Also credited on22 works
Porgy and Bess
Crazy for You
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Lady, Be Good!
Tip-Toes
Oh, Kay!
Funny Face
Rosalie
Girl Crazy
Strike Up the Band
Of Thee I Sing
Lady in the Dark
My One and Only
Porgy and Bess (2012 Revival)
An American in Paris
Let ‘Em Eat Cake
Show Girl
Tell Me More
The Firebrand of Florence
The Gershwins' Fascinating Rhythm
Treasure Girl
Porgy and Bess
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In the literature8 passages
- [198] Engel sent Ira Gershwin a 79 page text entitled Porgy in Ankara describing his experience.ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- [200] Letter from Ira Gershwin to Lehman Engel dated 15 July 1969, courtesy of . Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trustsebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- 56 Sondheim's reference to “the song” concerns his affectionate spoof “The Saga of Lenny” (based on the “Saga of Jenny” by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin) written for Bernstein's 70th birthday gala concert at Tanglewood in August 1988, when it was sung by Lauren Bacall. This was broadcast in the Great Performances series on 19 March 1989, th…ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
- George and Ira Gershwin. © AL HIRSCHFELD. Reproduced by arrangement with Hirschfeld’s exclusive representative, the MARGO FEIDEN GALLERIES LTD., NEW YORK. WWW.ALHIRSCHFELD.COMebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
- We will meet Ira Gershwin again five years after Porgy and Bess as Kurt Weill’s lyricist for Lady in the Dark (see chapter 7 ). For the first two of these years, George was only able to compose a pair of film scores, Shall We Dance (1936) and A Damsel in Distress (1937), and start a third, The Goldwyn Follies , which was completed by Vern…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
- Additional evidence that Weill appreciated, or at least understood, audience-pleasing shows can be found in his remarks to Ira Gershwin regarding Oklahoma! Weill had seen the tryouts in New Haven and was surprised that “they still haven’t got a second act” (although he quickly added that “they don’t seem to need one”). 12 After praising R…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
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