Denise Oliver Velez's article “Black Music Sunday: A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration of ‘Finian’s Rainbow’” (March 17, 2024) can be found at the Daily Kos web site.
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BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A DIME?: JEWISH ARTISTS OF THE WPA
The Jewish Museum of Milwaukee’s exhibit, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”: Jewish Artists of the WPA, named after the Depression-era song by Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney, features creations by Jewish artists as part of the Works Progress Administration, a branch of the Federal Arts Project launched … Continue Reading ››
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 … Continue Reading ››
Nov. 16, 2014 Yip Harburg Tribute
Theatre educator and historian Bonnie Weiss presents her traveling tribute to Yip at the San Francisco Jewish Community Library on Nov. 16, 2014.
Ohio State U Marching Band Oz Tribute 9-27-14
On Sept. 27, 2014 the Ohio State University Marching Band performed an 8-minute tribute to The Wizard of Oz as a half-time show, directed by Russel Mikkelson and featuring extraordinary drill formations by Christopher Hoch. The occasion was a game between the Buckeyes and Cincinnati.
American Musicals 1927-1949
In September 2014 The Library of America published American Musicals: 1927-1949, the first in a two-volume anthology of sixteen of the greatest librettos of the American musical theatre. Finian's Rainbow (1947), with a book by Fred Saidy and Yip Harburg, is included.
Josie O’Donnell’s Stage Show
Broadway Close Up: Lyricists Who Changed the World…of Musical Theatre
On Dec. 3, 2012 at New York City's Kaufman Center, Sean Hartley and Laurence Maslon hosted Broadway Close Up: Lyricists Who Changed the World … of Musical Theatre - an evening of songs with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein, Yip Harburg and Lorenz Hart. Singing the songs were Liz Callaway, Lewis Cleale, Joshua Henry, … Continue Reading ››
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts: E.Y. Harburg Papers, part of the Billy Rose Theatre Collection; these materials were donated by Yip's heirs.
Yale University
Yale University- a complete listing of the contents of the E.Y. Harburg Collection, part of the American Musical Theatre Collection, Irving S. Gilmore Music Library; these materials were donated by Yip in 1968