Jerome Kern

Kiri Te Kanawa to guest-star on 'Downton Abbey'

2013-03-04 07:55:00

"Downton Abbey" is set to get a visit from a famous opera singer in its new season. Kiri Te Kanawa, the renowned soprano from New Zealand, is scheduled to appear on the popular British period soap opera, shown in the U.S. on PBS. Producers announced...

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett dies at 76; composer had 3 Oscar nods

2012-12-30 12:10:00

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, a prolific British composer, arranger and pianist whose film scores were nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City. He was 76. Bennett died Dec. 24 after a brief illness, his publisher Novello & Co...

Review: Jewish songwriters set 'Broadway Musicals' singing on PBS

2013-01-01 15:06:00

"Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy," which airs New Year's night on PBS (that's PBS SoCal, for local viewers) as part of its "Great Performances" series, shares again the great open secret that American culture is to a great extent Jewish culture. More...

Tony Martin dies at 98; singer-actor in Hollywood musicals

2012-07-30 11:35:00

Tony Martin, one of the last of the big-name singer-actors from the golden age of Hollywood musicals, has died. He was 98. Martin, who toured for years with his wife, dancer-actress Cyd Charisse, died of natural causes Friday at his home in Los Angeles,...

'Downton Abbey' star Dan Stevens cast in Broadway's 'The Heiress'

2012-05-14 06:30:00

Dan Stevens, who plays Matthew Crawley in the transatlantic hit television drama�"Downton Abbey,"�will make his Broadway debut later this year in a revival of "The Heiress," starring Jessica Chastain. Stevens will play the role of Morris Townsend, a...

Around Town: 'Mean Streets' pays tribute to Fellini film

2012-05-17 16:38:15

New book says the piano is most important instrument of all

2011-12-26 16:32:57

'Downton Abbey' pays homage to Jerome Kern musical

2012-02-14 16:34:23

Pasadena Pops' Marvin Hamlisch just wants to have fun

2011-08-05 00:00:00

In spite of a few shiny awards for his mantel — three Oscars, four Grammys, four Emmys, a Tony and a little prize named for some guy called Pulitzer — there's still plenty of ham in Marvin Hamlisch, who takes the stage at Pasadena Pops on...

Music review: Marvin Hamlisch conducts the Pasadena Pops near the Rose Bowl

2011-07-24 16:33:03

Jessye Norman dishes on hip-hop's origins and the Duke

2011-07-26 21:33:10

Margaret Whiting dies at 86; pop singer mentored by Johnny Mercer

2011-01-13 00:00:00

Margaret Whiting, a pop singer for television, film, cabaret and Broadway whose recordings of such standards as "That Old Black Magic" and "Come Rain or Come Shine" sold millions of copies in the 1940s and '50s, has died. She was 86. Whiting died...

From left, inmate Perry Archie, professional actor Cornelius Macarthy and director Bruce Wall go over the script for "Rounding Shakespeare: In a Kingdom of One's Own.

2008-02-19 00:00:00