The score consists largely of Gershwin standards.

It was the hit song of the show and became a Gershwin standard.

As the title of another Gershwin standard has it: Who cares?

Performing Gershwin standards that you might imagine have been done to death, Ms. Wilson finds fresh and compelling perspectives.

"Naughty Baby" (RCA/Novus), his most recent album, is a critically praised collection of Gershwin standards.

As determinedly upbeat as she is unpretentious, she treated the Gershwin standard as a rugged statement of intent, not as a wistful daydream.

Ms. Reddy prefaced her extremely dry-eyed rendition of the Gershwin standard by noting, "Plus ca change, plus c'est le meme."

When the jazz legend Annie Ross barks out "I Got Rhythm," she turns this great Gershwin standard into a hipster's credo.

Also on the program: Nelson Riddle arrangements of Gershwin standards, and the premiere of a commission by Derek Bermel.

Unlike "Crazy for You" or "Beauty and the Beast," it was not already broadly familiar thanks to a score of Gershwin standards or a popular movie version.