1959
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4 days ago · Jule Styne and Bob Merrill ’s Funny Girl is a musical theatre classic which celebrates the exuberant and elegant flavour of Broadway in the 1910s and 20s.
1 day ago · Jules Stein and Bob Merill’s “Funny Girl” is on tour and will be on stage at the Academy of Music July 16-28. This autobiographical tale of comedian Fanny Brice, who found fame in the early 20th century, features a book by Isobel Lennart and music and lyrics from Jule Styne and Bob Merill.
2 days ago · Peter Pan Witten by Moose Charlap and Carolyn Leigh, 1954 (with additional work by Jule Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph Green) The Broadway musical starred Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard and both ...
2 days ago · Mr. Sondheim has given this evening a half-dozen songs that are crushing and beautiful — that soar and linger and hurt. But the show that contains them is a shambles. “Merrily We Roll Along” has been adapted by Mr. Furth from the second George S. Kaufman-Moss Hart collaboration, a Broadway curiosity of 1934.
5 days ago · He then wrote the lyrics for Gypsy (1959; music by Jule Styne). A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum—based on comedies by the Roman playwright Plautus—opened on Broadway in 1962, with music and lyrics by Sondheim. It ran for 964 performances and won the Tony Award for best musical.
3 days ago · The musical takes its name from the Jule Styne-Adolph Green-Betty Comden song “Just In Time,” which Darin, among many others, recorded. Attached to produce for an eventual Broadway run are Tom ...
1 day ago · As part of the year-long celebration of Nonesuch Records' 60th anniversary, we launched Nonesuch Selects, a video series in which artists stop by the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorites from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Kronos Quartet founder, artistic director, and violinist David Harrington stopped by ...
