Highlights include a spare reworking of the 1927 musical “Show Boat” and a surprisingly touching new piece by the shock ...

From *Barnum* and *Matilda* to the thrilling new production *Come Alive! The Greatest Showman Circus Spectacular*, London has ...

As written, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein ... (mostly played by J Molière), the cantankerous wife of the Cotton Blossom’s impresario, Captain Andy (Steven ...

Instead, it was “Bessie,” the name of Burke’s wife, presented to her as a birthday ... In fact, a song simply titled “Bill” by Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse is one of the earliest ...

It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans ...

Jerome Kern was one of the most important composers of the "Great American Songbook," and his tunes have provided rich source material for jazz artists for decades.

Still, every major revival of the Show Boat could be called a reimagining of the last. Hammerstein and Kern retooled the libretto for a 1928 West End transfer with the original production still ...

SPECIAL: Night Train marks birthday of one of the key composers of the Great American Songbook, Jerome Kern, with a two-hour special exploring some of his many great songs and some of the many ...

In adapting Edna Ferber’s novel about life on Mississippi River showboat Cotton Blossom, Kern wove a lush score from spirituals, Dixieland, European waltz and burgeoning jazz. Extensively ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County Sheriff's Sergeant Stephen Wells has been arrested and charged with rape and two other felonies. Wells has been with the Kern County Sheriff's Office ...

An Unplugged Acoustic Rock Jam is 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at the Northside Kenosha Public Library, 1500 27th Ave. It is free and open to the public.