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Mary Rodgers (1931-2014) was an American composer, screenwriter, and author. She wrote the novel Freaky Friday and its adaptations, as well as musicals such as Once Upon a Mattress and The Mad Show, and songs for children's albums.
Aug 11, 2022 · Mary Rodgers was a songwriter, children's book author, philanthropist and — perhaps most famously — the daughter of theatrical legend Richard Rodgers. Though she died in 2014, her memoirs were...
Aug 11, 2022 · The daughter of Richard Rodgers, Mary Rodgers was a songwriter, children's book author and philanthropist. Her co-authored memoir, Shy, reveals her relationships with Stephen Sondheim, Hal Prince, Sheldon Harnick and others in the golden age of musical theater.
Aug 5, 2022 · Her voice careens between intimate, sardonic, confessional, comic. The book is pure pleasure — except when it’s jaw-droppingly shocking. Written in collaboration with the New York Times ...
Jun 27, 2014 · Mary Rodgers, who wrote songs and children’s books and, by virtue of genetics and serendipity as well as talent, lived at the red-hot center of American musical theater, died on Thursday at her...
Jul 9, 2014 · Mary Rodgers Guettel, who died at the end of June, was not a household name like her father, the composer Richard Rodgers, but she had legions of fans—among them her lifelong friend Stephen ...
Aug 9, 2022 · In this excerpt from “Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers,” a Broadway musical is born at a summer camp.
