…my main concern in writing was to hook up real life with the humor of it and maybe the betterment of it…My songs try to point out through laughter, through humor or through emotion that life should be taken humorously, hopefully, philosophically, and that underneath all our mistakes that there is a purpose to life…" – E. Y. Harburg
In a career which spanned over 50 years, E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (1896-1981) penned the words to nearly 600 songs and worked with at least 58 different composers on 25 Broadway revues
Old Devil Moon is one of 7 OFAM 2024 Summer concerts presented twice:
Evening: Sat, Aug 3, 7:30 pm
Evening: Thu, Aug 8, 7:30 pm
and musicals and 11 Hollywood films. Yet when we ask just about anyone if they know Yip Harburg we generally get a "No. "Ahh," we reply, "but you know his songs! Brother, Can You Spare A Dime. It's Only A Paper Moon. April In Paris. Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe. How Are Things In Glocca Morra? And, well, Over The Rainbow."
Lynnea Barry and friends pay tribute to the man known as "Broadway's social conscience" and the heartful dreamer who put the rainbow in The Wizard of Oz, the Battle of Waterloo on the back of Lydia,…and laughter, compassion and good will into so much more.
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