Harvey Granat celebrates one of the most remarkable and successful songwriting teams in history — the multiple award-winning Marilyn and Alan Bergman.
With a songbook that includes “The Way We Were,” “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life,” “Windmills of Your Mind,” “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" and many more, and ranges from the score for Yentl to the theme song for Maude, the Bergmans are songwriting royalty. Harvey talks about how they crafted and tailored songs for luminaries including Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire, and he shares the charming behind-the-scenes stories you’ll only hear from him. As always, he sings, in his enchanting and inimitable style, with special guest Alan Bergman joining him along with additional performances by Christine Andreas and Ann Hampton Callaway, reminding us why these exquisite songs are among the most enduring of all.
This program will take place on Thursday, April 22 from 12-1:30 pm. This program will not be recorded for later viewing.
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Harvey Granat is a popular cabaret performer, Broadway producer and a historian/educator of the American popular song. He performs at various supper clubs, resorts and cultural venues, including engagements at Feinstein’s at the Regency, Birdland, Canyon Ranch and Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts. His shows focus on a composer and/or lyricist, combining his singing of their songs with stories from their lives, many of which come from his personal collection of letters and manuscripts from legendary co ...
Harvey Granat is a popular cabaret performer, Broadway producer and a historian/educator of the American popular song. He performs at various supper clubs, resorts and cultural venues, including engagements at Feinstein’s at the Regency, Birdland, Canyon Ranch and Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts. His shows focus on a composer and/or lyricist, combining his singing of their songs with stories from their lives, many of which come from his personal collection of letters and manuscripts from legendary composers and lyricists. Granat co-produced 4 time Academy Award winner, Sammy Cahn, on Broadway in Words and Music. The show had a successful run in New York and toured all over the United States and abroad. His friendship with Cahn led to his serving on the Board of the Songwriters Hall of Fame with Cahn and many other well-known composers and lyricists. He has taught at universities, including Florida Atlantic University where he presents a very popular winter series, co-produced a Broadway show which toured domestically and abroad, and has a CD, Look to Your Heart.
Current online courses for this instructor can be found at Roundtable by The 92nd Street Y, New York, at Roundtable.org.
Alan Bergman together with his wife, Marilyn, are two of the country’s outstanding lyricists …
Alan Bergman together with his wife, Marilyn, are two of the country’s outstanding lyricists. As lyricists for film, stage and television, they have created many unforgettable images with their lyrical mastery. Theirs is one of the most successful songwriting collaborations in an era of great popular music. They have earned numerous awards, including 16 Academy Award nominations, multiple Emmys, Grammys, and three Oscars for “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “The Way We Were,” and the score for Yentl.
As a Broadway singer and actress Christine Andreas has won many awards in both cabaret and theater including two Tony nominations …
As a Broadway singer and actress Christine Andreas has won many awards in both cabaret and theater including two Tony nominations for her performance in La Cage aux Folles. Concerts include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Café Carlyle & Feinstein’s 54 Below, garnering her the prestigious Mabel Mercer award and the 2016 Bistro Award for Ongoing Artistry in Concert and Cabaret. She has also worked with major symphonies nationwide.
Stephen Holden, in the New York Times said: “Her bright, shiny soprano, with its wheeling vibrato and metallic edge, conveys a high-strung emotionality that is sharpened with her acting skills.”
Ann Hampton Callaway is one of America’s leading singer/songwriters/jazz artist and recording stars …
Ann Hampton Callaway is one of America’s leading singer/songwriters/jazz artist and recording stars. She has recorded over 15 cd’s including her latest, Jazz Goes to the Movies. Her songs have been sung by other performers on a host of recordings, including several by Barbra Streisand.
She is a multi-award-winning supper club performer who headlines some of the country’s most popular venues and she has been guest soloist with symphony orchestras across the country.
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