WHere Have They Gone?

Can't speak for anyone else, but I'm drawing a blank Mr. R.

D

I beg to differ: Nick & Snora was not a good score. It had an excellent cast though, but they couldn't rise above the bad music and story.

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I agree with what you say about the 3 sets of songwriters - all highly underrated.

I love Schmidt & Jones - the scores for 110 In The Shade and Collette Collage are particularly fabulous. They have written primarily for off Broadway rather than mainstream shows - and are still working! Their show "Roadside" was done at the York Theatre in New York in November 2001 (and the CD is great). I read that they are working on "Grovers Corners", a musicalization of "Our Town".

Bock and Harnick are great too. As well as their well known "She Loves Me" and "Fiddler", I love the scores of their lesser known shows such as "The Rothschilds" and "Fiorello". I have not heard anything of them of late though. But Harnick's musical "Dragons" is being staged in Montclair NJ Nov.13- December 21

I agree that Charles Strouse deserves a hit. He has consistently written fabulous melodies ("Once Upon A Time" from "All American" is my fav of his.) The ill-fated "Dance A Little Closer" (harshly described by some as "Close A Little Faster") is full of wonderful songs - as is "Nick and Nora" and many of his other shows. Strouse has been working on the musical "Marty", and there was talk of a New York staging a while ago but nothing has materialized.

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