CHARLES STROUSE

Mr. Strouse’s first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (lyrics by Lee Adams) won a Tony Award, as did Applause (starring Lauren Bacall) and Annie (with lyrics by Martin Charnin). Other musicals: All American; Golden Boy; It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman; I and Albert; Dance a Little Closer; Tony-nominated musicals Charlie & Algernon; Nick and Nora and Rags. He wrote both music and lyrics for Mayor and the music for Annie Warbucks. Film scores: Bonnie & Clyde, The Night They Raided Minsky’s and All Dogs Go To Heaven. Awards: Emmy Award, two Grammies, Peabody Award, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein Awards, Dramatists’ Guild Frederick Loewe Award. Mr. Strouse is the founder of the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop in New York, and is a member of the Theater Hall of Fame and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. Upcoming: The Night They Raided Minsky’s at the Goodspeed Theater, Marty starring John C.Reilly on Broadway and You Never Know, premiered at Trinity Rep in Providence, Rhode Island. He is married to the director-choreographer Barbara Siman and they have 4 children: Ben, Nicholas, Victoriaand William.