Fri 2/21 @ 8PM
Like all Broadway composers whose songs take on a life of their own, Marvin Hamlisch continues to live on after his August 2012 death. If the only thing he’d done was to write the music for The Sting … or The Way We Were … or A Chorus Line … but he wrote them all and dozens more films and musicals.
He started young too. He was barely 21 when his song “Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows,” recorded by Leslie Gore, hit the pop charts in 1965. In his 47-year career, he amassed Grammy, Emmys, Tonys, Oscars, and a Pulitzer Prize, and was principal conductor for a string of pop orchestras.
So it’s appropriate that the Cleveland Pops Orchestra is the scene of yet another tribute to Hamlisch.
Joining the orchestra and conductor Carl Topilow at Severance Hall will be three seasoned musical theater performers who worked with Hamlisch at different points in his career: Jodi Benson, Doug LeBrecque, and Donna McKechnie, whose big breakout show was A Chorus Line. They’ll sing beloved Hamlisch tunes and share their recollections of the composer.
Tickets are $20-$82.