Harold Arlen News

Birdland is proud to present - direct from the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center's Cabaret and Performance Conference under the new artistic leadership of Michael Bush (Director of Artistic Production for Manhattan Theatre Club) - award-winning actress Suzzanne Douglas in her brand new cabaret theatre evening, Lucky to Be Me, on Tuesday, November 15.

Alice Ripley, Alan Cumming, Lillias White and others will take part in Hooray for Love: A Celebration of the Music of Harold Arlen on November 12th

PS Classics will release a cast recording of the off-Broadway musical Lone Star Love on January 10th, 2006

Marin Mazzie and Jason Daniely's CD of duets, Opposite You, is now available for pre-order on PS Classics' website

An array of stars will perform the songs of the great composer on November 12th in Hooray for Love: A Celebration of the Music of Harld Arlen

On November 12th in LA, Tonya Pinkins, Billy Porter, Alice Ripley, Lillias White and others will take center stage for Hooray For Love: A Celebration of the Music of Harold Arlen, a concert presented by the Actors' Fund

Cabaret performer Milla Ilieva will present her show So Many Nights, So Many Men at the Encore from October 28th through November 12th

New York's Museum of Television and Radio will host a 3-day retrospective called Musicals on Television, with a number of rare gems available for viewing

Aspiring or working cabaret singers under the age of 30 will have the chance to compete in the Algonguin Oak Room's cabaret singer competition, with the deadline set at Sept. 15

The tour of the two-time 2005 Tony Award-nominated production will launch September 2006.

In September 2005, Tony-winning Broadway legend Barbara Cook will release Tribute, a CD honoring Wally Harper and Bobby Short, as well as favorite composers such as Harold Arlen and Arthur Schwartz

Judy Kaye will toast legendary composer Harold Arlen at the Cabaret at Caramoor on August 3rd and 4th

TROLLS, a new musical with book and lyrics by Bill Dyer and music by Dick DeBenedictis, will conclude its Off-Broadway run on Sunday, June 17th.

Backed by a superb combo, Wopat offered a Father's Day concert of show tunes, standards and a little humor.

The Caramoor International Music Festival will present I Can't Do It Alone: Great American Songwriting Teams on July 2nd, and Sing My Heart: Celebrating Harold Arlen at 100 on July 3rd and 4th

Judy Kaye will croon the songs of Harold Arlen on August 3rd and 4th at the Cabaret at Caramoor

On April 28 the US Postal Service unveiled a postage stamp bearing the image of renowned lyricist Yip Harburg.

The New York Festival of Song, with Artistic Director Steven Blier and Associate Artistic Director Michael Barrett, closes its 17th season on Wednesday, May 11th with LOST TRIBES OF VAUDEVILLE, at Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, 129 West 67th St., beginning at 8 p.m.

The York Theatre Company will present God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, the 49th musical presentation in its Musical in Mufti Series of staged concerts, by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, based on the Kurt Vonnegut bestseller, on April 1, 2, and 3.

The New Season, a series of concerts at Birdland featuring top Broadway performers and composers, begins on Monday, April 4th at 7pm with Tom Wopat.