Who is Oscar Levant? On myriad levels, this is the question both we and Doug Wright’s play, coming to London after a Tony Award-winning run on Broadway, need to ask. Levant, as a minor character here ...

It wasn’t so long ago that Oscar Levant was a household name to American audiences. The pianist and movie star was known for his sharp wit and unpredictability. In the drama “Good Night, Oscar,” ...

American Scholar magazine gushed: “Among the pop culture stars of the mid-20th century, few were as diversely talented as the inimitable Oscar Levant. Urbane and self-lacerating, Levant cultivated a ...

The “Will & Grace” star is unrecognizable in a Broadway biography of Oscar Levant: wit, pianist and “Eeyore in a cheap suit.” By Jesse Green Years before “Will & Grace,” Hayes was a classical pianist.

His hands noodle out a few bars from Gershwin’s Concerto in F; then the man in the crumpled suit says: “This is Oscar Levant speaking. It’s an identification that I have to make because I suffer from ...

side 1: Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra. Gershwin Piano Concetr [First and Thrid Movements]; side 2: Oscar Levant (piano). Gershwin Piano Prelude #2 [track 1] Gershwin Piano Prelude #3 [track 2] ...

Oscar Levant (piano) with Andre Kostelanetz conducting the Philharmonic Syphony Orchestra of New York. side 1: Andante Con Moto (2nd Movement - beginning); side 2 Andante Con Moto (2nd Movement - ...