Ginger Rogers, ”who did everything [Fred Astaire] did backwards...and in high heels,” is Turner Classic Movie’s Star of the Month. That means all month TCM is featuring Ginger Rogers films; As of today they have 41 films left on the schedule—including all ten she made with Fred Astaire. Tonight for instance is The Gay Divorcee, the second film that featured Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers team.

Berlin, Porter, Kern, Fields, Gershwin and many others wrote songs for the movies of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; You’ll hear much of that music in the films selected by TCM this month. To hear these classic songs live, visit the 92nd Street Y on Mar 20 for: Lyrics & Lyricists™— Fred and Ginger in So Many Words: The Astaire-Rogers Songbook. Deborah Grace Winer, artistic director & host, joins over a dozen musicians for a salute to this lasting legacy to the American Songbook. Purchase tickets here.

Upcoming L&L performances include Lyrics & Lyricists™—Poisoning Pigeons in the Park: The Art of the Satiric Comedy Song (May 8-10) and Lyrics & Lyricists™—In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening: The Stardust of Hoagy Carmichael (Jun 5-7).

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The ECNY awards: “New York’s original comedy awards,” took place on Monday when fifteen awards were presented to New York City’s favorite comedians. The Comix blog reported that Michael Ian Black was there via “live” feed from Reno, Nevada, and introduced the award for: “Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Tweeting.”

“We couldn’t be more proud of the winners,” said ECNY producer Alex Goldberg. “With over 5,000 people voting online, coupled with our industry committee votes, we made sure that the absolute best comedians working in New York were honored with the most prestigious award imaginable: a mention in a press release about the ECNYs.” And the 92Y Blog! 

92YTribeca’s Risk! True Tales Boldly Told series won an ECNY for Best Variety Show. For those unaware, RISK! is a show where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share, live on stage, featuring some of the brightest actors, writers and comedians around. See if for yourself in person; The next RISK! is tomorrow, Mar 11.

Here is the full list of winners, including so many of our favorites (Morgan Murphy, Hannibal Buress, Tom Shillue, Gabe and Jenny, Myq Kaplan, Lizz Winstead!). Congrats to all!

[92YTribeca Comedy]

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