As a child, Dana Suesse toured Midwest vaudeville circuits dancing and playing the piano. She would ask the audience for a theme, then create an act of her own out of the challenge. She won a prize ...

George Gershwin, composer of "Rhapsody in Blue," during a recording session in New York in 1934. (CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images) To the editor: Thanks to Gustavo Arellano for the tribute to George ...

Composer George Gershwin is photographed in 1934 during a recording session at the CBS studio in New York. (CBS Photo Archive ) I’m not sure when I first listened to George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Scorsese and Winkler will produce. George Gershwin was an American composer, ...

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 ...

American composer George Gershwin died at age 38 after surgery for a brain tumor. But his short life was long enough for him to make some of the most important and memorable compositions in popular ...

Members of the Providence community flocked to the Nightingale-Brown House Tuesday for a discussion about the work and complex legacy of American composer George Gershwin. “Reimagining Gershwin” was a ...

American composer and pianist George Gershwin has been dead for over 80 years – but not even that will stop him from coming back to Music Hall to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Cincinnati ...

Gershwin, the legendary composer of hundreds of iconic American standards, comes to life onstage in a musical performance declared, “'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous!” by The Washington Post, “Sheer joy” by ...

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 ...

Novelist John O'Hara once said "George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to." For Gershwin lovers and new fans alike, there is no need to believe.

To the editor: Thanks to Gustavo Arellano for the tribute to George Gershwin and his “messy” masterpiece, “Rhapsody in Blue.” Despite criticism of this work, performers will play and audiences will ...