Music Week 2024

One would think that, with the current feelings about the US presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, there would be frequent stagings throughout the country of Kurt Weill's JOHNNY JOHNSON, his awe-inspiring anti-war "play with songs" and his first work for the American theater. (Not coincidentally, where are all productions of Joan Littlewoood's OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR and the Gershwin/Kaufman STRIKE UP THE BAND?)

One would think that, with the current feelings about the US presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, there would be frequent stagings throughout the country of Kurt Weill's JOHNNY JOHNSON, his awe-inspiring anti-war "play with songs" and his first work for the American theater. (Not coincidentally, where are all productions of Joan Littlewoood's OH, WHAT A LOVELY WAR and the Gershwin/Kaufman STRIKE UP THE BAND?)

Anna Marie Genovese, a gifted singer from Syracuse, New York, born in 1929, began enchanting audiences from a young age. Known professionally as "Anna Marie," she released her only LP, "Interludes with Anna Marie," on the Syracuse-based Vesta label in January 1955. Nat Hentoff praised the album in Down Beat, awarding it four stars. Despite being paralyzed by polio since age one, Anna Marie's determination and talent shone brightly.