Showing posts with label Ira Gershwin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ira Gershwin. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

#popculture27: The Gershwins Make the Musical “Funny Face,” Starring Fred & Adele Astaire


The songwriting brothers—and the dancing siblings—teamed up for a Broadway production, with songs that endured in future shows.
by Rich Watson 

The story of modern American musical theater would be incomplete without George & Ira Gershwin. Their heyday was the twenties, but their influence endured for longer.

One of their hit musicals is little remembered today but it inspired future ones: the 1927 show Funny Face.