Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#1Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 10:38pm
This is extremely sad.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Broadway-Composer-Lucy-Simon-Has-Passed-Away-20221020
#2Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 10:46pm
Oh no 
If she never did anything else, she left us with one of the most incredible scores ever written in Secret Garden, and that alone would put her up with the greats. So saddened to hear this.
BorisTomashevsky
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/30/22
#3Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 11:14pm
Rest In Peace to a talented lady with an amazing history.
The score for The Secret Garden is sublime and pitch perfect for the story. Bullseye.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#4Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 11:19pm
It's an incredibly skillful score, and I wish she had returned more to the theatre.
Even if we believe the rumors that dance arranger Jeanine Tesori did a lot of uncredited work making Secret Garden sound the way it did, Simon's melodies are still there. Though WAITRESS took a lot of credit, Secret Garden had a female bookwriter/lyricist, composer, director, and lead producer/set designer...which was notable in the 90s.
(And I always forget she's Carly Simon's sister!!)
#5Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 11:31pm
Over the years in interviews and in her memoir, her sister Carly always talked so lovingly about Lucy. Carly also suffered from breast cancer in the late 1990s. Such sad news.
#6Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 11:39pm
I was floored by the fact that she was the 3rd female broadway composer by 1991?!?! Is that possible? Wow. RIP, Lucy, and thank you for the glorious Secret Garden.
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#7Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 11:44pm
Bill Snibson said: "I was floored by the fact that she was the 3rd female broadway composer by 1991?!?! Is that possible? Wow. RIP, Lucy, and thank you for the glorious Secret Garden."
Lucy Simon, Micki Grant, and Mary Rodgers? There MUST be more...right? {looks around nerviously}
#8Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 11:47pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "Bill Snibson said: "I was floored by the fact that she was the 3rd female broadway composer by 1991?!?! Is that possible? Wow. RIP, Lucy, and thank you for the glorious Secret Garden."
Lucy Simon, Micki Grant, and Mary Rodgers? There MUST be more...right? {looks around nerviously}"
And we haven't added a ton to that since then. Sad.
#9Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/20/22 at 11:57pm
Like…WTF?…Jeanine Tesori?!?! Is that actually it? Damn…thats so depressing…meanwhile listening to “The Secret Garden” as my own personal tribute to Lucy and also reminded of the great talents of Alison Fraser and Robert Westenberg et.al. and an era of the Broadway Musical we might never see the likes of again.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#10Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 12:53am
I’m surprised Encores hasn’t done SECRET GARDEN yet. Maybe in the 2024 season?
ErmengardeStopSniveling
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
#11Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 1:04am
JSquared2 said: "I’m surprised Encores hasn’t done SECRET GARDEN yet. Maybe in the 2024 season?"
It has had 2 notable concert productions semi recently (the World AIDS Day concert in 05, and then the Avery Fisher Hall concert in 16), and the commercial rights have been held since at least 2016. Warren Carlyle is directing a Broadway-aimed revival of it in LA at the Ahmanson this spring. I would not expect Encores to do it anytime soon.
#12Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 6:44am
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "It's an incredibly skillful score, and I wish she had returned more to the theatre.
Even if we believe the rumors that dance arranger Jeanine Tesori did a lot of uncredited work making Secret Garden sound the way it did, Simon's melodies are still there. Though WAITRESS took a lot of credit,Secret Gardenhad a female bookwriter/lyricist, composer, director, and lead producer/set designer...which was notable in the 90s.
(And I always forget she's Carly Simon's sister!!)"
ouch, one final bit of shade?
Huss417
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 10:42am
At the final performance ofThe Secret Garden on Broadway. Lucy, Carly and their mother were sitting right in front of us. As the theatre went dark Lucy Simon leaned over to her mother and said " This is all for you mom. I Love You." Funny all these years later I still recall that moment as if it was yesterday.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#14Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 11:51am
Sad news indeed.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#15Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 1:56pm
And now this...such a heartbreaking week for Ms. Simon and her family.
https://deadline.com/2022/10/lucy-simon-dead-broadway-composer-secret-garden-carly-simon-1235151781/#recipient_hashed=58c3f317269bed0a2f02cf7c7efecca4333b1ccf9dcbc6d57dad1e7afec53832&recipient_salt=2b5a7ad782ac2e9292d9eb3f0ad2511d43d2f182d14ce878d5b9fd6dcda44369
#16Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 2:08pm
Very sad. THE SECRET GARDEN is a favorite musical and cast album of mine. While DOCTOR ZHIVAGO flopped on Broadway, I will say that the cast album has a couple of beautiful songs…stream it sometime.
#17Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 4:30pm
WOW - Carly's sister Joanna Simon (an opera singer) died from thryoid cancer at age 84 the day before Lucy died. How horrible is this ? This makes Carly the only survivng child of the family, as their brother passed away at 71 from cancer in 2018.
BETTY22
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/29/13
#18Lucy Simon, brilliant composer of THE SECRET GARDEN, has died at 82
Posted: 10/21/22 at 6:01pm
I worked with her sister and was lucky enough to meet Lucy several times.
A class act. I wish she could have seen the new LA production of The Secret Garden.
Sierra posted such a beautiful tribute today on social media.
Rest In Peace.....
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