Jack F. Lee born John Francis Lee, beloved musical director of both stage and screen, passed away peacefully on March 2, 2016 in his home at the age of 86. Mr. Lee was one of Broadway's leading conductors and musical directors who worked with composerslyricists John Kander amp Fred Ebb, Cy Coleman amp Dorothy Fields, Jule Styne, Richard Rogers, Stephen Sondheim, Charles Strouse, Alan Jay Lerner, Maury Yeston, Robert Wright amp George Forrest, Sandy Wilson, Bob Merrill, Betty Comden amp Adolph Green and Harvey Schmidt amp Tom Jones.
- 3/2/2016
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1989, Grand Hotel opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre where it ran for 1017 performances. Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel People in a Hotel, and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who wants to spend his final days living in luxury a young, handsome, but destitute Baron a cynical doctor and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success.
- 11/12/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1989, Grand Hotel opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre where it ran for 1017 performances. Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel People in a Hotel, and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who wants to spend his final days living in luxury a young, handsome, but destitute Baron a cynical doctor and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success.
- 11/12/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1989, Grand Hotel opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre where it ran for 1017 performances. Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel People in a Hotel, and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who wants to spend his final days living in luxury a young, handsome, but destitute Baron a cynical doctor and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success.
- 11/12/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 1989, Grand Hotel opened at the Martin Beck Theatre now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre where it ran for 1017 performances. Grand Hotel is a musical with a book by Luther Davis and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest, with additional lyrics and music by Maury Yeston. Based on the 1929 Vicki Baum novel and play, Menschen im Hotel People in a Hotel, and the subsequent 1932 MGM feature film, the musical focuses on events taking place over the course of a weekend in an elegant hotel in 1928 Berlin and the intersecting stories of the eccentric guests of the hotel, including a fading prima ballerina a fatally ill Jewish bookkeeper, who wants to spend his final days living in luxury a young, handsome, but destitute Baron a cynical doctor and a typist dreaming of Hollywood success.
- 11/12/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
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