Annual Jewish Women’s Archive Luncheon
On March 10, 2013 Rabbi Cantor Angela Warnick Buchdahl opened the third Annual Jewish Women's Archive Annual Luncheon with what Tablet Magazine in its Dec. 2010 issue calls the #1 Jewish song of all time: Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg’s "Over the Rainbow." In her discussion of the song before singing it, Rabbi Buchdahl points out that … Continue Reading ››
Jewish Music Festival
On Jan. 27, 2013 theatre educator, writer, radio and cabaret producer Bonnie Weiss presented a special multimedia tribute to Yip Harburg at JCC East Bay (Berkeley, CA) as part of JCC’s 28th annual Jewish Music Festival.
Good Morning America
On January 14, 2013 ABC-TV's Good Morning America broadcast a performance of the Yip Harburg-Harold Arlen classic "Over the Rainbow" by students from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of the Dec. 14, 2012 shooting tragedy.
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"Why, oh why can't I?"
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The Wonderful Wizard of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen
On January 10, 2013 The Wonderful Wizard of Song: The Music of Harold Arlen opened at St. Luke’s Theatre in New York City. Created by Arlen’s son Sam Arlen with singer-songwriter Marcus Goldhaber and George Bugatti, the play combines biographical material with performances of many of Arlen’s songs, some of which were written with Yip … Continue Reading ››
Wizard of Oz Musical
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.
The Del Rio Bar in Ann Arbor
The Del Rio Bar in Ann Arbor, Michigan was a countercultural center and experiment in workplace democracy from 1969-2004. Yip Harburg's son Ernie was a co-owner and has just written a history of that establishment. It can be ordered via Amazon and other online booksellers, as well as directly from Continue Reading ››