Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#1Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 9:09am
What a career. Ugh.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/theater/sheldon-harnick-dead.html
#2Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 9:22am
Oh gosh. What a talent and such wonderful work he gave to us.
After Sondheim passed, I told myself I wanted to write to some people to thank them for their work, and Sheldon Harnick was one. I never did it. I regret for sure now.
hearthemsing22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/20
#3Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 9:24am
fashionguru_23 said: "Oh gosh. What a talent and such wonderful work he gave to us.
After Sondheim passed, I told myself I wanted to write to some people to thank them for their work, and Sheldon Harnick was one. I never did it. I regret for sure now."
I'd say if there are others, do it now rather than later...
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#4Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 10:17am
His lyrical dexterity from ballads (WHEN DID I FALL IN LOVE) to musical comedy songs (TONIGHT AT EIGHT) was just extraordinary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMfcGu88PuA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcA0pVcqF4s
#5Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 10:28am
Legend! Genius! He'll be missed, but how lucky we are to have had him for a century!
¿Macavity?
Broadway Star Joined: 1/29/16
#7Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 10:49am
I did not realize he was married to Elaine May for a period of time. A life well lived. RIP
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#8Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 11:32am
UWS10023 said: "I did not realize he was married to Elaine May for a period of time."
For just a year, though allegedly they remained friends for years after.
I'd love to know what went down in that marriage with two big personalities (and both quite prestigious circa 1962).
Elaine would have been a great Yente!
#9Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 11:50am
May he RIP, and yes, his memory is a blessing. The Rothschilds has some wonderful songs. I have hoped for a long time that someone would do a revival. I thought the success of The Lehman Trilogy might spur some interest in a revival, but I hold out hope.
Det95
Featured Actor Joined: 10/14/19
#10Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 12:32pm
One of my favorite days of theatre was when I saw the recent She Loves Me revival and the Fiddler revival back to back. Extraordinary
RIP
BETTY22
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
#11Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 3:40pm
A decent decent man.
Sheldon Harnick rewrote the lyrics of his immortal "Sunrise, Sunset" from FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, specifically for gay and lesbian couples, shortly after these weddings were legalized in New York State in 2011.
For male couples:
Is this the little boy I carried?
Is that the little boy at play?
I don’t remember growing older.
When did they?
We did they get to be so handsome?
When did they grow to be so tall?
Wasn’t it yesterday when they were small?
For female couples:
Is this the little girl I carried?
Is that the little girl at play?
I don’t remember growing older.
When did they?
When did she get to be a beauty?
When did she grow to be this tall?
[Alternative: When did they get to be so handsome?
When did they grow to be this tall?]
Wasn’t it yesterday when they were small?
pethian
Leading Actor Joined: 5/23/22
#12Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 4:59pm
What a life! What a legacy! And from everything I've heard, what a good and decent man.
BCfitasafiddle
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/25/20
#13Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/23/23 at 5:21pm
Don't let it end, Dear Friend. RIP legend.
Wayman_Wong
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#14Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/24/23 at 11:34am
If you're a Bock and Harnick fan and live in the San Francisco Bay Area, i heartily recommend 42nd Street Moon's delightful and romantic revival of ''She Loves Me,'' which wraps up its monthlong run this weekend (Jun 24-25) at the Gateway.
Riley McFarland and Marah Sotelo are especially ''grand, perfectly grand'' as Georg and Amalia, and play the parfumerie clerks with heaven-scent chemistry.
https://42ndstmoon.org/she-loves-me/
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#15Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/24/23 at 11:45am
As I am preparing to audition for a production of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, I am very impressed with Harnick's lyrics. He was a wonderful wordsmith. May he rest in peace
"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
#16Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/24/23 at 2:30pm
Is it known why he and Bock stopped collaborating?
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#17Sheldon Harnick has died at age 99
Posted: 6/24/23 at 5:05pm
Ke3 said: "Is it known why he and Bock stopped collaborating?"
From what I gather, they had a spat but had reconciled recently and wrote a the song "Topsy Turvy" for a recent FIDDLER revival. The song wasn't particularly good buneither was that revival
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"Long live God!" (GODSPELL)
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