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19 September 2012

Only Marvin Hamlisch was missing. Pasadena Symphony & Pops honors the conductor-composer

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An exceptional evening hosted by the Pasadena Symphony to honor the recently perished conductor, Marvin Hamlisch. [...]

7 August 2012

Eulogizing Marvin Hamlisch

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Thoughts from Barbra Streisand on the loss of an old friend and collaborator. [...]

26 April 2011

Marilyn Monroe gets her very own Russian ballet

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A mere 90 miles south of Segerstrom Performing Arts Center, Billy Wilder directed some of the funniest moments in film history, the beach sequence from “Some Like it Hot.” Fifty years later, Russian choreographer Boris Eifman presents one act of his ballet based on the film, in the West Coast premiere of his “Who’s Who” ballet. [...]

16 March 2011

Marvelous Marvin Hamlisch takes up Pasadena Pops baton

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An afternoon concert with newly appointed Pasadena Pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch. [...]