Jerry Herman, the legendary Broadway composer and lyricist, was just 26 years old when he won his first Tony Award in 1961, for "Milk & Honey". He was still under 30 when "Hello Dolly" opened and later broke the existing record for longest running Broadway musical--at the same time his newest show, "Mame", was playing down the street. Born and reared in Jersey City, Jerry Herman is back on Broadway again, with a revival of his 1983 smash "La Cage Aux Folles". This State of the Arts story is a preview of Senior Producer Amber Edwards' upcoming documentary, Words and Music by Jerry Herman. In addition to rare archival footage, the story also features interviews with Carol Channing, Fred Ebb, Arthur Laurents, and Charles Nelson Reilly.
Tom Malloy is a Trenton-based artist who began his career as a painter when most people are thinking of retiring. A man who was born the year the Titanic sunk, he worked in the Roebling Mills and as a lay preacher before turning to art. Malloy paints scenes of Trenton and the surrounding farmland, familiar to him since his childhood. He has become a figure of inspiration to area artists, because of his fluid style as a watercolorist – and his home-spun wisdom. State of the Arts visits Malloy in his studio, where he talks of how he incorporates his memories into his work.
where to see
trenton city museum
ellarslie mansion at cadwalader park
trenton, nj
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Tom Malloy
Tom Malloy, (1912-2008), was a Trenton-based artist who began his career as a painter at an age when most people are thinking of retiring. Born the year the Titanic sunk, he worked in the Roebling Mills and as a lay preacher before turning to art. Malloy painted scenes of Trenton and the surrounding farmland, familiar to him since his childhood. Named Artist Laureate of Trenton, a biography of his artwork, “Blending Colors from Life: Trenton’s Own Watercolorist” was published in 2007 (and is available for sale at the Trenton City Museum store.) State of the Arts visited Malloy in his studio in 1997. Ellarslie: The Trenton City Museum is featuring In Memoriam: Thomas A. Malloy Retrospective Exhibit which is on view now until November 9, 2008 in the Malloy Gallery. also visit www.ellarslie.org
Painter Tom Malloy
Tom Malloy in front of his Trenton studio
Trenton Battle Monument
by Tom Malloy
Prospect St.
by Tom Malloy
milton babbitt
Milton Babbitt, Professor Emeritus of Music at Princeton University and Distinguished Professor of Composition at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City, is one of America’s most important contemporary composers and musical theorists. Born in 1916, Babbitt played jazz, composed popular songs and even a Broadway show early in his career. As a young college student, however, he discovered the music of Arnold Schoenberg, creator of the 12-tone system of composition, and fully embraced the avant-garde. State of the Arts spoke with the 88 year old icon of American music about his fascination with musical serialism, his many compositions, his early work with the RCA Electronic Sound Synthesizer, and his next big composition, a Concerto for Orchestra commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
From amateur jazz musician, to P.O.W. in World War II, to one of the most prominent figures in American abstract art, Peter Stroud's life is a story of art intersecting with history. In NYC in the 1930s, Stroud helped establish a group calling themselves American Abstract Artists (AAA). Discouraged by the lack of representation of American artists in a survey of Cubism and abstraction, the AAA organized their first show at the Museum of Modern Art, including 39 artists, in April 1937. Their pamphlets, lectures, forums and annual exhibitions increased the appreciation and popularity of American abstract art, but the group dissolved as the U.S. was drawn into the second World War. AAA began to reorganize around 1950, and its members continue to act as stewards of abstract art in America. State of the Arts visits Peter Stroud in his home studio in Princeton to talk about the impact of his experiences on his art, and about defying the typical pitfalls of age while continuing to seek out the cutting edge of his craft. State of the Arts also meets with Don Voisine, the current president of the American Abstract Artists.
Preview
Listen to "Your Hand in Mine", sung by Lester James and Fia Karin with Jerry Herman at the piano;
from Jerry Herman's 1960 off-Broadway revue "Parade"
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