When conductor Marvin Hamlisch and pianist Kevin Cole get together, a jolly good time is had by everyone. This week the friends match wit and musical expertise in a program honoring the genius of ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Marvin Hamlisch was one of the most successful composers of our time. He could sit down at the piano and rattle off a tune in a nanosecond. Or he could labor over a melody for ...

Marvin Hamlisch, the singularly productive and sensationally decorated composer of musicals like "A Chorus Line" and songs like "The Way We Were," was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear.

Marvin Makes Music, an inspiring new family musical celebrating the early life of legendary composer Marvin Hamlisch, is set to receive an exclusive industry reading on September 26 at Ripley Grier ...

PITTSFIELD — Marvin Hamlisch is a busy man, really busy. The winner of three Oscars for his work in Hollywood and a Pulitzer Prize for achievement on Broadway, Hamlisch also is the principal pops ...

Sad news this morning: Composer Marvin Hamlisch died yesterday in Los Angeles after a brief, unspecified illness; he was 68 years old. Mr. Hamlisch wrote the scores and/or songs for more than 40 films ...

NEW YORK -- Marvin Hamlisch was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear. I heard sounds that other children didn't hear, he wrote in his autobiography. He turned that skill into writing and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jane Levere is a New York-based freelance writer covering the arts. Marvin Hamlisch, the award-winning composer and conductor who ...

Pianist Kevin Cole, renowned for his interpretation of Gershwin and performances from The Great American Songbook canon, is one of many illustrious musicians interviewed in Marvin Hamlisch: What He ...

In these two film excerpts from Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love, Marvin Hamlisch and his peers discuss his early musical talent and his childhood classical training. He loved popular music and ...

A documentary airing Friday on PBS’ “American Masters” explores the impact a young Marvin Hamlisch made on Broadway in the 1970s. The program, “Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love,” airs 8 p.m.

NEW YORKNEW YORK — Marvin Hamlisch was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear. “I heard sounds that other children didn’t hear,” he wrote in his autobiography. He turned that skill into ...