Also credited on3 works
110 in the Shade
I Do! I Do!
110 in the Shade (2007 Revival)
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In the literature8 passages
- 110 in the Shade , with book by N. Richard Nash (based on his play The Rainmaker ) and music by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics by Tom Jones is not as well known by the general public as The Music Man , but it is held by many to be one of Broadway’s hidden gems. The music is closer to the ballets of Aaron Copland than to the bluster of Sousa .…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
- Universities’ liberal arts departments can be wonderful spawning grounds. Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt who wrote the book, lyrics and music for The Fantasticks began writing together in college. There are theatre groups in every university in Britain and the United States.ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- But the turning point is not always so obvious. Sometimes it may even be achieved by a happy accident. Harvey Schmidt, composer of The Fantasticks remembers that when they had cast Jerry Orbach as El Gallo (his first role), ‘we took what had been a rape speech in the Barnard [Colombia University] production (because he was so marvellous w…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- 56 Harvey Schmidt, composer of the score for The Fantasticks remembers when he first heard Rita Gardner audition for the part of ‘The Girl’. ‘What I remember loving about her voice, and the way I had always envisioned the part, was that there was no break between chest and head: there’s a lot of coloratura in it, and Rita was one of the f…ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- The first and most successful musical to begin life Off-Broadway (where it ran for nearly 42 years) was Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt's The Fantasticks, based on a late 19th century French play about parents, who, contrary to convention, want their children to marry and thus set out creating obstacles so their wish might come to pass. The…ebooks/Engel, Lehman/Words with Music_ Creating the Broadway Musical Libretto - Lehman Engel.txt
- The book and lyrics were by Tom Jones, the music by Harvey Schmidt. They’d only had one Best Score Tony nomination each, but then again, they’d only had one Broadway musical: Merrick’s nonnominated 110 in the Shade (1963–1964). A better credential was their The Fantasticks, which was then just about to become the longest-running musical i…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
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