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`Sweet and Hot' recalls the songs of Harold Arlen
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Sweet & Hot: The Songs of Harold Arlen
Through Feb. 2 Woolman Hall, First Unitarian Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn
Tickets, $13-$17
(773) 538-6417
Somewhat recommended
The earnest young performers of Prologue Theatre Productions present
the songs of an American master.
Harold Arlen is among the most fascinating of American popular
composers. Born Hyman Arluck, a synagogue cantor's son, in Buffalo,
N.Y., in 1905, he began his professional life as a pianist and jazz
singer, a la Al Jolson. Unlik...
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Get happy! It's Harold Arlen's 100th birthday celebration
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; EARLIER this week marked what would have been the 100th birthday of Harold Arlen, one of the 20th century's finest composers of American song. Born Feb. 15, 1905 as Hyman Arluck of Buffalo, N.Y., Arlen discovered music through his father, a cantor, and quickly fell under the sway of classical music
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A COOL DOZEN
Chicago Sun-Times
; In our never-ending quest to make your lives simpler, we have compiled this list of 12 of the best entertainment events this coming week. For more details (and more events) see Page 20. 1. Patti LaBelle's at the Star Plaza Theatre on Friday. 2. Prologue Theatre Productions presents "Sweet & Hot:
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Arlen centennial honors an 'unsung' sung composer
Chicago Sun-Times
; Over the Rainbow: A concert celebrating a Century of Harold Arlen *7:30 p.m. Tuesday *Centre East, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie *Tickets, $53 *(847) 673-6300 He is the most-often sung -- and unsung -- composer of the 20th century. His songs are identified
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 "Morning Edition (NPR)")
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Profile: Songwriter Harold Arlen
Morning Edition (NPR)
; ... business. "Yip" Harburg, with whom he wrote the score to "The Wizard of Oz," Ira Gershwin and Johnny Mercer. Mercer told CBS News in 1964 that part of the reason Harold Arlen didn't have a higher profile is that he was shy. Mr. JOHNNY MERCER (Lyricist): I ...
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Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen.(Video recording review)
Notes
; Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen. DVD. Produced by Daniel Iron, Niv Fichman, and Larry Weinstein for Rhombus Media. Oley, PA: Bullfrog Films, 2003. ISBN: 1-59458-074-X. Available from Bullfrog Films (www.bullfrogfilms.com). $275.00. As a popular stage and screen songwriter, Harold Arlen
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TIME STANDS STILL ON TWO STAGES Sweet and Hot
Chicago Sun-Times
; Want to get a sense of how Americans saw (and heard) themselves in the first half of the 20th century? Here are two musical revues that can do the trick. One, "Tintypes," offers a panoramic picture of the great wave of Eastern European immigration, the ragtime era and the Spanish-American War. The
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OUT & ABOUT
Chicago Sun-Times
; Cabaret singer Nan Mason will present a tribute to Harold Arlen on Wednesday night at Maxim's: The Nancy Goldberg International Center on the Gold Coast. The cabaret concerts, One for My Baby, will be recorded for release on CD in 2005 as part of the Harold Arlen Centennial, celebrating the
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Igor Stravinsky.(Sound Recording Review)
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; Igor Stravinsky. The Firebird. Produced by Jennifer Jonas, Daniel Iron, and Niv Fichman; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete; choreographed by James Kudelka. A Rhombus Media Production in Co-Production with NHK Japan. ISBN (VHS): 1-59458-075-8. ISBN (DVD): 1-59458-076-6. Stormy Weather: The Music of
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Jenseits des Regenbogens
Film - Dienst
; Zum 100. Geburtstag des Filmkomponisten Harold Arlen Er war der "schwrzeste" aller Hollywood-Songschmiede: Harold Arlen. Maria Riva, die Tochter Marlene Dietrichs, erinnert sich an ein Telefongesprch, das sie in den frhen 1950er-Jahren mit ihrer Mutter fhrte, die den Komponisten gerade in Las Vegas
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Stormy Weather
Film - Dienst
; The Music of Harold Arlen. The Soundtrack of a Film by Larry Weinstein. Music produced by Hal Willner. Sony Classical SK 87888. Lnge: 64:45 Min. Schon einmal arbeiteten Regisseur Larry Weinstein und Musikproduzent Hal Willner zusammen, um ein zeitgemes Filmportrt von Kurt Weill zu kreieren
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