Stars and Stripes - American Musicals Volume 3 of 3

We complete our homage to American musicals with some legends of the American musical theatre scene. We span the ages from Frank Loesser to Stephen Sondheim
and Leonard Bernstein. Please enjoy our final installment on American  musicals and
make sure you take advantage of our special perusal offer - full details below!

	Stephen Sondheim Stephen Sondheim, one of the most influential and accomplished composer/lyricists in Broadway history, was born in New York City and raised in New York and Pennsylvania. As a teenager he met Oscar Hammerstein II, who became Sondheim's mentor. Sondheim graduated from Williams College, receiving the Hutchinson Prize for Music Composition. After graduation he studied music theory and composition with Milton Babbitt. He worked for a short time in the 1950s as a writer for the television show Topper. His first professional musical theatre job was as the songwriter for the unproduced musical Saturday Night. Works include: Anyone Can Whistle               Assassins Company                               Follies Into The Woods                       Into The Woods JR. Marry Me A Little                    A Little Night Music Merrily We Roll Along             Pacific Overtures Passion                                   Putting It Together  Saturday Night                       Side By Side By Sondheim Sunday In The Park…             Sweeney Todd West Side Story                       You're gonna love tomorrow The Frog                                 Sweeney Todd (Schools) A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Read more about the shows.....
	Stephen Schwartz Stephen Schwartz was born in New York City on March 6, 1948. He studied piano and composition at the Juilliard School of Music while in high school and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1968 with a B.F.A. in Drama. Upon coming back to live in New York City, he went to work as a producer for RCA Records, but shortly thereafter began to work in the Broadway theatre. Under the auspices of the ASCAP Foundation, he runs musical theatre workshops in New York and Los Angeles, and serves on the ASCAP board. He is also currently the President of the Dramatists' Guild. Works include:  The Baker's Wife Children Of Eden Pippin Working Captain Louie Disney Mulan JR. Disney My Son Pinocchio Captain Louie JR. Read more about the shows.....
	Frank Loesser One of America's great composer/lyricists, Frank Loesser began his songwriting career during the Depression as a lyricist, contributing songs to Broadway revues and nightclub acts. He wrote the Pulitzer Prize winning How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in 1961. Works include:  Guys and Dolls Guys and Dolls JR. How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying The Most Happy Fella Where's Charley? Greenwillow Read more about the shows.....
	Meredith Willson Meredith Willson was born in 1902 in Mason City, Iowa. He learned to play the flute as a child and began playing semi-professionally while still in high school. After high school he left Iowa to study at the Damrosch Institute of Musical Art (later the Julliard School), receiving flute instruction from Georges Barrere, the world-renown flutist. He became musical director for various radio programs throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, including Tallulah Bankhead's program, The Big Show," for which he wrote the hit song "May The Lord Bless and Keep You." He composed the scores for the movies The Great Dictator and The Little Foxes and wrote three Broadway musicals: The Music Man, his first and most successful; The Unsinkable Molly Brown (music and lyrics), and Here's Love (later to be renamed: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmans and then Miracle on 34th Street). Works include: Miracle on 34th Street Music Man Music Man JR. The Unsinkable Molly Brown Read more about the shows.....
	Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein is generally recognized as music’s most exuberant hero. Composer, conductor, pianist, teacher, humanitarian, thinker, entertainer and adventurous spirit, he forged his many talents with an irresistible personality to transform the way people everywhere hear and appreciate music. He broke rules, shattered precedents and opened doors, insisting that the art of music could and should play a vital role in the lives of all people. Works include: Candide Side By Side By Sondheim West Side Story On the Town Trouble in Tahiti Wonderful Town Read more about the shows.....
	Jerry Ross and Richard Adler Jerry Ross and Richard Adler wrote two of the most popular and enduring musicals in Broadway Theater, The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, two shows which personify the innocence and exuberance of the Golden Age of Broadway. The Pajama Game opened to rave reviews, winning the coveted Tony Award for best score, as well as the Donaldson Award and the Variety Drama Critics Award. Works include: Damn Yankees The Pajama Game Read more about the shows.....

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