• Jesinger appointed to volunteerism commission Nov 4, 2008
An active school volunteer, Jesinger was the Green Team Parent at Wood River Middle School, three time co-chair of the annual Community School Garage Sale; and costumer for school's productions of "The Boys from Syracuse", "The Crucible, "Pirates of Penzance" and "Hamlet. "Jesinger has traveled the nation training adult mentors to work with youth and teaching youth leadership skills. She has served on the Board of the Trailing of the Sheep Festival, The Ketchum/Sun Valley Ski and Heritage Museum... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Schweinfest celebrates art, culture Oct 6, 2008
By Jason Gabak/Special to The Citizen. Sunday, October 5, 2008 11:38 PM EDT. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
It's the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, alfresco Jun 19, 2008
Still, this musical "Comedy" doesn't reach the comic or lyrical heights of Rodgers and Hart's more memorable adaptation, "The Boys From Syracuse.". All in all, this "Comedy of Errors" is rootin' and tootin', but the West here ends up more mild than wild. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Summer Pops June 21: Chorus awash in the tropics Jun 14, 2008
For her appearance at Summer Pops, Besley will be singing "All the Things You Are," which was written by Jerome Kern and featured in the movie "Broadway Rhythm;" Cole Porter s hit "I Get a Kick Out of You" from "Anything Goes;" and the Rodgers and Hart standard "Falling In Love With Love," which originated with "The Boys From Syracuse" but was also sung by Bernadette Peters in the recent revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein s "Cinderella.". On several numbers, Besley will be accompanied by the... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Big Ten Network Celebrates Northwestern Day on June 12 Jun 5, 2008
The seven episodes include Chapel Choir Concert -- Mozart; Boys from Syracuse; News at Northwestern; Student Concerto Competition; Evans Scholars; Moments in Time: A History of Northwestern; and Percussion Ensemble ... 6am -- Campus Programming -- Boys From Syracuse. (Nusports.com)
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During the 1920s and 1930s they produced the musicals Babes in Arms, Pal Joey, and The Boys From Syracuse. After Hart's early death, Rodgers teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein II, who was also nonreligious, to create Oklahoma. (Disinformation)
‘Miss Saigon' visually stunning Jun 8, 2007
est Side Story and he Boys From Syracuse are based on Shakespeare, Little Night Music on a Bergman film and nto The Woods on classic fairytales. But the most successful ventures of this sort are reinventing original incarnations in a new form. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
The Broadway Musicals of 1938 Mar 28, 2007
From the Rodgers and Hart legacy, Sarah Uriarte Berry sang a beautifully understated "Spring is Here" from "I Married an Angel," and later joined Hugh Panaro to define the essence of "This Can't Be Love," from "The Boys from Syracuse." Certainly, the most ardent statement was to be found in "I'll Tell the Man on the Street," beautifully rendered by Martin Vidnovic. A stately Christiane Noel invested "Falling in Love with Love" with waltzing radiance. (Variety)
Ellen Hanley, 80; performed in many Broadway musicals Feb 15, 2007
In 1963, Ms. Hanley starred in a successful off-Broadway revival of "The Boys From Syracuse," a Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart musical based on Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors.". During the late 1940s and into the 1950s, Ms. Hanley toured extensively in summer-stock shows. (Boston Globe)
