Robert Wright News
Date Of Birth:
September 25, 1914
Date Of Death:
July 27, 2005 (90)
Birth Place:
Daytona Beach, FL, USA
Gender:
Male
Latest News on Robert Wright
The Collegiate Chorale's Spring Benefit Slated for 4/30
by BWW News Desk - Apr 05, 2013
The Collegiate Chorale announces its 2013 Spring Benefit honoring the Verbier Festival on April 30, 2013 at 6:00pm at Carnegie Hall, 154 West 57th Street, NYC. The Collegiate Chorale cherishes a rich collaboration with the Verbier Festival since its first appearance at the festival under James Levine in 2005. The Chorale is thrilled to honor the festival at the occasion of their 20th anniversary and to celebrate a shared mission for artistic excellence and inter-generational exchange through music. (more...)
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Lakewood Theatre Company Opens GRAND HOTEL, 1/11
by BWW News Desk - Dec 26, 2012
Lakewood Theatre Company continues its 60th season with the Tony Award-winning musicalGrand Hotel. Inspired by Vicki Baum's period novel of the same name, this multiple Tony Award-winning musical features music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston, and a book by Luther Davis. (more...)
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TheatreZone Presents GRAND HOTEL in January
by BWW News Desk - Dec 10, 2012
Set in 1928 in pre-Nazi Germany and inspired by a novel and the Oscar-winning film, Grand Hotel - The Musical, rings in the New Year at TheatreZone, serving as a metaphor for a society that is frayed at the edges and soon to unravel. (more...)
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The Collegiate Chorale Presents BEATRICE DI TENDA, Today
by BWW
News Desk - Dec 04, 2012
The Collegiate Chorale announces its upcoming performance with the American Symphony Orchestra, Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini today, December 5, 2012 at 6pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, NYC. Tickets start at $12.50 and are available at www.carnegiehall.org.
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STAGE TUBE: On This Day 11/12- GRAND HOTEL
by Stage Tube - Nov 12, 2012
Today in 1989, Grand Hotel opened at the Martin Beck Theatre (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre) where it ran for 1017 performances. Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel (People in a Hotel), and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina; a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who wants to spend his final days living in luxury; a young, handsome, but destitute Baron; a cynical doctor; and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success. (more...)
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Blue Hill Troupe Presents GRAND HOTEL, Now thru 11/17
by BWW News Desk - Nov 09, 2012
Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd. http://www.bht.org, the only musical theater group in New York City to donate its net proceeds to charity, launches its 89th season with Grand Hotel. Inspired by Vicki Baum's period novel of the same name, this multiple Tony Award-winning musical features music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston, and a book by Luther Davis. (more...)
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The Collegiate Chorale Presents BEATRICE DI TENDA, 12/5
by BWW News Desk - Nov 05, 2012
The Collegiate Chorale announces its upcoming performance with the American Symphony Orchestra, Beatrice di Tenda by Vincenzo Bellini on Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 6pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, NYC. Tickets start at $12.50 and are available at www.carnegiehall.org.
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Blue Hill Troupe Presents GRAND HOTEL, 11/9-17
by BWW News Desk - Sep 27, 2012
Blue Hill Troupe, Ltd. http://www.bht.org, the only musical theater group in New York City to donate its net proceeds to charity, launches its 89th season with Grand Hotel. Inspired by Vicki Baum's period novel of the same name, this multiple Tony Award-winning musical features music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston, and a book by Luther Davis. Grand Hotel will run from November 9-17, 2012 at Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street, New York, NY. Nathan Brewer directs, with musical direction by Isaac Harlan, and choreography by Jason Sparks. (more...)
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The Collegiate Chorale Announces 2012-13 Season
by BWW News Desk - Sep 10, 2012
The Collegiate Chorale, led by music director James Bagwell, announces its 71st Season, which will include three Chorale-presented concerts, five collaborative concerts, and a summer tour to the Verbier Festival. (more...)
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