Best Leading Actress in a Musical: Audra McDonald won. 2012 Drama Desk Awards Outstanding Actor in a Musical : Norm Lewis was nominated but did not win. Outstanding Actress in a Musical : Audra ...

When I read that the Met, in the program notes for James Robinson’s production of PORGY AND BESS, called it “a supremely American operatic masterpiece” I couldn’t help but think of Stephen Sondheim’s ...

For some — including myself, much of the time — the greatest moment in all of music is the clarinet glissando at the opening of “Rhapsody in Blue.” But lately, I have been getting even more of a ...

With George Gershwin’s melancholy melody and DuBose Heyward’s colloquial poetry, the opening aria from ‘Porgy and Bess’ remains, 90 years after its premiere, among the most beloved songs in American ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Porgy’s Ghost author and historian Harlan Greene stands in front of the structure that inspired ...

Authorities say Grammy-nominated singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death at his home in Santa Monica, California.

In 1981, an industry newcomer named Jubilant Sykes released his debut album, Number of the Lord, with Light Records, the same ...

Renowned opera singer Jubilant Sykes, known for his baritone voice, received a Grammy nomination for best classical album at ...