Washington, DC — It was a thrill to receive the 1st Cine award for lifetime achievement for a composer. A great, festive evening at the French Embassy. Thank You for sending your good wishes: • Andy: Congratulations on this wonderful honoring of your talent and accomplishments. • Carol L: What an exciting, well deserved honor this is to a …
Marvin Hamlisch is back to his 2012–2013 schedule with The Pittsburgh Symphony, Seattle Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Dallas Symphony and Pasadena Symphony Pops. At present he is working on two musicals and a film about Liberace, Starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon and directed By Steven Soderbergh.
“I hand him a lyric and get out of his way.” —Oscar Hammerstein II on Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. He is best known for his songwriting partnerships with the lyricists Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marvin Hamlisch to receive CINEs Inaugural Legends Award. Celebrated composer Marvin Hamlisch will receive the first Legends Award from CINE, the film, television and digital media non-profit organization known for its prestigious Golden Eagle Awards, at its 55th Annual Awards Gala on May 9, 2012. The Annual Awards Gala, which also honors winners of CINE’s Masters Awards, …
A TRIBUTE TO RAY CHARLES: Ray was born in 1930 in Albany, Georgia. Ray Charles Robinson was the son of Bailey and Aretha Robinson. Probably the strongest element in Ray Charles’ life, and the most concentrated driving force, was music. Ray often said, “I was born with music inside me. That’s the only explanation I know.” In school, Charles was taught only …
Broadway World - Idina Menzel’s new PBS concert special, Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony, premiered on Chicago’s PBS affiliate WTTW on January 9. The concert — filmed in Toronto featuring husband Taye Diggs and legendary composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch — will be released on DVD and CD today. Menzel filmed her second PBS special in Toronto on November 17–18 with …
CINE Master Class Series: So let me ask you this: Do you have a favorite song from A Chorus Line? Marvin: Yes, yes I do, and I’ll tell you why I love it. It’s called “At The Ballet.” And the reason I love it is that this show was being written, so to speak, kind of like two steps forward, …
How did you become a composer? “I started out very young; I went to the Juilliard School of music when I was 6 ½ years old, and I knew very early on that I was not going to become the next Horowitz. What I wanted to be was the next Richard Rodgers; I wanted to be a writer, and slowly …
These days A Chorus Line keeps captivating new generations of “Triple-Threat” contenders. (See: A Chorus Line project at the University of Edinburgh– Jan-Feb, 2012) Highlights: Opened April 15, 1975 at the Public Theatre in New York; moved July 25, 1975 to the Shubert Theatre. (6137 performances) It’s 36 years since A Chorus Line danced into our lives. One of the …
Sweet Smell of Success is a musical created by Marvin Hamlisch (music), Craig Carnelia (lyrics), and John Guare (book). The show is based on the 1957 movie of the same name, which tells the story of a powerful newspaper columnist named J. J. Hunsecker (based on famed New York columnist Walter Winchell) who uses his connections to ruin his sister’s …