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 ...

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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A child prodigy, Marvin Hamlisch began studying piano at the famed Juilliard School of Music when he was seven. He co-wrote his first hit song, the bouncy “Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows,” which ...

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 ...

Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sarah Jessica Parker were among the A-listers in the audience at the star-studded memorial tribute. By THR Staff Conductor Marvin Hamlisch - P 2012 Hamlisch ...

Marvin Hamlisch — the ’70s wunderkind who won Oscars for “The Way We Were” and “The Sting” and went on to conquer Broadway with “A Chorus Line” — is back. And his music for “The Informant” is possibly ...

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