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The 1962 animated feature film Gay Purr-ee featuring the voices of Judy Garland and

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

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

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

Mark Griffin. A Hundred or More Hidden Things: The Life and Films of Vincente

Aljean Harmetz. The Making of the Wizard of Oz. New York: Knopf, 1977. 2nd edition, NY: Hyperion,

Stephen Holden. The Lyrics of Yip Harburg in The Yip Harburg Songbook. Miami: CPP-Belwin, 1994. Includes

Sam Irvin. Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise. This biography of the entertainer and world-class

Edward Jablonski. The Encyclopedia of American Music. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,

Edward Jablonski. Harold Arlen: Happy with the Blues. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,

David Jenness and Don Velsey. Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000. NY: Routledge, 2006.

Justin Kaplan, General Editor. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 16th Edition. Little, Brown & Company, 1992, p.