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!
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YIP HARBURG: FORGOTTEN LYRICIST
YouTube’s “History Guy” posted a segment about Yip Harburg on July 12, 2019 entitled “Yip Harburg: Forgotten Lyricist.”
“over the rainbow” featured in new film
“Over the Rainbow” by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen from The Wizard of Oz (1939) is featured in the upcoming motion picture, Judy, starring Renee Zellwegger as Judy Garland, the beloved star who introduced the classic song. Zellwegger sings part of the song in this trailer. The film is scheduled for US release on Sept. 27, 2019.
LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL 2019
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 “Yip Harburg’s Songs of Humor and Hope in Times of Trump,” conceived by Deena Harburg with the singers Jonathan Hadley, Ben Harburg, Taylor-Rey McInnes and Jessica Mortellaro, and David Gaines on piano.
LOVE ‘N’ COURAGE 2019
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 Harburg and Taylor-Rey MacInnes with David Gaines at piano. The concert was conceived and produced by Deena R. Harburg and the Yip Harburg Foundation. Click here for a video of the concert.
“ON YIP HARBURG: PART 2” – 92nd St Y – Nov 1, 2018
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: Joelle Lurie.
ADAPTING “THE WIZARD OF OZ”
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 the “Oz” film’s songs by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. November 2018.
Lower East Side Festival 2018
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 The Harlem Repertory Theatre‘s and The Yip Harburg Foundation’s The Wizard of Oz: A Jazz Musical for All Ages and so much MORE! THIS IS A FREE EVENT! For further details, see this article in NiteLife Exchange.
Celebrating Yip: Salina, Kansas – Dec. 4, 2017
Yip’s great grandsons Aaron Harburg and David Harburg joined former Kansas state legislator J. Basil Dannebohm and nationally syndicated film critic Ryan Jay for a celebration of Yip on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 at 7pm. The presentation consisted of stories and songs to enlighten the public about the man whose lyrics we all sing but whose name remains largely unknown. The venue: The home theatre at the Dannebohm residence in Salina, Kansas.
Ariana Grande and “Over the Rainbow”
Singer Ariana Grande chose Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen’s song of hope, “Over the Rainbow,” as the finale of her June 4, 2017 “One Love” benefit in Manchester, England to help the victims of the terror bombing following her May 22nd concert in that city. At least $1.19 from each sale of the $1.29 track on iTunes will go to the “We Love Manchester Emergency Fund.”