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	George Gershwin: American Genius (1898-1937)
		Gershwin produced serious works that were daring for their time but which today have become classics of piano, orchestral, and opera literature.
		George Gershwin, named Jacob Gershovitz at his birth on September 26, 1898, was the second of four children born to Morris and Rose Gershovitz, Russian immigrants who had married in America.
		George's brother Ira (older by two years) was expected to become the musician in the family, but George surprised his parents when he appropriated the piano his mother purchased for Ira when he was twelve, and George was given piano lessons as well as his brother.
	www.carolinaclassical.com /gershwin/index.html (2892 words)

	George Gershwin
		George Gershwin's parents emigrated from Russia to the U.S.A in 1891.
		Gershwin had traveled to Paris in the hopes of studying with the great teacher Nadia Boulanger, but she refused him saying he was fine the way he was.
		George wished to capture not only the spirit of the city the work is named for but also the carefree attitudes of his fellow Americans on vacation.
	www.balletmet.org /Notes/GeorgeG.html (1391 words)

	George Gershwin Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The George Gershwin Theatre (commonly known as simply the Gershwin Theatre), located at 222 West 51st Street in New York City, was originally built as the Uris Theatre in 1972.
		It was the first theatre built on Broadway since 1928 and it is currently the largest theatre on Broadway.
		The name of the theatre was changed to the Gershwin Theatre on June 5, 1983 during the Tony Awards ceremony to honor composer George Gershwin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Gershwin_Theatre (174 words)

	George Gershwin - The Guide to Musical Theatre
		George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, New York, September 26, 1898.
		But it was George and his older brother, Ira, who became the dominant Broadway songwriters to emerge during the 20s, creating a ceaseless flow of brisk, infectious rhythms and affectingly poignant ballads.
		Gershwin, fascinated by the DuBose Heyward novel Porgy, recognised it as a perfect vehicle for opera using jazz and blues rhythms and idioms.
	www.nodanw.com /biographies/gershwin_george.htm (603 words)

	All About Jewish Theatre - George Gershwin Alone -Hershey Felder's Production Diary 1995 -2003
		He said that George Gershwin was a prophet, because he wrote the "Rhapsody" in 1924, and he wrote the sounds of dying people and trains and so on… and some twenty years later, if one listened to the "Rhapsody in Blue", one could hear the screams of the dying.
		By that time, George Gershwin Alone had broken every box office for booked in shows at the A.R.T., given the most performances, and was referred to in the press as a mega-hit.
		Gershwin is a hit, Romantique is sold out based on the Gershwin show, but it isn’t ready for the big time.
	www.jewish-theatre.com /visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=585 (18269 words)

	George_Gershwin - Thagodz Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		George Gershwin (September 26, 1898July 11, 1937) was an American composer who wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin.
		George Gershwin was responsible for a number of significant developments in the 1920s.
		Gershwin's own Concerto in F was criticized as being strongly rooted in the work of Claude Debussy, more so than in the jazz style which was expected.
	www.thagodz.com /search/wiki/?title=George_Gershwin (2268 words)

	Gershwin Theater, New York City, NY located on West 51st Street.
		A special feature of the theatre is the inclusion of a theatre Hall of Fame with the names of stage greats inscribed in bas-relief on the walls of an impressive rotunda.
		On the evening of June 5, 1983, during the annual Tony Award telecast, the name of the Uris was officially changed to the Gershwin Theatre, in honor of composer George Gershwin and his lyricist brother, Ira, who contributed many distinguished musicals and the opera "Porgy and Bess" to the Broadway theatre.
		The Gershwin Theatre is a Nederlander Theatre, under the direction of the Messrs.
	www.gershwin-theater.com /gershwin.htm (1780 words)

	Weekend: George Gershwin's rhythm
		NEW YORK -- George Gershwin's romantic affair with Tin Pan Alley and Broadway spanned two decades, from his vaudeville show Scandals of 1920 to his masterful opera Porgy & Bess.
		Gershwin began writing Rhapsody in Blue on Jan. 7, 1924, and it premiered Feb. 12 at New York's Aeolian Hall.
		The great thing about it is that Gershwin took a classical framework, not only in the form of a rhapsody, but in the way he approached it.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/05/23/Weekend/George_Gershwin_s_rhy.shtml (631 words)

	Gershwin Theatre on Broadway (New York)
		The Gershwin Theatre was named in honor of one of America's greatest composers, George Gershwin, and his brother, lyricist, Ira Gershwin.
		Theatre audiences now enjoy an exhibition on display throughout the main lobby of costumes, opening night gifts, props, stage notes, and other items from the personal collections of such Broadway luminaries as Carol Channing, Julie Harris, Lynn Fontanne, Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, John Raitt, Chita Rivera, Tommy Tune, Irene Worth and many others.
		The Gershwin opened in 1972 with 1,900 seats, and is one of The Nederlander Organization's nine Broadway theatres.
	www.gershwintheatre.com (138 words)

	Wicked Theater Tickets
		The whole theatre was done in a sensuous Art Nouveau style, accented by the bar, the plaster wall running 200 feet on a reverse curve and the Lalique lighting fixtures which are all Art Nouveau shapes The auditorium is on the second floor and is reached by escalators.
		The theatre has such technical innovations as removable proscenium panels that serve as light towers, a flexible floor stage that can be extended as a thrust stage, and, such firsts as a water curtain instead of an asbestos curtain in the event of fire, and an automatic rigging system called hydrafloat.
		The Gershwin Theatre has a 1933 seating capacity and the stage type is a Proscenium, currently playing is the hit theater show Wicked with tickets selling between 80 and 250 dollars.
	www.reedstickets.net /wicked-theater-tickets-gershwin.html (391 words)

	American Masters . George Gershwin \| PBS
		eorge Gershwin was born in Brooklyn in 1898, the second of four children from a close-knit immigrant family.
		Over the course of the next four years, Gershwin wrote forty-five songs; among them were "Somebody Loves Me" and "Stairway to Paradise," as well as a twenty-five-minute opera, "Blue Monday." Composed in five days, the piece contained many musical clichés, but it also offered hints of developments to come.
		Gershwin followed this success with his orchestral work "Piano Concerto in F, Rhapsody No. 2" and "An American in Paris".
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/gershwin_g.html (570 words)

	George Gershwin Alone: Theatre: Ned Stevens: CenterstageChicago.com
		This has been the case for most performances of "George Gershwin Alone," the one-man show starring Hershey Felder at the Royal George Theatre Center, in which Felder portrays the title character for more than an hour and a half.
		The show opened at the Royal George in the fall of 2004 and (while taking a brief hiatus in early 2005) shows signs of enjoying a lengthy run throughout the remainder of the year.
		In the case of George Gershwin, who died in 1937, few if any of the show's audience members would be able to answer that question with any confidence.
	centerstage.net /theatre/articles/gershwinalone.html (534 words)

	ASCAP Member Profiles Spotlights - George and Ira Gershwin
		George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn, NY on Sept. 26, 1898.
		His collaboration with his brother, lyricist Ira Gershwin, is what really brought the Gershwin name to the forefront-dominating Broadway in the 1920's.
		At the height of his career in 1937, George Gershwin suddenly collapsed while working on The Goldwynn Follies in Hollywood.
	www.ascap.com /musictheatre/memberspotlights/gershwin.html (221 words)

	George Gershwin Alone Returns To Chicago - Theatre News - Theatre In Chicago
		George Gershwin Alone, Hershey Felder’s international production, and the first installment of the composer trilogy, which played to sold out houses for an entire year at Chicago’s Royal George Theatre, will return to the stage for a limited holiday engagement. Performances will run December 23 - January 8 at Chicago's Royal George Theatre.
		George Gershwin Alone tells the story of America’s great composer, who with the groundbreaking “A Rhapsody in Blue,” made a “Lady out of Jazz.” George Gershwin Alone presents an “imagination” of what an evening in the presence of the great composer’s company may have been like.
		He conducted further research with Gershwin family members, biographers, friends and associates and at the Library of Congress, which houses the entire George and Ira Gershwin family archives as well as the composer’s Steinway piano. Felder also studied Gershwin’s radio show recordings to capture his vocal approach to speech and song in the “jazz age.”
	www.theatreinchicago.com /news.php?articleID=22 (256 words)

	The Old Globe - Productions - Hershey Felder asGeorge Gershwin Alone
		A celebrated work about the legendary American composer, George Gershwin Alone is a delightful "play with music" by actor, playwright and Steinway concert artist Hershey Felder.
		George Gershwin was born in 1898 to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn, New York.
		All told, George Gershwin wrote more than one thousand songs for the stage and screen as well as works for the opera house and the symphony orchestra, including his renowned Rhapsody in Blue.
	www.oldglobe.org /productions/GeorgeGershwinAlone433.html (530 words)

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		The theatre opened on November 28, 1972 known as the Uris.
		On June 5, 1983 during a Tony Awards broadcast, the name was changed to honor composer George Gershwin.
		One special feature in the Gershwin Theatre is the theatre Hall of Fame located in one of the theare's rotunda.
	www.geocities.com /FlammableTears/point4.html (139 words)

	Gershwin, George - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Gershwin wrote some of the most original and popular musical works produced in the United States.
		The "rhymed conversation" that he wrote to his brother's music includes the words for "But Not for Me," "Fascinating Rhythm," "I've Got a Crush on You," and "'S Wonderful." After George Gershwin's death, Ira collaborated with such composers as Kurt Weill, Jerome Kern, and Harold Arlen.
		Embraceable Gershwin; By George, it's the 100th birthday of America's dominant composer.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Gershwin.html (416 words)

	Gershwin, by George - Tyler Civic Theatre Center, Tyler TX - TCTC
		This summer’s production of Gershwin, by George will be a nostalgic trip back to the days when radio was a new and exciting means of uniting a nation under one banner.
		New York and the Broadway stage belonged to all of America, especially as the new film-making industry was igniting the west.
		The show’s content is suitable for the family and will give younger children a glimpse of the vanished world of 1936 radio and the immortal music of George Gershwin.
	www.tylercivictheatre.com /gershwin.html (490 words)

	INKPOT CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: THE COMPLETE GERSHWIN (VoxBox) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		He made his living writing for the theatre and the concert hall, and all of his works reflect the influence of American popular song at the beginning of this century very strongly.
		Gershwin is above all an American composer, and his much-celebrated works show the importance of the dominant music of his time, that is, American "jazz".
		Using the theme in every way possible, Gershwin portrays his famous song as in its original state, as a waltz, as a broadway show stoppper, as an oriental song, and in many other ways.
	inkpot.com /classical/gershwincpte.html (1250 words)

	Duchess, George Gershwin Alone \| Official London Theatre Guide
		George Gershwin Alone incorporates the composer's best-known songs from The Man I Love and Someone To Watch Over Me, through the hits of An American In Paris and Porgy And Bess, to a complete performance of Rhapsody In Blue.
		Hershey Felder creates the role of George Gershwin, letting the audience in on the life and music of "America's Composer" in the first portrayal that the Gershwin Estate has allowed.
		Wheelchair users who need to remain in their chairs must be accompanied by 2 escorts as they have to be carried down 21 steps to the Stalls, where there are spaces at N1 and N29.
	www.officiallondontheatre.co.uk /shows/display?contentId=78550 (377 words)

	Past Productions: George Gershwin Alone
		George Gershwin Alone is the first in a series of musical-theatrical "imaginations" from actor, playwright, and pianist, Hershey Felder.
		Once the material had been assembled, Felder "imagined" George Gershwin, the man. Following a workshop attended by the Gershwin heirs, Mr.
		Felder received their blessing and go-ahead, being the first artist since the death of Gershwin to be allowed to play the composer in a major stage production.
	www.amrep.org /gershwin (149 words)

	DAF -- Musical Theatre of George Gershwin
		From the 1924 premier of Rhapsody In Blue at the legendary Aeolian concert, Gershwin’s musical goals were manifest and daring — to fuse classical and popular, cross generic lines, and create sound world that was the musical analogue for the melting pot in which he lived: clangorous, exciting New York City.
		As such, there are some missing details of biography and of Gershwin’s work with other collaborators (or his solo composing), but what is here is excellent.
		The Nonesuch Gershwin collection — a series of painstaking recreations of Gershwin’s Broadway shows, using original orchestrations and performers who attempt — usually successfully — to give a sense of period style.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /~dfox/gershwinsyllabus.html (480 words)

	Gershwin Theater Broadway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The George Gershwin Theatre (commonly known as simply the Gershwin Theatre), was originally built as the Uris Theatre in 1972.
		The name of the theatre was changed to the Gershwin Theatre on June 5th, 1983 during the Tony Awards ceremony to honor composer George Gershwin.
		Most recently, the theatre has been the home of the acclaimed musical Wicked.
	www.lastminutetheatretickets.com /broadwaytheatertickets/gershwintheater.html (101 words)

	George Gershwin
		This comprehensive biography of George Gershwin (1898-1937) unravels the myths surrounding one of America's most celebrated composers and establishes the enduring value of his music.
		Gershwin created some of the most beloved music of the twentieth century and, along with Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Cole Porter, helped make the golden age of Broadway golden.
		Pollack's lively narrative describes Gershwin's family, childhood, and education; his early career as a pianist; his friendships and romantic life; his relation to various musical trends; his writings on music; his working methods; and his tragic death at the age of 38.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/10656.html (606 words)

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		The Gershwin Theatre was the first theatre built on Broadway since 1928 and it is currently the largest theatre on Broadway.
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	George Gershwin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		But he contiuned composing for the musical theatre, and some of his most successful musicals (Strike up the Band, Girl Crazy, Of Thee I Sing) date from this period.
		Gershwin went to Hollywood in 1936 and wrote songs for films.
		He was a sensitive songwriter of great melodic gifts and did much to create syntheses between jazz and classical traditions in his concert music and fl folk music and opera in Porgy and Bess.
	w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de /cmp/gershwin.html (220 words)

	All About Jewish Theatre - George Gershwin Alone in London
		His empathy with Gershwin goes further, for they are both of Jewish immigrant stock, although their families arrived in the New World in different centuries and settled in different countries (Felder is Canadian, and was brought up in Montreal).
		When George made good, he bought a fine house for the whole family to move into – but he found they were perhaps too close for comfort.
		And although when he moved to Tinseltown, George also heeded advice to leave behind the highbrow stuff and stick to writing hits, Felder reminds us just how captivating that ‘highbrow stuff’ can be with a complete rendition of The Rhapsody in Blue.
	www.jewish-theatre.com /visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=576 (682 words)

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