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Oct 28, 2014 · In a 1956 letter, Lerner cheerfully addressed Loewe as “Dear Meistercocker,” an amalgam of Meistersinger and alter cocker, and referred to a benefit performance of “My Fair Lady” that had an...
Jan 8, 1997 · FOLLOWING a humiliating few months of bad press Alan J Lerner took Micheline to the divorce courts in 1965. He claimed that she had called him ``a cheap musical comedy writer'' and referred to...
- The Herald Staff
Dec 23, 2014 · At the end of his life, Lerner was invited to write the lyrics for one of the most successful musicals of the past century: The Phantom of the Opera. Yet, as the following letter reveals, Lerner’s participation was cut short for reasons beyond anybody’s control: Who would have thought it?
Alan Jay Lerner (1918–86) was an eminent lyricist, best-known for his collaborations with Frederick Loewe on such Broadway musicals as My Fair Lady, Brigadoon and Camelot. At the time of this letter, he was editor of The New York Times Sunday theater section.
Dec 9, 2014 · One of the joys of editing the correspondence of Alan Jay Lerner has been discovering his letters to and from the major stars with whom he worked.
Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe , and later Burton Lane , he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film.
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This book helps to bridge the gap by providing new insights into his working life through his professional correspondence with his colleagues and friends. The collection contains letters to Julie Andrews, Rex Harrison, Frederick Loewe, Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Leonard Bernstein, among many others.
