Get the latest gossip
Henry Mancini’s 100th Is a Cause for Celebration, as the Hollywood Bowl Sets Sail Down ‘Moon River’ for Season’s Opening Night
Monica Mancini previews the Hollywood Bowl's opening night, a celebration of her dad's 100th birthday, and a tribute album, both with Michael Bublé.
Her memories of the Bowl include an unusual tradition her late mother, Ginny Mancini, engaged in: buying the worst seats in the house, in order to throw the best party. And I remember in the late ‘60s or early ‘70s, everybody parked their cars at my parents’ house and then everybody loaded a bus that took them to the Bowl — this busload of luminaries, from Sonny and Cher to Cary Grant, this random group of people that just used to come up and see the concert. The first track recorded for the new album was Mancini’s theme for the TV series “Peter Gunn,” a piece of music important enough that, all by itself, it’s the subject of a new book by Variety contributor Jon Burlingame.
Or read this on Variety
