This 1929 Paramount release featured Yip's first widely released song, "What Wouldn't I Do for That Man?" (composer, Jay Gorney). In the film, Helen Morgan sings it perched on a piano, her trademark performing pose. The Kino BluRay edition was released in December, 2019 (Kino 24183). The song was also used in a … Continue Reading ››
The 92nd Street Y in New York City will host Follow the Fellow Who Follows a Dream, a tribute to Yip Harburg, on Jan. … Continue Reading ››
Check out this NBC segment that aired 8/27/19 about our Wizard of Oz: A Jazz Musical for All Ages, a unique 21st century take!
YouTube's "History Guy" posted a segment about Yip Harburg on July 12, 2019 entitled "Yip Harburg: Forgotten Lyricist."
"Over the Rainbow" by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen from The Wizard of Oz (1939) is featured in the motion picture, Judy, starring Renee Zellwegger who won the Beat Actress Oscar of 2019 for her performance as Judy Garland, the beloved star who introduced the classic song. Zellwegger sings part of the … Continue Reading ››
On May 24, 25 and 26, 2019 Theater for the New City will present the 24th annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts. The Yip Harburg Foundation's Rainbow Troupe will perform a concert entitled … Continue Reading ››
The Yip Harburg Foundation's Rainbow Troupe performed at the 2019 "Love 'n' Courage" benefit at The Players in New York City. Proceeds went to Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program. The performers were Reanna Armellino, Stephen Bogardus, Ben … Continue Reading ››
Harvey Granat hosted host an encore presentation of "On Yip Harburg" at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018 at Noon. Guests were Yip's son Ernie Harburg and daughter-in-law Deena Rosenberg-Harburg who also participated in 2017. Pianist: Rob Kelly. Vocalist: Continue Reading ››
In Adapting The Wizard of Oz: Musical Versions from Baum to MGM and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 2018), editors Danielle Birkett and Dominic McHugh bring together insights from eleven experts into the varied musical forms this great American myth has taken in the past century. Includes chapters on … Continue Reading ››
Here is a little tease of what is coming up for Theater for the New City's 23rd Annual Lower East Side Festival of the Arts (LES) - YOUTH PROGRAM Saturday, May 26th from 2 PM - 5 PM: John Grimaldi, Fairy Tale Marionettes, Cobu Kids, Shadow Puppet Theater, excerpt of Continue Reading ››
