The Friday 5: 5 Favorite Jerry Herman Tunes
Like many of you, I'm sure, news of Jerry Herman's passing caused me to reflect on his shows. I realized that Mame is my favorite score of his, but each one is a bounty of tuneful toe-tappers and lovely ballads. Looking over my choices I see many commonalities, but for me, nothing is more poignant than the optimism and joy each contains. Narrowing all of his works down to a Friday 5 list proved difficult, b…