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Jerry Herman obituary by Michael Coveney

American composer and lyricist best known for Mame, Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles The composite image of a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Jerry Herman, who has died aged 88, is of a glamorous woman bedecked in pearls and feathers sashaying down a staircase to deliver a big take-home number surrounded by a deferential male chorus line of waiters, or valets, or drag queens. The three big Herman shows …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:24pm on December 29, 2019

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