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Oscar Levant. If George Gershwin had an alter-ego, most people would agree that it was Oscar Levant (1906-1972), film composer and arranger. Levant, who was best known as a jazz pianist, was considered to have been the most accomplished interpreter of the vast songbook of U.S. composer George Gershwin, and was the first performer to record "Rhapsody in Blue" after Gershwin.
Apr 24, 2023 · Broadway's got a new bio-play, Good Night, Oscar, written by Doug Wright and starring Will and Grace star and Tony nominee Sean Hayes as Oscar Levant.It opens tonight, April 24, at the Belasco ...
Apr 11, 2023 · Oscar Levant circa 1947. He’d crack wise about the fragile state of his mental health, and once said, in answering a question about what he did for exercise, “I stumble and then I fall into a ...
Oscar Levant. 12/27/1906 - 8/14/1972. Primary Vocation: Entertainment. Geographic Connection to Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. Pianist and composer Oscar Levant was born in Pittsburgh. Abstract: Born in 1906 to Orthodox Jewish parents from Russia, Levant was raised in a musical family. He began studying piano composition at a young ...
Jun 11, 2023 · June 11, 2023. Sean Hayes, who portrays the witty but troubled pianist Oscar Levant in “Good Night, Oscar,” won the Tony for best lead actor in play. Best known for his long-running role as ...
Apr 6, 2022 · Oscar Levant detested success as much as he craved it. He was a singular, sardonic mid-20th century cultural phenomenon — the first and still the most authentically revealing reality television ...
Aug 15, 1972 · BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Aug. 14 (AP)—Oscar Levant, the pianist and radio and television wit who capitalized on his neu rotic personality but was later felled by it, died today appar! ently of a ...
