Radio host Bill Rudman’s 2014 interview with Ernie Harburg, “Oz Turns 75,” retitled “Oz Turns 85,” is being rebroadcast on PRX as of July 15, 2024. Bill Rudman’s Footlight Parade: Sounds of the American Musical is a weekly radio program showcasing the best of Broadway and Hollywood – songs from the turn … Continue Reading ››
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PODCAST ABOUT “FINIAN’S RAINBOW”
On a January 2024 episode of the Broadway Podcast Network, Jeffrey Scott Parsons talks about Finian’s Rainbow with Broadway performer Joe Aaron Reid, a cast member of the 2009 Broadway revival of the show.
SETTING THE STANDARD
Beginning Nov. 15, 2022, Yip Harburg is the focus of one of the podcasts in the "Setting the Standard" series by Warner Chappell Music and Bang/Audiation. The podcast features stories from the Great American Songbook. Interviewees include Ernie Harburg (Yip's son), … Continue Reading ››
Who Wrote That Song? – Yip Harburg
“Who Wrote That Song? with Jim Haynes.” Host John Stanley chats with historian/entertainer Jim Haynes about Yip Harburg on the Oct 7, 2022 broadcast of Nights with John Stanley, 873AM Radio, Australia.
YIP HARBURG NIGHT AT THE 2022 CABARET CONVENTION
The 2022 Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret Convention will kick off this year's events with a tribute to Yip Harburg hosted by Andrea Marcovicci and Jeff Harnar. Read the press release and this New York Sun feature story by Will Friedwald.
YIP’S FAMILY INTERVIEWED
In August 2021 Molly Dubin, curator of the Jewish Museum, Milwaukee, interviewed Ernie Harburg (Yip's son) and Deena Rosenberg Harburg (Yip's daughter-in-law) for the podcast "Conversation Starter: Over the Rainbow with the Family of Lyricist Yip Harburg" on the occasion of the Museum's exhibitContinue Reading ››
THE LAST LEGACY OF E.Y. “YIP” HARBURG
Phil Springer, composer of "Santa Baby," with his daughter, Tamir, released a CD/DVD collection of the songs he wrote with Yip Harburg, entitled the Last Legacy of E.Y. "Yip" Harburg. He spoke with journalist Sarah Pilla, and on Oct. 15, 2020 the Palisadian-Post published an Continue Reading ››
NEW PODCAST ABOUT YIP
In Episode 48 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill Weinberg speaks with Yip’s son Ernie Harburg, co-author of Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz? Yip Harburg, Lyricist, and Deena Rosenberg-Harburg, Yip’s daughter-in-law and author of Fascinating Rhythm: The Collaboration of … Continue Reading ››
THE LYRICS OF YIP HARBURG – 92nd STREET Y – Dec. 14, 2017
Performer, producer and historian Harvey Granat will present "The Lyrics of Yip Harburg," an afternoon of stories and song celebrating Yip at the 92nd Street Y on Dec. 14, 2017 at Noon. His guests will be Ernie Harburg (Yip's son) and Deena Rosenberg-Harburg (Yip's daughter in law). Jazz musician David Lahm, the … Continue Reading ››
Richard Skipper & Friends Celebrate Yip!
Richard Skipper will be joined by Karen Oberlin, Leslie Orofino, Maureen Kelley Stewart, Anita Gillette and members of the cast and jazz ensemble of Harlem Repertory Theatre's current production of The Wizard of Oz to celebrate Continue Reading ››