Description
CARNEGIE HALL – IRA GERSHWIN AT 100: FEINSTEIN, CLOONEY, DAMONE.. DVD
This 85 minute TV Special on DVD-R from early
1997 presents
live from Carnegie Hall
a tribute to the genius that wrote the
words to so many of the ïAmerican
SongbookÍ classics.
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HOSTS
:
Angie Dickinson and
Michael York_
The participating singers and performers are
often joined
by wonderful dancers and choral ensembles,
notably
Sumuin Ballet
Company and ïThe Gershwin
SingersÍ.
Some become veritable production numbers!
The Carnegie Hall Theatre Orchestra is
under musical
director
Rob Fisher.
Throughout are interspersed photographs, home
movies along with
many spoken recollections and anecdotes of
the
brothers Gershwin, their
collaborators, their Broadway
shows and films.
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PROGRAMME:
Debbie Gravitte:
I Got Rhythm
Ron Raines:
ïS Wonderful
Vic Damone:
Embraceable You
Karen Akers:
But Not For Me
David Garrison:
IÍll Build A Stairway To Paradise
Scott Wise ~Karen Ziemba:
Put Me To the Test
Maureen McGovern:
Long Ago And Far Away
Ruth Brown:
The Man That Got Away
John Lovitz:
Just Another Rhumba
Raines ~ Ziemba:
Who Cares ~ My One and Only
Highland Fling
Michael Feinstein:
They CanÍt Take That Away From Me
~ It Happens EvÍry Time
Dawn Upshaw:
My Ship
Christine Ebersole:
Saga Of Jenny
Michael Feinstein
: There Is No Music
Rosemary Clooney:
A Foggy Day In London Town
~ Our Love Is Here To Stay
Entire Company:
Of Thee I (We) Sing
