Tag: The Happy Time
John Gabriel: A Man for All Genres!
John Gabriel A Man for All Genres! July 15, 2016 By Lynn DiMenna for Cabaret Scenes At the outset of their careers, most all of the great Italian-American crooners, from Tony Bennett (Anthony Benedetto) to Jerry Vale (Genaro Louis Vitaliano), were encouraged to change their birth names to something more easily pronounced and remembered. Actors, […]
John Kander & Fred Ebb
December 2010 JOHN KANDER & FRED EBB Composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb met in 1962 and a legendary songwriting team was born. Their first successful collaboration was on the song “My Coloring Book,” recorded by both Sandy Stewart and Barbra Streisand. But it will be the scores of the ground-breaking musicals they penned, […]
