Bloomer Girl: Oct. 3-5, 2014
Bloomer Girl, Yip's 1944 musical with Harold Arlen and a book by Sig Herzig and Fred Saidy, was ahead of its time with its feminist and anti-racist themes. At the Provincetown Playhouse in NYC Oct. 3-5, 2014.
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Finian’s Rainbow: An “Unbelievably Current” Classic “Old-Time Musical”
The Empire State College – Yip Harburg Foundation Partnership in Musical Theatre
APPLY FOR THE EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE – YIP HARBURG FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP IN MUSICAL THEATRE STUDIES
NEW YORK, June 10, 2014 – Applications are being accepted for the Empire State College (ESC) - Yip Harburg Foundation’s (YHF) unique undergraduate degree in Musical Theatre studies, a resource partnership for musical theatre training at … Continue Reading ››
2014 was the 75th Anniversary of the Wizard of Oz
An oldie but a goodie.
Every child's favorite movie musical, The Wizard of Oz celebrates, its 75th Birthday this year!
"Follow the Yellow Brick Road"
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"If I only had a brain"
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"There's No Place Like Home"
“A Day in the Life” – The Musical Theatre Studio, Spring 2014
“A Day in The Life” - The Musical Theatre Studio, Spring 2014
An Eastside Community High School – Yip Harburg Foundation Collaboration
Spring semester 2014, East Side Community High School. A group of 11th and 12th graders spend four periods a week in a musical theatre studio … Continue Reading ››
Over The Rainbow
The Wizard of Oz Tour
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 ››
Good Morning America
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.
We are thinking of you.
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"Why, oh why can't I?"
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