Finian’s Rainbow Jr. – Vineland, NJ – Sept. 2015
The Cumberland Players of Vineland, NJ presented Finian's Rainbow Junior from Sept. 11-19, 2015.
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DARLING OF THE DAY – Barrie, Ontario – May 2016
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.
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.
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 ››
NEW CD: EASY COME, EASY GO
San Francisco-based singer Linda Kosut released her new CD, Easy Come, Easy Go: The Music of Johnny Green, in September 2014. Green, best known as an Oscar-winning musical arranger and conductor of Hollywood film scores (including An American in Paris and Raintree County) wrote a number of popular songs early in his career, including about ten with Yip. … Continue Reading ››
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.
