“Over the Rainbow” at City Hall

On January 1, 2026 singer/actor Mandy Patinkin, with students from the Public School

“Oz” manuscripts added to Library of Congress

On August 25, 2025 the Library of Congress announced the acquisition of “rare music

Billy Ray Cyrus, along with guitarist-singer Micki Free and producer-singer-composer Buck 22 released a

Composer Philip Springer who wrote several songs with Yip, mostly in the 1970's during

Ari Axelrod’s CD, A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway, released Jan.

Lyricist Ira Gershwin, Yip's friend since their high school days together beginning in 1910,

Philip Furia and Michael Lasser. America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway,

Philip Furia. The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists. NY: Oxford

James Gavin. Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne. Atria Books, 2009. Contains several passages

Ira Gershwin. Lyrics on Several Occasions. New York, Knopf: 1959. Reprint, New York: Limelight Press,

Sondra Gorney. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? The Life of Composer Jay Gorney.

Martin Gottfried. Broadway Musicals. NY: H.N. Abrams,

Jack Gottlieb. Funny, It Doesn’t Sound Jewish: How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin

Mark N. Grant. The Rise and Fall of the Broadway Musical. Northeastern University Press, 2004. Contains

Stanley Green. Ring Bells! Sing Songs! Broadway Musicals of the 1930's. New Rochelle, NY: Arlington House,

Stanley Green. The World of Musical Comedy, 4 th ed. San Diego and NY: A.S. Barnes