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 ››
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.
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: 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 Libraryin Manhattan.
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 ››
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.
From Mar. 20 to Apr. 20, 2013 the Union Theatre in London under the artistic direction of Sasha Regan is presenting the 1968 Yip Harburg-Jule Styne-Nunnally Johnson musical Darling of the Day.
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 ››
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.
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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