Frank Lazarus obituary
My friend Frank Lazarus, who has died aged 86, was a versatile actor, pianist and, most of all, writer of musicals, with a play that enjoyed a long run on Broadway. In 1979 he teamed up with the comedy writer Dick Vosburgh in a Marx Brothers-inspired double-header, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine. Frank composed the music and Vosburgh wrote the book and lyrics. It journeyed from the small New End theatre in…