Composer Philip Springer who wrote several songs with Yip, mostly in the 1970's during Yip's final decade, is the subject of a new documentary, More Than Santa Baby. The film, by Tamar Springer, the composer's daughter, will have its World Premiere at the 28th Annual Dances With Films Festival on Monday, June 23 at 4:45 … Continue Reading ››
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IRA GERSHWIN: A LIFE IN WORDS
Lyricist Ira Gershwin, Yip's friend since their high school days together beginning in 1910, is now the subject of the first-ever biography devoted to Ira's life, Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words. Author Michael Owen, using archival sources including Ira's own words, creates a rich portrait of the lesser-known brother … Continue Reading ››
HAROLD ARLEN AND HIS SONGS
Coming from Oxford University Press on July 26, 2024, Harold Arlen and His Songs by Walter Frisch is the first comprehensive book about the music of one of the great song composers of the twentieth century. Arlen was Yip Harburg’s most frequent composer-collaborator (they wrote over 150 songs together from 1932 to … Continue Reading ››
BEABADOOBEE SINGS “PAPER MOON”
Beabadoobee’s outstanding and original performance of the Yip Harburg-Harold Arlen classic “It’s Only a Paper Moon” is featured on the Jack Antonoff-produced soundtrack of the Apple TV series The New Look which debuted Feb. 14, 2024.
HELLO YELLOW BRICK ROAD
On July 19, 2023 the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus will present Hello Yellow Brick Road, combining highlights from Elton John’s 1973 album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, along with favorites from The Wizard of Oz (including, of course “Over the Rainbow” by Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen), The Wiz, and Stephen Schwartz’s Wicked.
MELISSA ERRICO SINGS “LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE YOUNG”
Melissa Errico sang the Yip Harburg-Harold Arlen classic “Last Night When We Were Young” in her concert “A Noir Romance” (Feb. 10-14, 2023) at Birdland Jazz Club Theater in New York City.
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 ››
THE ART OF COMEDY
New, Unique, FREE Workshop
Starts Feb. 18, 2020
The Yip Harburg* Lyrics Foundation offers a FREE workshop, THE ART OF COMEDY (Commedia dell’arte), taught by award-winning actor, director and designer Mark Marcante.
It will begin with Commedia dell’Arte (The Art of Comedy) that started in Italy in the … Continue Reading ››
LOVE ‘N’ COURAGE 2020
Theater for the New City's 17th annual "Love 'n' Courage" benefit took place Feb. 24, 2020 at the Players Club in Manhattan. As usual, the event featured a performance by the Continue Reading ››
YIP HARBURG: FORGOTTEN LYRICIST
YouTube's "History Guy" posted a segment about Yip Harburg on July 12, 2019 entitled "Yip Harburg: Forgotten Lyricist."