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Marc Blitzstein: American Day
Five years after his production of The Cradle Will Rock was abruptly cancelled...
Cole Porter: I’ve Got My Eyes on You
On a recent foray into the jazz realm here in Pittsburgh, I was introduced to...
Kurt Weill: Schicklgruber
This week, as I continue my preparations of the Weill and Blitzstein...
Blitzstein: Penny Candy
Marc Blitzstein’s No For An Answer will be featured on the Nov. 19 NYFOS...
Hans Eisler & Bertolt Brecht: A Man’s a Man
This week I’ve been sharing music of Kurt Weill and Marc Blitzstein in...
Kurt Weill: Speak Low
On Nov. 19, NYFOS will be presenting a concert version of Kurt Weill’s Der...
Marc Blitzstein: Moll’s Song
We are gearing up for a concert performance of Marc Blitzstein's No For An...
Francis Poulenc: Priez Pour Paix
Just a month ago at the Moab Music Festival we opened the season with a...
Jason Robert Brown: Just One Step
If you weren’t lucky enough to catch Shoshana Bean at Encores! last year,...
Gene de Paul: Afterthoughts
This recording of Jessye Norman singing ‘Afterthoughts’ with Michel Legrand at...
Yip Harburg & Harold Arlen: Lydia, the Tattooed Lady
I do love a good rhyme. Maybe this was my gateway drug… My brother and I...
Cole Porter: I’m In Love Again
Just listen to how Bobby Short sings Cole Porter’s ‘I’m In Love Again’! It’s...
Jacques Brel: Madeleine
I could listen to Jacques Brel all day every day: that fast vibrato, that...
Lyrics by Shakespeare
The New York Festival of Song opened its doors for business 32 years ago....
A Tribute to Jessye Norman
This week New York Festival of Song honors the great Jessye Norman and her...