George Gershwin has written 48 shows including Half-Past Eight (Composer), La, La, Lucille (Composer), La-La-Lucille! (Composer), Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl" (Composer), George White's Scandals ...

For the Lyric Opera of Kansas City, the 2025-26 season finally will mark a full recovery from the pandemic. “This is the year ...

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Why is he a Trailblazer? In 1924 jazz and blues burst into the world of the classical orchestra thanks to trailblazer George Gershwin, who composed music full of the energy and playfulness of New ...

And who could keep a straight face listening to the strutting clarinet solo at the beginning of George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”? The now-iconic slide that opens the work, delivered with ...

Then, Nate Chinen is joined by NPR Music's Tom Huizenga to discuss the legacy and controversy around George Gershwin's masterpiece, "Rhapsody in Blue," which celebrated its centennial this week.

Growing up in New York City, George Gershwin’s musical gift became clear when he began to play a piano that had been bought for his older brother, Ira. He never looked back. Gershwin became ...

Is there anyone, from the most sophisticated to the musically illiterate, who doesn’t get a kick out of Gershwin? No composer has done more ... but it was Jacob (later George) who took to it like a ...