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Remembering musical theater historian Robert Kimball

πŸŽ™οΈ Fresh Air πŸ• July 10, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Keeps playing with the screen off. The episode is played from Fresh Air’s own podcast host.

Kimball, who died July 2, was artistic advisor to Ira Gershwin. He wrote books about the Gershwins, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, and helped unearth unknown songs and manuscripts by them and other early 20th-century songwriters. Kimball also rescued and rediscovered the music of the Black Broadway team of Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1994.Β 

David Bianculli reviews the remake of β€˜Little House on the Prairie,’ and John Powers reviews the second season of β€˜Sugar,’ starring Colin Farrell.Β Β 

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