Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) captivated audiences worldwide during the 1920s and 1930s with his provocative lyrics and librettos. His 1932 Pulitzer Prize was the first ever for a musical comedy. In the 19...
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In Lyrics on Several Occasions (1959) Ira Gershwin described the art of the lyricist as that of fitting words "mosaically" to music, an art that required "the infinite patience of a gemsetter." To ans...
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The screen persona of Fred Astaire is more enduringly charismatic than that of any other musical performer in the history of the medium. Yet, the now-celebrated report on his
Hollywood screen test...
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Long after most of its customers left the neighborhood to pursue the American Dream, the last matzo factory on the Lower East Side is moving out, saying goodbye to a part of town that was once home...
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All in Good Time: A Memoir, by Jonathan Schwartz. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 283 pages, $13.95.The title of All in Good Time, a memoir by Jonathan Schwartz-short-story writer, novelist and the ...
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It's best to think of the 2007 season at the Stratford Festival of Canada as a giant buffet table. Pick and choose wisely from its parade of offerings during artistic director Richard Monette's fin...
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When the great, irreplaceable Rosemary Clooney died, she left her lifetime collection of musical arrangements-a 60-year career of archival-status treasures, from soup to nuts-to Debby Boone. Not to...
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‘The camera pans the gap-toothed Manhattan skyline where the World Trade Center used to be. The rigid smile is still welcome and wide, but a hole needs filling. The Great New Wonderful is an ...
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‘The camera pans the gap-toothed Manhattan skyline where the World Trade Center used to be. The rigid smile is still welcome and wide, but a hole needs filling. The Great New Wonderful is an ...
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The Devil Wears Prada is the first classy, elegant and really entertaining film of 2006. It’s about the phony, pretentious, insanely overpriced, death-rattle world of what is laughably called...
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The Devil Wears Prada is the first classy, elegant and really entertaining film of 2006. It’s about the phony, pretentious, insanely overpriced, death-rattle world of what is laughably called...
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Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
They Can't Take That Away \'c9 New Boxset for Fred and Ginger
