Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse (1928-2025) was one of America’s most successful musical theatre composers. His first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (1960), written with his longtime collaborator Lee Adams, won him... Read more
Charles Strouse (1928-2025) was one of America’s most successful musical theatre composers. His first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (1960), written with his longtime collaborator Lee Adams, won him a Tony Award and the London Critics Best Foreign Musical Award. In 1970, Applause, starring Lauren Bacall, achieved the same honors, and his smash hit, Annie (1977), written with lyricist Martin Charnin and librettist Tom Meehan, also won Tonys for Best Score and Best Musical, as well as two Grammy Awards.