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This week's Theater Talk celebrates composer George Gershwin and his 1928 symphonic poem, An American in Paris, now coming to Broadway as an adaptation of the 1951 Academy Award-winning film. Theater Talk welcomes musical theater historian Robert Kimball author of the bestselling coffee-table book The Gershwins, and Rob Fisher, musical director of the show, to discuss the composer and how his work is being adapted anew.

This week's Theater Talk celebrates composer George Gershwin and his 1928 symphonic poem, An American in Paris, now coming to Broadway as an adaptation of the 1951 Academy Award-winning film. Theater Talk welcomes musical theater historian Robert Kimball author of the bestselling coffee-table book The Gershwins, and Rob Fisher, musical director of the show, to discuss the composer and how his work is being adapted anew.

It was the call of a lifetime. "I have a 1-year-old infant - swallowed something and he's starting to choke on it," the caller told 911 dispatcher trainee Adam Brooks on May 27, according to Sacramento CBS station Kovr. As Brooks wrote down the address, 911 dispatcher Britney Melchor, who was training him, noticed it sounded familiar. "He verified the address and I heard that it was mine," Melchor, 23, of Marysville, California, tells People. Somehow, she kept her cool and quickly dispatched the fire department and ambulance to her home. "My first reaction was getting help to him right away," Melchor told the TV station.

92Y announces casting for the 2014 season of Lyrics amp Lyricists. Faith Prince, Rob McClure, Christiane Noll and Rachel York are among the performers from the worlds of Broadway, jazz and cabaret presenting a panoramic journey through the American Songbook via Broadway, Hollywood and Second Avenue. LampL's shows this season explore MGM Musicals, tunes that swept away the Great Depression, an insider's look at Rodgers amp Hammerstein, iconic funny girl Fanny Brice and the glorious songs salvaged from Flop Shows. The season is curated by series artistic director Deborah Grace Winer and a line-up of guest artistic directors that includes three Tony Award winners-directorchoreographer Kathleen Marshall in her LampL debut music director Ted Sperling and lyricist David Zippel- musical theater historian Robert Kimball, and Rodgers amp Hammerstein oracle Ted Chapin.