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"George Gershwin Alone" is a gushing lovefest ... a wink and a smile on lines like “I realized that Al Jolson and Ethel Merman sounded exactly alike.” Since there’s no intention of making ...
THE novelist John O’Hara once wrote: “George Gershwin died on July 11 ... In passing, he offers flimsy impersonations of Al Jolson and Ethel Merman, plays “Fascinating’ Rhythm” an ...
Ethel Merman (1908-1984) was one of the biggest ... Early in her career, composer George Gershwin solicited a promise from her that she never take lessons. On Thursday evening, curator Ellen ...
She’s got rhythm and music, so who could ask for anything more from a singer performing an Ethel Merman tribute concert? The spirit of Merman, the Broadway star who made George Gershwin ...
Among the many highlights of Hershey Felder’s “George Gershwin Alone ... the butts being Gershwin’s mother and father, Jolson, Ethel Merman or even the composer himself.
Hershey Felder has been tickling the ivories in homage to the great American composer in “George Gershwin Alone ... of the likes of Al Jolson and Ethel Merman are priceless.
Summertime: George Gershwin’s Life in Music ... who had an unrequited crush on him. The actress Ethel Merman described her first encounter with him as like “meeting God”.
Merman was the most successful musical comedy ... she was a favorite of such songwriters as George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin, and she introduced some of their most popular ...
“Ethel Merman’s Broadway,” a one-woman show ... Who else had such legends as George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim writing songs especially for them?
"George Gershwin Alone" is a gushing lovefest ... a wink and a smile on lines like “I realized that Al Jolson and Ethel Merman sounded exactly alike.” Since there’s no intention of making ...