its 75th season with THE 75TH FANTASTIQUE! at Manchester-Essex Regional High School, featuring a new work by composer Robert Bradshaw and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
The San Francisco Symphony will honor Michael Tilson Thomas with a memorial concert featuring longtime collaborators including Audra McDonald, Yuja Wang, and Jamie Bernstein at Davies Symphony Hall.
Itzhak Perlman will release his first new album in more than a decade, featuring new orchestral arrangements of American Songbook classics and a collaboration with Jon Batiste on "Summertime.
Pianist Lucas Debargue will release a double album dedicated to George Gershwin, pairing orchestral works with the Orchestre de Paris and original études inspired by Gershwin's songs.
Violinist Joshua Bell will perform Lalo's Symphonie Espagnole as Alexander Shelley opens his inaugural season as Pacific Symphony's Artistic and Music Director at Segerstrom Concert Hall.
The newly merged Third Coast Symphony will perform at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, featuring pianist Jeremy Vigil, a world premiere by Kareem Roustom, and a James Bond-themed holiday concert with vocalist Cheryl Wilson.
This year’s Proms season has been awash with commemorations of America’s 250th anniversary, the entire season beginning with Aaron Copland’s “Fanfare for the Common Man” - and that piece featuring at several other points in various ways across the festival.
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Cape Town Opera will present PORGY AND BESS with London's Chineke! Orchestra, opening Sept.
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