• Events Calendar Nov 21, 2008
The Magic Valley Chorale, directed by Joseph Casperson and accompanied by Magic Valley Chamber Orchestra, presents "The Many Moods of Christmas," arranged by Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. DEC. 13 and at 4 p.m. DEC. 14 at College of Southern Idaho's Fine Arts Center auditorium. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Central Iowa Wind Ensemble to give free performance Sunday Nov 15, 2008
"Our big featured number, I guess you would say, is our closing number, the 'Star Wars Trilogy,' which everyone is probably familiar with." The performance will also include "Four Scottish Dances" by Malcolm Arnold, "Psalm 42" arranged by Samuel Hazo, "Flourish for Wind Band" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, "El Camino Real" by Alfred Reed and "Suite of Old American Dances" by Robert Russell Bennett. Following the concert, there will be a reception hosted by the Boone Municipal Band where audience... (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
A musical salute to America Nov 8, 2008
The suite written by Rodgers and arranged by Robert Russell Bennett for the documentary TV series about naval warfare during World War II that was originally aired by NBC in 1952-53. Schapper, who was a Navy Reserve Officer from 1968-1991, still remembers being shown parts of the TV series during his training with the reserves. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
The orchestrations that drive the musicals Aug 19, 2008
But the instruments playing them, the elaborate counter lines, shifting harmonies and alternating rhythmic contexts, are the work of Robert Russell Bennett, his orchestrator. Bennett wrote the overture, too (as he did for virtually all of his clients, including Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Frederick Loewe), weaving together excerpts of the score's famous melodies to create a seamless potpourri of its greatest hits. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Tony Tony for Boeing Boeing as awards shared around Jun 17, 2008
A special posthumous award was given to Robert Russell Bennett, who orchestrated the original 1949 production. But Patti LuPone, who played Mama Rose in Gypsy, won the award for leading actress in a musical with Boyd Gaines, winning his fourth Tony, and Laura Benanti winning awards for featured actor and actress. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
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A special posthumous award was even given to Robert Russell Bennett, who orchestrated the original 1949 production of "South Pacific.". But Patti LuPone, who played Mama Rose in "Gypsy," took home the leading actress in a musical award with Boyd Gaines (winning his fourth Tony) and Laura Benanti taking featured actor and actress awards. (International Herald Tribune)
Tonys get spiced up by two singular sensations Jun 16, 2008
Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981), in recognition of his historic contribution to American musical theater in the field of orchestrations, as represented on Broadway this season by Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Complete list of nominees for the 2008 Tony Awards May 15, 2008
Special Tony Award: Robert Russell Bennett. Lifetime Achievement Award: Stephen Sondheim. (San Francisco Chronicle)
In the Heights heads list of Tony nominees May 14, 2008
A special lifetime achievement Tony Award will go to Stephen Sondheim with a special Tony awarded posthumously to orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, who died in 1981 ... Special Tony Award: Robert Russell Bennett. (MSNBC -- News)
See all the nominations May 14, 2008
Robert Russell Bennett. Lifetime achievement. (USA Today -- Life)
'Heights' heads list of Tony nominees May 14, 2008
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'Porgy And Bess' Sizzles May 23, 2007
REVIEW / 'Porgy and Bess' concert sizzles at Paramount after a slow start. " Tenor Kalil Wilson made a brief, heated mark as Robbins, the man whose murder sets the plot in motion. The chorus, dressed in street clothes and rising in various sections to offer gossip and scolding comment, evoked the social fabric of DuBose Heyward's libretto, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Dorothy Heyward. James Monroe Iglehart, the burly and formidable bass who played Porgy, became a presence right away. The... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Face the Music Mar 31, 2007
Sets, John Lee Beatty; costumes, Toni-Leslie James; lighting, Clifton Taylor; sound, Scott Lehrer; original orchestrations, Robert Russell Bennett, Maurice De Packh, Frank Tours; music coordinator, Seymour Red Press; concert adaptation, David Ives; production stage manager, Roltcq Smith. Opened, reviewed March 29, 2007. (Variety)
My Fair Lady Mar 9, 2007
Under guest conductor Rob Fisher, the NY Philharmonic gives Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang's lustrous original orchestrations brisk, buoyant treatment -- lush and full-bodied or subtle and delicate as required ... Sets, Ray Klausen; costumes, Gail Baldoni; lighting, Ken Billington; sound, Peter Fitzgerald; orchestrations, Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang; dance music arrangements, Trude Rittman; production stage manager, Peter Hanson. (Variety)
