theartsdesk Q&A: Composer Marvin Hamlisch, 1944-2012
Marvin Hamlisch's three Oscars all came in 1974. "I think now we can talk to each other as friends," he said as he accepted his third award of the night, packaging his sizeable self-esteem as geeky schlemiel wit, and a chat show guest was born. He wrote "The Way We Were" for Barbara Streisand, having started out on Broadway as rehearsal pianist in Funny Girl. A wizened sage warned him that it didn't do to win so much…