Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone: A Play With Music
Laguna Playhouse (606 Laguna Canyon Rd. Laguna Beach, CA 92651)
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The last date listed for George Gershwin Alone was Sunday February 21, 2010 / 2:00pm.
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Casual dressy, unless you like to get real dolled up!
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83 Goldstar Member Reviews
Celibataire
Hershey Felder's Gershwin at the Laguna Playhouse: There is absolutely nothing I could say that would be superlative enough to describe this performance. I can't add to what the other reviewers here have said. Brilliant. I already got my tickets for Felder's next work. He is a treasure. Small enough and intimate enough theatre; perfect for this show...though it would sell out even at Symphony Hall.Written on Feb 21 2010
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David L.
I thought it was a very nice afternoon. It was really nice for people who do not really know a lot about George Gershwin's life and/or music.Written on Feb 15 2010
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nannarnan
A terrific show! One-third of an existing trilogy of shows about composers (Gershwin, Chopin & Beethoven).[The entire trilogy will be performed at Laguna Beach Playhouse this spring - Beethoven was just confirmed last night!] Hershey Felder is an astonishing performer! After a 90 minute show during which he plays piano, acts, and sings, he plays Rhapsody in Blue and then plays & sings for another 30 minutes during an audience sing-along. RUN to see this show - it closes in a week, and some performances are sold out. It's worth every penny. (If you like to watch the pianist's hands, ask to sit on the keyboard side of the theatre.)Written on Jan 20 2010
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Susan F.
We had FRONT ROW seats for this magical evening! Mr. Felder became GERSHWIN, Jolson, Merman, and others. Amazing. Go see it. I can't wait for him as Chopin, Beethoven, and Bernstein!Written on Feb 12 2010
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Quotes & Highlights
- Felder recently performed George Gershwin Alone at Los Angeles' Geffen Playhouse, earning rave reviews and Goldstar's Roar of the Crowd award.
Description
Steinway concert artist, composer, and actor Hershey Felder spent five years researching George Gershwin’s life and works. He spoke with family members, biographers and Gershwin intimates and secured the rights from the late composer’s estate to develop a solo performance. Felder used Gershwin’s personal correspondences, original manuscripts, and personal belongings to construct a one-man show in which he brings George Gershwin to life. Audiences will experience with the actor Gershwin’s childhood, parents, and siblings, as well as his musical triumphs and defeats. Not only is Felder’s appearance strikingly similar to Gershwin’s, but Felder drew on old radio archives to recreate Gershwin’s voice. He also used songs, letters, and conversations to recreate the life and times of the great American composer.
Hershey Felder is a native of Montreal, Quebec and has appeared as an actor on Broadway, off-Broadway and regionally in the United States and Canada. His work as a playwright and composer has been showcased in the United States, Canada, Israel, Great Britain, and several other European countries. Felder is married to Canada’s former Prime Minister, Kim Campbell.
Felder’s one-man show, George Gershwin Alone, has enjoyed successful, extended runs on Broadway, in Los Angeles, and throughout United States. The show tells the story of George Gershwin’s rise from a street kid in downtown Manhattan to a “song-plugger” on Tin Pan Alley to the great composer of Broadway musicals to the composer of works for Carnegie Hall. When George Gershwin died suddenly at the age of 38, his great American opera, Porgy and Bess, was a critical and financial failure. At the end of George Gershwin Alone there is only one man in the room who doesn’t know how famous and beloved his work has become. That man is George Gershwin.