George Gershwin

Wanting to venture into "other areas and other styles of storytelling," we now know, courtesy of Deadline that one of those areas involves him starring in the Steven Spielberg produced biopic about composer George Gershwin, which is one of three projects Spielberg is also looking to direct for his next feature.

Zachary Quinto to Star in Spielberg's George Gershwin Biopic « FirstShowing.net 2010

To paraphrase George Gershwin, Newsom is rich and good looking; he could have had his pick from a plethora of eligible women in San Francisco, but instead chose the wife of someone who had committed his life to furthering Newsom's political ambitions.

Byron Williams: Gavin Newsom and Meg Whitman Should Hope to Face Each Other 2009

This conundrum is at the heart of Larry Starr ' s " George Gershwin, " a musical biography that, as part of Yale ' s Broadway Masters series, focuses on the composer ' s work for the stage.

Anything for a Song Eric Felten 2010

And going back to the turn of the century, in songwriters such as George Gershwin and Irving Berlin, who were deeply influenced by African-American music and emulated it - not only in operas like in "Porgy and Bess," but in Irving Berlin's first hit song "Alexander's Ragtime Band," which caused him to be mislabeled The King of Ragtime, when obviously Scott Joplin deserved that title.

The Lyrics And Legacy Of Stephen Foster 2010

The band is named for a 2003 Osby album that focused on classic tunes such as George Gershwin's "Summertime," Duke Ellington's "Single Petal of a Rose" and Thelonious Monk's

STLtoday.com Top News Headlines 2009

Panelists will explore folk and country music of the South and West, hard-knock blues of the '30s, and escapist Broadway show tunes by composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter.

IU News: Arts and Humanities 2009

George Gershwin was one of the great song catchers in the history of American songwriting, but he was cut down in his prime due to an inoperable brain tumor.

The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

It makes me feel closer—like I have a stronger rope—to my earliest heroes, the great American songwriters like George Gershwin and Jerome Kern, among others.

The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

When I was a young boy, I wanted to be George Gershwin.

The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010

In 1918, Al Jolson performed “Swanee,” a minstrel song written by the young Jewish songwriter George Gershwin.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010