Date of Birth: 1928/6/7
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Mini Biography:
Charles Louis Strouse is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to such Broadway musicals as "Bye Bye Birdie", "Applause", and "Annie". A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, he studied under Arthur Berger, David Diamond, Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger. His first Broadway musical was "Bye Bye Birdie", with lyrics by Lee Adams, which opened in 1960. He won his first Tony Award in the category of best musical. In 1970, "Applause" (starring Lauren Bacall, with book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and lyrics by Adams) won Strouse his second Tony Award, for Best Musical. In 1977, He adapted a comic strip for the stage, creating the hit "Annie", which included the song "Tomorrow," which quickly became a monstrous song hit, and garnered him his third Tony Award and two Grammy Awards. His film scores include "Bonnie and Clyde"(1967), "There Was a Crooked Man..."(1970), the Norman Lear production of "The Night They Raided Minsky's"(1968) and the popular animated movie "All Dogs Go to Heaven"(1989). His writing also extends into orchestral works, chamber music, piano concertos and opera. His "Concerto America", composed in 2002 to commemorate 9/11 and the spirit of New York City, premiered at The Boston Pops in 2002, and his opera "Nightingale"(1982), starring Sarah Brightman, had a successful run in London, followed by many subsequent productions. In 1977, Strouse founded the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop in New York, through which many young composers and lyricists have found a forum for their work. He won Emmy Awards for music in television adaptions of "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Annie". He is also the recipient of the 1999 ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award and the Oscar Hammerstein Award. He is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame (in 2001) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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