John Kander

Chita Rivera at Birdland 10/14/2009

First You Dream: The Music of Kander and Ebb 09/15/2009

Composer John Kander teamed with lyricist Fred Ebb to forge one of the longest-running and most successful creative partnerships in Broadway history; their bold, brassy style giving rise to a series of enormously popular and provocative musicals including +Cabaret, +Chicago, and +Kiss of the Spider Woman. Kander was born March 18, 1927, in Kansas City, MO, and began studying music as a child; he ...more