To mark the 77th anniversary of its first recording, Robert Kapilow discussed the craft behind the immortal song "Over the Rainbow" on PBS Newshour on Oct. 6, 2015.
The Talk Is Free Theatre of Barrie, Ontario presented a revival of the 1968 Yip Harburg-Jule Styne-Nunnally Johnson musical DARLING OF THE DAY from May 5-14, 2016. Toronto Star theatre critic Richard Ouzounian directed. Thom Allison and Jennifer Lyon starred. Erik Haagensen adapted the script.
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.
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 ››
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 ››
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.
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 ››