LES Festival May 22, 2015
On May 22, 2015, the Yip Harburg Foundation presented a concert of songs with Yip's lyrics at Theater for the New City's annual Lower East Side Festival. Stephen Bogardus, Holly Rae Phillips and Ben Harburg performed.
The Algonguin Kid
Michael Elihu Colby. The Algonquin Kid: Adventures Growing Up at New York's Legendary Hotel. Reminiscences of encounters with celebrities, including Yip, by the grandson of Ben and Mary Bodne, who owned the hotel from 1946 to 1987. BearManor Media, 2015.
The Yip Harburg Songbook
The Yip Harburg Songbook. Piano/vocal sheets to 34 songs including "Over the Rainbow," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "April in Paris," "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady," "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "Old Devil Moon," and an illustrated introductory essay by Stephen Holden. Hal Leonard Publishers, 2009.
Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz?
Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz? Yip Harburg, Lyricist. by Harold Meyerson and Ernie Harburg. 454 pages, black-and-white and color illustrations. University of Michigan Press, 1993. Paperback edition, 1995.
(“Over the Rainbow”) The Song of the Century
Everyone knows the songs from The Wizard of Oz; in fact, Over the Rainbow is often cited as the greatest movie hit of all time. Few, however, know the names of the men who wrote Rainbow and the rest of the classic Oz score.
The remedy for their anonymity now is in the hands of Aaron … Continue Reading ››
RICHARD HOLBROOK AT 54 BELOW
Richard Holbrook will celebrate St. Patrick's Day at 54 Below singing the songs of composer Burton Lane. This musical tribute covers Lane's career beginning with his success at M-G-M as a motion picture songwriter of over thirty films leading up to his great triumph on Broadway with "Finian's Rainbow" … Continue Reading ››
Standard Time with Michael Feinstein, March 25, 2015
The March 25, 2015 edition of Michael Feinstein's concert series "Standard Time" at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall presented BEYOND THE RAINBOW: CELEBRATING E.Y. "YIP" HARBURG. Guests: Nancy Anderson, Malcolm Gets and Catherine Russell, with Tedd Firth (piano), Sean Smith (bass) and Mark McLean (drums). Read what Continue Reading ››
12th Annual “Love ‘n’ Courage” Benefit
The Yip Harburg Foundation's Rainbow Troupe will perform at the 12th Annual "Love 'n' Courage" Benefit on March 2, 2015 at the National Arts Club in New York City. The occasion benefits Theater for the New City's Emerging Playwrights Program.
Amanda Thorpe: Bewitching Me
Anglo-American singer Amanda Thorpe will give an encore performance of songs from her new CD, Bewitching Me: The Lyrics of Yip Harburg, on May 7, 2015 at Rockwood Music Hall, following up on her successful prior engagement at that venue on March 2. The 15-song album is dedicated to the lyrics of Yip, … Continue Reading ››
Nov. 16, 2014 Yip Harburg Tribute
Theatre educator and historian Bonnie Weiss presents her traveling tribute to Yip at the San Francisco Jewish Community Library on Nov. 16, 2014.