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Three-time Tony Award®-winning American musical theatre composer Charles Strouse (b. New York City, June 7, 1928) has written over two dozen shows over his fifty-year career (not every one of them a smash hit like Bye, Bye Birdie, Applause, or Annie) and contributed music to film (Bonnie and Clyde 1967) and television as well. He has created ...
Songs. Charles Strouse has written scores for over 30 stage musicals, including 14 for Broadway. He has also composed scores for five Hollywood films, two orchestral works and an opera. He has been inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Composer Charles Strouse built his reputation on the stage musical, from the celebrated (Bye, Bye Birdie and Annie) to the obscure (It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!). In five decades he has seen two dozen theater productions come to light, and has also composed film scores, including 1967's Bonnie and Clyde.
Charles Strouse: The fact that it was an interracial love story meant nothing to me. I had known young black women in my life. Interviewer: What did it mean to the audience?
Charles Strouse. A composer who has experienced the sweet taste of Broadway success — but not for some considerable time. When Strouse graduated from the Eastman School of Music he intended to...
Inductee. 1928 Born. 1985 Inducted. With partner Lee Adams wrote a string of Broadway hits in 1960s and 70s. Charles Strouse was born in New York City on June 7, 1928. He began taking piano lessons at the age of ten and at age 15 he entered the Eastman School of Music.
Charles Strouse. * Composer Charles Strouse has won three Tony Awards: for Bye Bye Birdie, his first Broadway musical, in 1961; for Applause in 1970; and for Annie in 1977. He also has four...
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