[NEohioPAL] Over the Rainbow: The Songs of Harold Arlen

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*THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT PRESENTS*

*“OVER THE RAINBOW: THE SONGS OF HAROLD ARLEN”*

*AT TRI-C EASTERN CAMPUS*



*CLEVELAND, OH*…. The Musical Theater Project celebrates the 75th
anniversary year of *The Wizard of Oz* by saluting the composer behind the
music in “Over the Rainbow: The Songs of Harold Arlen,” to be presented at
Cuyahoga Community College’s Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center on
Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 3pm.



Co-hosted by TMTP artistic director Bill Rudman and Tri-C Jazz Studies
faculty member Joe Hunter, the concert will feature songs spanning Arlen’s
40-year career including “Stormy Weather,” “I’ve Got the World on a
String,” “That Old Black Magic,” “Blues in the Night” and the most beloved
American song of the 20th century (according to a study by the National
Endowment for the Arts), “Over the Rainbow.”



TMTP’s multi-media concert includes dozens of still images and rare film
clips from Arlen’s life.  The company comprises top local jazz musicians:
vocalists Erin Keckan, Vince Mastro and Evelyn Wright, with Hunter on
piano, Bryan Thomas on bass and Ray Porrello on drums. Rudman and Hunter
will provide commentary.



More than any other major composer for American musicals, Harold Arlen
(1905-86) crossed over from the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood to jazz.
His music is steeped in both the blues and in the rich Hebraic tradition of
his family.  This music runs so deep that it’s become a permanent part of
our culture.



Arlen’s biographer, Rudman’s friend Edward Jablonski, told him, “Harold
considered his art to be rather mysterious: a gift that came from ‘up
there.’  Judy Garland, Lena Horne and Peggy Lee loved him because he wrote
so brilliantly for singers, but he was never one to toot his own horn.  He
just quietly did his work, and over a period of 40 years he created
hundreds of gems.”



Cuyahoga Community College’s Eastern Campus is located at 4250 Richmond
Road in Highland Hills.  General tickets are priced at $20.  Tickets are
available through TMTP’s box office at 216-245-8687.



“Over the Rainbow: The Songs of Harold Arlen” is presented as part of “The
Song Is You!” concert and cabaret season produced each year by The Musical
Theater Project at a variety of locations.



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“The Song Is You!” receives additional support from Robert Conrad, Susan
Kohn and Mike Kohn, the Cleveland Foundation, the Kulas Foundation, The
George Gund Foundation, Cleveland Public Library, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture
and Ohio Arts Council. Media sponsors include Cleveland.Com, WKHR 91.5 FM
and WCLV 104.9 FM.



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*ABOUT THE MUSICAL THEATER PROJECT—*A nonprofit organization founded in
2000, TMTP produces concerts, in-school residency programs, radio
programming and recordings that foster a deeper understanding and
appreciation of a uniquely American art form. To learn more about TMTP,
call 216-529-9411 or visit www.MusicalTheaterProject.org
<http://www.musicaltheaterproject.org/>.





To schedule an interview with Bill Rudman, please call 216-529-9411 or
e-mail info at musicaltheaterproject.org.





*Ohio Arts Council helps fund The Musical Theater Project with state tax
dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural
enrichment for all Ohioans. The Musical Theater Project also receives
public support with local tax dollars from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, to
preserve and enrich our region's artistic and cultural heritage.*
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