Gershwin, Ira
Works (by Name)
- A Damsel in Distress: Nice Work if You can get It
- A Damsel in Distress: Things are Looking Up
- A Star is Born: The Man That Got Away
- Ask Me Again
- Boy! What Love Has Done to Me
- Evening Star
- Funny Face: He Loves and She Loves
- Girl Crazy: Embraceable you
- Girl Crazy: I Got Rhythm
- Group Therapy
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
- Of Thee I Sing: Love is Sweeping the Country
- Oh, Kay!: Someone to watch over me
- Pardon my English: Luckiest Man in the World
- Pardon my English: My Cousin in Milwaukee
- Porgy and Bess
- Porgy and Bess
- Porgy and Bess: Selections
- Primrose: Isn't It Wonderful
- Shall We Dance: They All Laughed
- Show Girl: Liza
- Strike up the Band: Homeward Bound
- Strike up the band: I've Got a Crush on You
- Sweet Little Devil: Our Little Kitchenette
- Tchaikovsky
- The Goldwyn Follies: Our Love is Here to Stay
- The Saga of Jenny
- Wake up Brother and Dance
- Your Eyes! Your Smile!
Works (by Date Performed)
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01-10-1957Hill Auditorium
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Conductor: De Paur, Leonard
- Soprano: Matthews, Inez
- Baritone: Winters, Lawrence
Notes: Introduction; Summertime; A woman is a something thing; Gone, gone, gone; My man's gone now; Promised land; Oh, I got plenty o' nothin'; Bess, you is my woman now; Oh, I can't sit down; It ain't necessarily so; There's a boat dat's leaving soon for New York; Oh Lord, I'm on my way.
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10-14-1975Power Center
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Author: Heyward, DuBose
- Author: Heyward, Dorothy
- Artistic Director: Di Chiera, David
- Set Designer: Norrenbrock, Paul A.
- Costumer: McKean, Karen
- Costumer: Hairston, Opal
- Costumer: Whalen, Bonnie
- Stage Director: Gerber, Ella
- Company: Michigan Opera Theatre
- Soprano: Oliver, Irene
- Bass-Baritone: Matthews, Benjamin
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10-15-1975Power Center
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Author: Heyward, DuBose
- Author: Heyward, Dorothy
- Artistic Director: Di Chiera, David
- Set Designer: Norrenbrock, Paul A.
- Costumer: McKean, Karen
- Costumer: Hairston, Opal
- Costumer: Whalen, Bonnie
- Stage Director: Gerber, Ella
- Company: Michigan Opera Theatre
- Soprano: Mitchell, Leona
- Bass-Baritone: Mosley, Robert
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06-26-1976Hill Auditorium
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Conductor: Bryant, Donald
- Choir: Festival Chorus
- Piano: Bryant, Donald
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11-11-1994Hill Auditorium
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- Composer: Weill, Kurt
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Piano: Fontaine, Bruno
- Vocals: Lemper, Ute
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01-14-1996Hill Auditorium
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Conductor: Turnbull, Walter J.
- Choir: Boys Choir of Harlem
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01-09-1999Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Soprano: Holvik, Karen
- Tenor: Keegan, Ted
- Piano: Blier, Steven
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01-10-1999Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Soprano: Holvik, Karen
- Tenor: Keegan, Ted
- Piano: Blier, Steven
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02-04-2000Michigan Theater
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Composer: Gershwin, Ira
- Chamber Ensemble: Jazz at Lincoln Center Sextet
- Clarinet: Goines, Victor
- Double Bass: Whitaker, Rodney
- Drums: Riley, Herlin
- Piano: Barron, Farid
- Tenor Saxophone: Goines, Victor
- Trombone: Gordon, Wycliffe
- Trumpet: Black, Seneca
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03-05-2000Power Center
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- Composer: Arlen, Harold
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Conductor: Sperling, Ted
- Soprano: McDonald, Audra
- Double Bass: Donovan, Peter
- Drums: Hayes, Bill
- Piano: Sperling, Ted
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02-09-2001Power Center
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- Choreographer: McEldowney, Harrison
- Composer: Porter, Cole
- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Composer: Gershwin, Ira
- Composer: Fain, Sammy
- Composer: Warren, Harry
- Composer: Durbin, Al
- Composer: Milton, R.
- Lighting designer: Williams, Diane Ferry
- Costumer: Zabriskie, Nan
- Company: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- Dancer: De Jesus, Ron
- Dancer: Cooksey, Sandi J.
- Dancer: Sample, Gregory
- Dancer: Meek, Jamy
- Dancer: Moore, Kendra
- Dancer: Myers, Geoff
- Dancer: Mann, Cheryl
- Dancer: Nesvadba, Mary
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02-10-2001Power Center
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- Choreographer: McEldowney, Harrison
- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Composer: Gershwin, Ira
- Composer: Allison, Moses
- Composer: Cahn, Sammy
- Artistic Director: Vincent, Jim
- Lighting designer: Clark, Todd
- Costumer: Lowell, Jackson
- Company: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- Dancer: Katsuyoshi, Charlaine
- Dancer: Cherry, Darren
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09-21-2002Power Center
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- Choreographer: McEldowney, Harrison
- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Composer: Gershwin, Ira
- Composer: Allison, Moses
- Composer: Cahn, Sammy
- Artistic Director: Vincent, Jim
- Lighting designer: Clark, Todd
- Costumer: Lowell, Jackson
- Company: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
- Dancer: Tierney, Christopher
- Dancer: Derstine, Erin
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11-04-2011Hill Auditorium
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Soprano: McDonald, Audra
- Double Bass: Vanderpoel, Mark
- Drums: Lewin, Gene
- Piano: Einhorn, Andy
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09-15-2013Hill Auditorium
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Composer: Gershwin, Ira
- Orchestra: University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Kiesler, Kenneth
- Soprano: McDonald, Audra
- Piano: Einhorn, Andy
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04-09-2015Hill Auditorium
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Composer: Gershwin, Ira
- Orchestra: Palast Orchester
- Violin: Crisafulli, Cecilia
- Violin: Hoffmeier, Ulrich
- Viola: Ranke, Jörn
- Alto Saxophone: Ernst, Johannes
- Banjo: Hoffmeier, Ulrich
- Baritone Saxophone: Fox, Rainer
- Clarinet: Ernst, Johannes
- Clarinet: Fox, Rainer
- Clarinet: Bernd, Frank
- Double Bass: Dieterich, Bernd Hugo
- Drums: Riewe, Vincent
- Guitar: Hoffmeier, Ulrich
- Percussion: Riewe, Vincent
- Piano: Wekwerth, Ian
- Sousaphone: Dieterich, Bernd Hugo
- Tenor Saxophone: Bernd, Frank
- Trombone: Ranke, Jörn
- Trumpet: Enders, Michael
- Trumpet: Huder, Thomas
- Vocals: Ranke, Jörn
- Vocals: Raabe, Max
- Vocals: Enders, Michael
- Vocals: Fox, Rainer
- Vocals: Huder, Thomas
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02-19-2017Michigan Theater
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Gershwin, Ira
- Bass: Sikivie, Paul
- Clarinet: Christopher, Evan
- Drums: Leathers, Lawrence
- Piano: Birnbaum, Adam
- Trombone: Wilcox, Corey
- Trumpet: Mulherkar, Riley
- Vocals: Salvant, Cécile McLorin
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02-17-2018Hill Auditorium
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- Composer: Gershwin, George
- Author: Heyward, DuBose
- Author: Heyward, Dorothy
- Librettist: Gershwin, Ira
- Orchestra: University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Kiesler, Kenneth
- Soprano: Slack, Karen
- Soprano: Brugger, Janai
- Soprano: Trevigne, Talise
- Tenor: Packer, Chauncey
- Bass: Robinson, Morris
- Baritone: Smith, Jr., Reginald
- Baritone: Garrett, Norman
- Choir: U-M School of Music, Theatre & Dance Chamber Choir
- Chorus: Our Own Thing Chorale
- Chorus Master: Blackstone, Jerry
- Chorus Master: Patterson, Willis
- Contralto: Thelwell, Rehanna
- Director: Kiesler, Kenneth
- Stage Director: Swedberg, Robert
- Stage Director: Washington, Daniel
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