The Recording Academy Releases Statement on Marvin Hamlisch's Passing
The Recording Academy has released the following statement on the passing of composer Marvin Hamlisch.
The Recording Academy has released the following statement on the passing of composer Marvin Hamlisch.
I had the privilege of working with Marvin Hamlisch in producing a Cirque Dreams segment for the Kennedy Center's 35th Anniversary Gala.
On this very sad day, BroadwayWorld.
Marvin had a rare musical intelligence and imagination.
As BroadwayWorld reported earlier today, composer Marvin Hamlisch passed away Monday evening at 68 years old following a brief illness.
According to a family spokesperson, composer Marvin Hamlisch passed away Monday evening at 68 years old following a brief illness.
Composer Marvin Hamlisch, whose latest musical theater work is on display in Nashville in the Broadway-bound production of The Nutty Professor, has died in Los Angeles, according to the Associated Press.
Hamlisch, one of only eleven EGOT winners in the history of the entertainment industry, was awarded three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards for his work.
According to a family spokesperson, composer Marvin Hamlisch passed away Monday evening at 68 years old following a brief illness.
Kummer, who has a lengthy resume of Nashville productions he's either music directed or conducted, leads the band onstage when they are assembled on the bandstand for The Nutty Professor's pep rally production number that closes the show.
Danny Young grew up in the small Wisconsin town of Viola (population 500), the son of a band director, so it should come as absolutely no surprise that he's now plying his trade as a professional musician-a drummer, to be exact-and he's part of the blue-ribbon orchestra playing a brand-new Marvin Ha
Fairly exploding onto the stage, The Nutty Professor-the new musical based on the classic 1963 film comedy-opened at Nashville's James K.
Tonight's the night: The brain trust behind The Nutty Professor, The New Musical will officially roll out the red carpet for the new musical's opening night at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K.
Tonight's the night: The brain trust behind The Nutty Professor, The New Musical will officially roll out the red carpet for the new musical's opening night at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K.
Nashville and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) host the world premiere of "The Nutty Professor" Musical this month.
In an ensemble filled with triple threats, Atlanta native Autumn Guzzardi is sure to claim her moment in the spotlight, plus she's a brand-new Nashvillian, moving here recently to make our fair city her homebase.
Today in 1975, A Chrous Line opened at the Shubert THeatre, where it ran for 6137 performances.
Circle Theatre presents Marvin's Room, directed by Mary Redmon.
Nashville and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) host the world premiere of "The Nutty Professor" Musical, opening tonight, July 24 and running through August 19.
To think that Hamlisch's involvement in The Nutty Professor goes back to the handshake that sealed the deal between him and the show's creator Jerry Lewis is at once down-to-earth and almost shockingly unbelievable.