Katharine McPhee: Somewhere Over the Rainbow / My Destiny
Katharine McPhee: Somewhere Over the Rainbow / My Destiny. This best-selling single was released June 27, 2006 after McPhee performed it twice on American Idol to great acclaim.
Over the Rainbow: The Great Songs of Yip Harburg
Over the Rainbow: The Great Songs of Yip Harburg. With 30 tracks sung by Lena Horne, Tony Bennett, Maureen McGovern, Tommy Hollis, Judy Garland, Catherine Russell, Groucho Marx, Yip and many others. Coming soon from The Yip Harburg Foundation.
Nancy Stearns: Yip Harburg: With Humor and Hope
Nancy Stearns: Yip Harburg: With Humor and Hope, 2009. Based on a cabaret show Stearns performed at Don't Tell Mama, in New York City, this CD highlights Harburg's songs of social comment – songs dealing with women's rights, racial equality, the environment, money, power, peace and love. It includes “One Sweet Morning,” an anthem to … Continue Reading ››
Kate Baldwin: Let’s See What Happens
Kate Baldwin: Let's See What Happens, 2009. The star of the 2009 Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow sings (mostly) the songs of Yip Harburg and Burton Lane. PS Classics B002LVGXRU.
The Wizard of Oz Tour
On Aug. 18, 2013 Andrew Lloyd Webber's new stage version of The Wizard of Oz will end its run at the Mirvish Theatre in Toronto before embarking on a North American tour. This new stage adaptation is headed by Danielle Wade (as Dorothy), who was chosen by the Canadian public through CBC TV's reality show "Over The … Continue Reading ››
Off to see ‘The Wizard of Oz’ in 3-D and on IMAX
In September 2013 Warner Bros. will release 3-D and IMAX theatrical versions in the USA and internationally of The Wizard of Oz as part of a promotion for the film's 75th anniversary in 2014. And on October 1 the company will release a 5-disc DVD set, with new bonus features.
Nancy Stearns – Yip Harburg
On May 2, 2013 Nancy Stearns presented an encore of her successful cabaret of Yip Harburg songs, "Yip Harburg: With Humor and Hope," at the Metropolitan Room in New York City.
Celebrating Yip
CELEBRATING YIP: On Yip Harburg’s 117th birthday (Monday April 8, 2013) the Yip Harburg Foundation's Rainbow Troupe performers sang several of Yip's songs including “Over the Rainbow,” “It's Only a Paper Moon” and “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime.” The show starts at 4:30pm at the Tompkins Square Library in Manhattan.
Ernie Harburg Statement
Following the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Apr. 8, 2013, the recording of “Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead” (music by Harold Arlen, lyric by Yip Harburg) from the soundtrack of the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz became an overnight best seller in the United Kingdom after a social media campaign … Continue Reading ››
Huffington Post
Screenwriter Robert J. Elisberg has high praise in the Huffington Post (Apr. 4, 2013) for Yip's masterful and heartfelt rendition of "Over the Rainbow" in The Songwriters DVD series.