Also credited on9 works
Catch a Star!
Bye Bye Birdie
Golden Boy
Applause
A Broadway Musical
Bring Back Birdie
“It’s a Bird... It’s a Plane... It’s Superman”
Ain't Broadway Grand
All American
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In the literature8 passages
- Charles Strouse and Lee Adams wrote music and lyrics for many shows together. Of the dissolution of their partnership, Mr Strouse says:ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- Lee Adams, who with Charles Strouse wrote the score for Bye Bye Birdie and Applause says, ‘A musical that is coming toward New York is a juggernaut that is rolling along. But we work well under excruciating pressure. We do a lot of our best work out of town and always add material.’ebooks/Citron, Stephen/Musical From the Inside Out, The - Stephen Citron.txt
- Lyrics : Lee Adams, I. A. L. Diamond, Larry Holofcener, Ray Golden, Sy Kleinman, Norman Martin, Dave Ormont, Milton Pascal, Danny Shapiro, and Paul (Francis) Websterebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
- Those lessons paid off handsomely. With a book by Michael Stewart and music and lyrics from Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, respectively, Birdie was a takeoff on the mania that swept through the youth of America when Elvis Presley was drafted into the Army in 1958. After I saw a run-through of the number “Telephone Hour,” I called my wife…ebooks/Dyke, Dick Van/My Lucky Life in and Out of Show Business_ A Memoir - Dick Van Dyke.txt
- Stewart was adept in his lyrics. Perhaps he’d learned a great deal from writing books to shows with excellent lyrics by Lee Adams (Bye Bye Birdie ), Bob Merrill (Carnival ), and Jerry Herman (Hello, Dolly! ). In celebrating Monica’s assets, Stewart had the men sing, “Those aren’t just buns; they’re cakes.” Even better: “Men go ape! Apes g…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
- It had three white writers: librettist William Gibson, composer Charles Strouse, and lyricist Lee Adams. Gibson had taken over after his mentor Clifford Odets, adapting his own 1937 play, had died. In the afterword to his published script, Gibson gave credit to Golden Boy ’s star Sammy Davis, Jr., for bits and pieces of dialogue, and reve…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
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