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Thursday, February 6, 2020

How Encores! Revived (and Revised) Cole Porter's The New Yorkers Score for a New Cast Album by Jack Viertel

The Encores! production, starring Scarlett Strallen and Tam Mutu, was seen at City Center in 2017.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:15PM
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

After 87 Years, City Center Revives Cole Porter’s Lost “Pre-Code” Musical by Jack Viertel

Where did City Center’s mounting of Porter’s lost musical, The New Yorkers, come from?

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Thursday, February 11, 2016

How Encores! Gathered the Remnants of the Lost Show to Rebuild Cabin in the Sky by Jack Viertel

Vernon Duke and John Latouche's jazz-filled fable Cabin in the Sky is returning to New York for an Encores! run from Feb. 10-14. Encores! artistic director Jack Viertel explores …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM

How Encores! Gathered the Remnants of a Lost Show to Rebuild Cabin in the Sky by Jack Viertel

Vernon Duke and John Latouche's jazz-filled fable Cabin in the Sky is returning to New York for an Encores! run from Feb. 10-14. Encores! artistic director Jack Viertel explores …

SOURCE: Playbill at 04:00PM
Sunday, March 15, 2015

How a Wrong Turn at the Lambs Club Introduced Lerner to Loewe, and An Anomaly Explained by Jack Viertel

Encores! artistic director Jack Viertel explains how the Lerner and Lowe musical Paint Your Wagon is a fascinating anomaly from the songwriting team best known for My Fair Lady and Camelot.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, May 9, 2014

From Montmartre to Midtown: Encores! Presents Irma La Douce, the Original Hipster Musical by Jack Viertel

Playbill.com looks at the history of the French musical Irma La Douce.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Encores! Little Me Revisits a Time When Comedy Was King by Jack Viertel

Playbill.com offers a look at the history of the musical Little Me, which will begin performances at City Center Feb. 5.

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Friday, January 25, 2013

Fiorello! Gets a Second Vote of Confidence from Encores! in New Concert Revival by Jack Viertel

Encores! artistic director Jack Viertel shares the history of Fiorello!, the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that launched Broadway songwriters Bock & Harnick in 1959, tied for the Best M…

SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

In Cotton Club Parade, Encores! Imagines the Days When Floorshows Shook the Floor by Jack Viertel

Cotton Club Parade, a 2011 concept-concert collaboration between New York City Center's Encores! and Jazz at Lincoln Center, returns for a freshened run Nov. 14-18. Conceiver Jack Vierte…

SOURCE: Playbill at 01:00PM
Thursday, September 1, 2011

ArtsBeat Blog: Theater Talkback: Remembering Jerry Leiber, a Reluctant Pioneer of the Jukebox Musical by Jack Viertel

The songwriter Jerry Leiber, who died on Aug. 22, helped create the jukebox musical. The trend has continued, but has not always been admired.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:09AM
Monday, March 28, 2011

ArtsBeat: 'He Wrote Like a Wounded Angel': Remembering Lanford Wilson by Jack Viertel

Jack Viertel remembers Lanford Wilson, the playwright who died this week.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 09:21AM
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