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Chris Potter and more – first shared musical space with Hart in the late eighties. The trio takes on a program of three Hays originals and three “contrafacts” of well-known standards. The latter means rearrangements and extrapolations on “Scrapple From the Apple” (as “Unscrappulous”), “Stella By Starlight” (as “Twilight”) and “All the Things You Are” (the hard-swinging title track) – all reminiscent of the originals, but not close enough to truly be covers. (There’s long been precedent for this approach in jazz – after all, Charlie Parker’s “Moose the Mooc...

The program features three guest singers, a range of early and Golden Age Broadway hits and a second half dedicated entirely to Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Lionsgate Acquires George Gershwin-Inspired Fascinating Rhythm Lionsgate announced on Wednesday that the studio has won the rights to Fascinating Rhythm, an upcoming musical drama to be produced by Irwin Winkler and Martin Scorsese.  The film, which tells the story of a young woman’s magical journey through past and present New York City, is inspired by the life and music of famed American composer George Gershwin. The film will be directed by Joe Carney, with a screenplay co-written by Carney and Chris Cluess. The film will also be produced by Charles Winkler and David Winkler.  “We�...

Lionsgate has acquired "Fascinating Rhythm," from director John Carney that is a musical inspired by the life of George Gershwin

A generous and grateful Keegan-Michael Key and a dramatic Olivia Rodrigo gave their all to Saturday Night Live, and their efforts paid off....