The contents of a box Kerzner uncovered at Amherst College ultimately contained George Gershwin's lost musical. (photo by Jacob Kerzner, courtesy University of Michigan Communications) It’s been just ...

George Gershwin, photographed in his 72nd Street apartment in New York in 1934. His Rhapsody in Blue premiered 100 years ago on Feb. 12, 1924. "My idea for the concert," Whiteman wrote in his ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - It’s been almost 100 years since the last recorded production of composer George Gershwin’s musical “La La Lucille.” After opening on Broadway in 1919 and touring for a few years, its ...

PITTSFIELD -- Those who believed it impossible to perform more than 40 songs in less than two hours underestimated the producers and arrangers of "'S Wonderful," the new Gershwin jukebox musical. And ...

Three times now George Gershwin has set foot over the line that divides formal and informal music; three times taken his own jazz notions, compounded them seriously and presented them, not for any ...

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, as part of their 2023-2024 PNC Pops season, brought a heavy dose of “Fascinatin’ Rhythm” to Heinz Hall on Friday night with their Gershwin celebration. This ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sara Bareilles, Joshua Henry, Jeanine Tesori, Jason Robert Brown and New York Times writers and editors pick 13 songs to seal the deal. Some of the best music I’ve ever heard was ...

George Gershwin was born in 1898 to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn and composed his first hit at age 21. All told, George Gershwin wrote more than 1,000 songs for the stage and screen, ...

The upcoming production from Stage Right’s Summer Professional Company is “the the typically crazy, boy-falls-in-love-with-girl story,” said director Tony Marino. The company will present the ...

When George Gershwin visited a cottage in Folly Beach, S.C., in 1934, “Porgy and Bess” came to life. But will it remain a historic artifact or become just another beach house? By Jonathan Abrams In ...