Deborah Grace Winer – Defined By the Company She Keeps Author/historian/dramatist and self avowed “show maker,” Deborah Grace Winer owns her grandmother’s 1929 piano. (“Lots of cool [...]February 21, 2018
That’s Entertainment: Dietz & Schwartz and Friends The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s annual summer concert celebrated composer Howard Dietz (1896-1983) and lyricist Arthur Schwartz [...]June 23, 2017
Songs and Stories with Harvey Granat: Alan and Marilyn Bergman Lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman were both born out of the same Brooklyn hospital into Eastern European families. Despite neighborhood [...]April 8, 2017
Hello Dillie! – Sheer Delight “I’ve gotten to an age when people say to me you’ve had an interesting life. Had?!” Dillie Keane and songwriting partner of 35 [...]June 14, 2016
Everything’s Coming Up Ethel -The Ethel Merman Songbook Queens born Ethel Merman (1908-1984) sang publicly from the age of nine. Completing school, determined to forge a show business career, she [...]April 20, 2016
Witchcraft – The Jazz Magic of Cy Coleman – Sparkling Most fans know composer/songwriter/pianist Cy Coleman (Seymour Kaufman 1929-2004) as an author of such musical theater successes as Sweet [...]March 22, 2016