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===Themed concerts produced by Hal Willner=== * ''Greetings from [[Tim Buckley]]'' (Brooklyn 1991)<ref>[http://www.timbuckley.net/concerts/stanns.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207072019/http://www.timbuckley.net/concerts/stanns.htm|date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> * ''Nevermore: Poems & Stories of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'' (Brooklyn 1995),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://evolutionmusicpartners.com/music_supervisors/hal_willner |title=Hal Willner |publisher=Evolution Music Partners |access-date=November 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211120612/http://evolutionmusicpartners.com/music_supervisors/hal_willner |archive-date=February 11, 2013 }}</ref> which led to the album ''[[Closed on Account of Rabies]]'' (1997), then ''Hal Willner's Halloween Show: Never Bet the Devil your Head'' (Los Angeles 2002), then ''Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe'' (Los Angeles 2001)<ref name="theofficearts">{{cite web |url=http://www.theofficearts.com/willner-projects.html |title=WILLNER PROJECTS - THE OFFICE performing arts + film |publisher=Theofficearts.com |access-date=November 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213133852/http://www.theofficearts.com/willner-projects.html |archive-date=February 13, 2013 }}</ref> * ''Tribute to Allen Ginsberg'' (Los Angeles) * [[Marquis de Sade]]'s writings (New York 1998) * ''The [[Harry Everett Smith|Harry Smith]] Project'' (London 1999, Los Angeles 2001) * ''The [[Doc Pomus]] Project'' (New York City 2001) * ''Came So Far for Beauty, An Evening of Songs by Leonard Cohen'' (Brooklyn 2003, Brighton 2004, Sydney 2005, Dublin 2006)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/brooklyn.html |title="Came so far for Beauty" β An Evening of Songs by Leonard Cohen Under the Stars, in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, June 28, 2003. Report by Dick Straub |publisher=Leonardcohenfiles.com |date=June 28, 2003 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022043855/http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/brooklyn.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/01/30/1107020256057.html?oneclick=true | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | title=Came So Far For Beauty | date=January 31, 2005 | access-date=March 31, 2011 | archive-date=August 5, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805034258/http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/01/30/1107020256057.html?oneclick=true | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/dublin.html |title="Came so far for Beauty" in Dublin |publisher=Leonardcohenfiles.com |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729042537/https://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/dublin.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Dream Comfort Memory Despair: The Songs of Neil Young'' (Brooklyn 2004), followed by ''Hal Willner's Neil Young Project'' (Vancouver 2010)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.straight.com/article-288485/vancouver/willners-taking-risks-his-neil-young-project |title=Hal Willner's taking risks with his Neil Young Project |date=February 10, 2010 |publisher=www.straight.com |access-date=April 10, 2020 |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023113032/https://www.straight.com/article-288485/vancouver/willners-taking-risks-his-neil-young-project |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Perfect Partners: Nino Rota & Federico Fellini'' (London 2004) * ''Shock and Awe: The Songs of [[Randy Newman]]'' (Los Angeles 2004) * ''Let's Eat: Feasting on [[The Firesign Theatre]]'' (Los Angeles 2004)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mirkin |first1=Steven |title=Let's Eat! Feasting on the Firesign Theater |url=https://variety.com/2004/legit/markets-festivals/let-s-eat-feasting-on-the-firesign-theater-1200534185/ |access-date=April 11, 2020 |work=Variety |date=April 4, 2004 |language=en |archive-date=April 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411013050/https://variety.com/2004/legit/markets-festivals/let-s-eat-feasting-on-the-firesign-theater-1200534185/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |date=January 13, 2004 |title=Audio Plays of the Legendary Firesign Theatre Performed by All-Star Cast Led by UCLA Live Artist in Residence Hal Willner April 1. |url=http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Audio-Plays-of-the-Legendary-Firesign-4794 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140923133844/http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/Audio-Plays-of-the-Legendary-Firesign-4794 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 23, 2014 |type=Press release |publisher=UCLA Newsroom}}</ref> * ''Forest of No Return: Hal Willner Presents Vintage [[Disney]] Songbook'' (London 2007), followed by ''Stay Awake: 20th anniversary of the classic recording of Disney songs'' (Brooklyn 2008)<ref>{{Cite news |last = Pompeo |first = Joe |title = Stay Awake Stays Alive in Brooklyn |newspaper = The New York Observer |date = March 14, 2008 |url = http://www.observer.com/2008/hal-willners-disney-interpretation-i-stay-awake-i-have-american-premier-brooklyn |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080726000843/http://www.observer.com/2008/hal-willners-disney-interpretation-i-stay-awake-i-have-american-premier-brooklyn |archive-date = July 26, 2008 }}</ref> (''Hal Willner's Stay Awake'' at [[UCLA]] was scheduled for October 30, 2008, but was cancelled due to unavailability of some performers)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/10/ucla-cancels-ha.html |title=UCLA cancels Hal Willner Stay Awake concert |access-date=September 13, 2017 |author=Lewis, Randy |date=October 22, 2008 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |archive-date=September 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913233154/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/10/ucla-cancels-ha.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Rogue's Gallery'' (NYC 2007, Dublin 2008, London 2008, Gateshead 2008, Sydney 2010) * ''Hal Willner's [[Bill Withers]] Project'' (Brooklyn 2008) * ''Begats: Readings of the Work of Burroughs, DeSade & Poe'' (Brooklyn 2009)<ref>[http://www.issueprojectroom.org/music/hal-willner/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809024626/http://www.issueprojectroom.org/music/hal-willner/|date=August 9, 2011}}</ref> * '' Gotta Right to Sing the Blues? Music and Readings from A Fine Romance, Jewish Songwriters, American Songs'' (NYC 2010)<ref name="theofficearts"/> * ''An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends'' (New York, Carnegie Hall, 2009) <ref>{{cite web |url=http://gavinfriday.com/2009/09/11/hal-willner-presents-an-evening-with-gavin-friday-and-friends/ |title=Hal Willner presents: An Evening with Gavin Friday and Friends β Gavin Friday β Official Site |publisher=Gavinfriday.com |date=September 11, 2009 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |archive-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327155831/http://gavinfriday.com/2009/09/11/hal-willner-presents-an-evening-with-gavin-friday-and-friends/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Hal Willner's [[Freedom Riders]] Project'' (Brooklyn 2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/hal-willner-s-freedom-riders-project |title=6/16/2011 - Hal Willner's Freedom Riders Project :: Calendar :: BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn |publisher=Bricartsmedia.org |date=June 16, 2011 |access-date=November 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911220535/http://www.bricartsmedia.org/events/hal-willner-s-freedom-riders-project |archive-date=September 11, 2011 }}</ref> * ''Shelebration: The Works of [[Shel Silverstein]]'' (New York 2011)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/arts/music/shelebration-silverstein-tribute-at-summerstage-review.html | work=The New York Times | first=Jon | last=Pareles | title='Shelebration!,' Silverstein Tribute at SummerStage - Review | date=August 7, 2011 | access-date=February 27, 2017 | archive-date=March 20, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320093709/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/arts/music/shelebration-silverstein-tribute-at-summerstage-review.html | url-status=live }}</ref> * ''Hal Willnerβs Amarcord Nino Rota'' (London, [[Barbican Centre|The Barbican]], 2013; New York, [[Lincoln Center]], 2018)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131212091150/http://www.londonjazznews.com/2013/11/review-hal-willner-nino-rota-amarcord.html Review: Hal Willner: Nino Rota Amarcord (LJF)] 26 November 2013 Londonjazznews.com</ref> * ''The Bells: A Day Long Celebration of Lou Reed'' (New York, July 30, 2016)<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lou-reeds-last-project-a-box-set-of-remastered-cds-due-this-fall-20160517 | title = Lou Reed's 'Last Project,' a Box Set of Remastered CDs, Due This Fall | date= May 17, 2016 | access-date = September 13, 2017 | magazine = Rolling Stone | author = Kory Grow }}</ref> * 'Tomorrow Is A Long Time: Songs from Bob Dylan's 1963 Town Hall Concert' (New York Town Hall Thursday, May 24, 2018)<ref>{{cite magazine | url = https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bob-dylan-77th-birthday-concert-town-hall-bill-murray-gina-gershon-steve-buscemi-1202822746/ | title = Bill Murray, Gina Gershon, Steve Buscemi Celebrate Bob Dylan at Birthday Tribute | date= May 25, 2018 | access-date = May 14, 2020 | magazine = Variety | author = Mitch Myers }}</ref>
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