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PRESS RELEASE – 5/14/08 – Library of Congress Acquires
Charles Strouse's papers
PRESS RELEASE, 3/3/08
Celebrating 80 Years of Charles Strouse
Print/Wire/Web
PLAYBILL.COM, 1/29/09
"New Musical Minsky's Plays Los Angeles"
By Ernio Hernandez
WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK, 11/12/08
"The Man Behind The Music: For Composer Strouse, Music's The Melting Pot"
by Jamie Banks
THE NEW YORK TIMES, 9/21/08
"A Theater Couple's Off–Broadway Oasis"
by Joanne Kauffman
BBC, 9/15/08
"Friday Night is Music Night Celebrates Strouse September 19th"
BROADWAY STARS, 9/14/08
"Follow Spot: Broadway Heats Up" – Photo coverage Charles Strouse & Bebe Neuwirth at Broadway on Broadway
by Michael Portantiere
WHAT'S ON STAGE, 9/12/08
"Annie Composer Charles Strouse Marks 80th in UK"
by Terri Paddock
BROADWAYWORLD.COM, 9/8/08
"Photo Flash: Strouse and Miranda at The Drama Bookshop"
by BWW News Desk
NASDAQ, 9/8/08
"Tony Award Winning Composer Charles Strouse Rings the NASDAQ Closing Bell"
THE JEWISH WEEK, 9/4/08
"With a Song in His Heart"
By Curt Schleier
BROADWAYWORLD.COM 8/29/08
"Drama Bookshop to Host Exclusive Strouse and Miranda Discussion"
by BWW News Desk
THE STAGE, 8/29/08
"Stroue to celebrate 80th birthday with UK tour"
by Jud Hollander
BBC ONLINE (posted online 8/08)
"Charles Strouse's 80th Birthday Tribute Concert"
BROADWAYWORLD.COM, 8/27/08
"Strouse Continues 80th Birthday Celebration in UK 9/17–23"
by BWW News Desk
PLAYBILL ONLINE, 8/27
"Charles Strouse to Make Two Appearances at London's Dress Circle; BBC Concert, Too"
by Andrew Gans
ASSOCIATED PRESS, 8/11/08
"At 80, Charles Strouse recalls his journey through the golden age of Broadway"
feature by Mike Kuchwar
PLAYBILL MAGAZINE, 8/08 issue
"Bringing Back 'Buddy'"
by Harry Haun
BARNES & NOBLE REVIEW, 7/28/08
Reader's Diary Review of Strouse's "Put on a Happy Face"
by Brooke Allen
THE DAILY NEWS
"Put on a Happy Face" a book review
by Howard Kissell
PLAYBILL ONLINE, 7/21/08
"PHOTO CALL: Ebersole and Suskin Join Strouse at Barnes and Noble,"
by Matthew Blank
THEATERMANIA.COM, 7/18/08
"Charles Strouse to Discuss Memoir at Theatre Building Chicago"
by Brian Scott Lipton
THE STAGE.COM, 7/15/08
"Strouse to Make Guest Appearance at Radio 2 Concert to Celebrate His 80th"
by Matthew Hemley
AMERICAN AIRLINE/AMERICAN EAGLE'S AMERICAN WAY MAGAZINE, 7/08 issue
"Easy Street: In a New Memoir, Charles Strouse Offers a Behind–the–Curtain Look…"
by Kristin Baird Rattini
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, 7/6/08
"In His New Memoir, Broadway Composer Charles Strouse, 80, Looks Back on Sucesss…"
by David Patrick Stearns
THEATERMANIA.COM, 7/2/08
"Peter Filichia's Diary: We'd Like to Thank You, Time–Life Records"
by Peter Filichia
THEATERMANIA.COM, 7/1/08
"Buy Strouse: Charles Strouse Faces His Past"
by Brian Scott Lipton
BROADWAYWORLD.COM, 6/18/08
"Photo Coverage: Strouse Celebrates Book Release and 80th Bday!"
by Peter James Zielinski
TONY AWARD PLAYBILL, 6/15/08
"Broadway's Busy Octogenarians"
by Steven Suskin
LIBRARY JOURNAL, 6/15/08
"A fascinating tale …essential for all musical theater, theater, and popular music collections."
NPR ONLINE, 6/8/08
"Weekend Edition Sunday: At 80, Charles Strouse Ready for 'Tomorrow',"
by Jeff Lunden
THEATERMANIA, 6/6/08
"Peter Filichia's Diary: The Party's On Strouse"
THE JEWISH EXPONENT, 6/5/08
"Strouse Waltz: At 80, Legendary Composer of Firsts Hasn't Slowed His Beat a Second"
by Michael Elkin
VILLAGE VOICE, 6/4/08
"La Daily Musto: Sarah Jessica's Child Star Origins"
by Micael Musto
TDF ONLINE, 6/3/08
"Strouse–ical"
by Robert Kendt
NY SOCIAL DIARY, 6/3/08
"Applause, Applause" –– a Salute to Charles Strouse at The Paley center for Media"
by David Patrick Columbia
BROADWAYWORLD.COM, 6/3/08
"Photo Flash: Paley Center Charles Strouse Tribute"
THE NEW YORK TIMES, 6/2/08
"Arts Briefly: For Annie's Composer"
by Steven McElroy
PLAYBILL ONLINE, 5/30/08
"Two–CD Annie Package Includes New Recording of Complete Score, Plus Obscurities"
by Kenneth Jones
BROADWAYSTARS.COM, 5/27/08
"Follow Spot: Everything is Rosie for Charles Strouse"
by Michael Portantiere
BROADWAYWORLD.COM, 5/27/08
"Strouse at 80 Always Looking Toward Tomorrow"
by TJ Fitzgerald
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, 4/28/08
"Strouse's superb backstage memoir deserves a standing ovation"
MANN ABOUT TOWN MAGAZINE, 5/08
"Charles Strouse: Where Genius And Modesty Merge"
by Myra Chanin
BROADWAY.COM, 4/11/08
"Camp Broadway Summer Line Up Salutes Strouse"
LOS ANGELS TIMES, 3/25/08
"Ahmanson Theatre nabs Broadway favorites"
by Lynne Heffley
NEW YORK MAGAZINE ONLINE, 3/25/08
"'Minsky's comes to The Ahmanson"
THEATERMANIA.COM, 3/25/08
"9 to 5, Minsky's, Dame Edna Set for Ahmanson Season"
by Broan Scott Lipton
PLAYBILL ONLINE, 3/24/08
"L.A.'s Ahmanson Will Premiere Musicals Minsky's and 9 to 5"
by Kenneth Jones.
VARIETY, 3/24/08
"Ahmanson debuts musical 'Minsky's'"
by Phil Gallo
ASSOCIATED PRESS, 3/10/08
"Charles Strouse, composer of 'Annie,' has a busy 80th birthday year"
by Michael Kuchwara
VARIETY, 3/9/08
"Sing–A–Long Sardi's: Annual Benefit Raises Money for a Good Cause"
by Derek Peters
BROADWAYWORLD.COM, 2/13/08
"Photo Op: Accolades and Applause at Encores!"
by Bruce Glikas. Photos of Charles Strouse with company members from the Encores! concert staging of Applause at the February 10th after–party.
BROADWAYWORLD.COM, 2/11/08
"Photo Coverage: 'Applause' City Center Encores! After Party"
by Walter McBride. Photos of Charles Strouse with collaborator Lee Adams, cast members Kate Burton, Mario Cantone and Chip Zien, and Oscar winning star winning star from the original All About Eve film, Celeste Holm.
BROADWAYWORLD.COM, 2/11/08
"Charles Strouse Celebrates 80th With a year of Events,"
by BWW News Desk
PLAYBILL ONLINE, 2/11/08
"Concerts, Tributes and Starry Annie Recording Will Celebrate Strouse's 80th Birthday"
by Andrew Gans
ASSOCIATED PRESS, 2/10/08
"Charles Strouse, composer of 'Annie', has a busy 80th birthday year"
by Michael Kuchwara
VARIETY, 2/10/08
"Sardi's sing–a–long; Annual benafit raises funds for good cause"
by Derek Peters
NEW YORK SUN, 2/5/08
"The Ultimate American Composer: A Standing Ovation for Strouse"
by Will Friedwald
PLAYBILL ONLINE, 2/5/08
"Adding Fizz to Minsky's Musical"
by Kenneth Jones
PLAYBILL ONLINE, 2/5/08
"Applause for Composer Strouse: At 79, He's Got Concerts, a Memoir, a website and New Shows"
by Kenneth Jones
THE HOUR, 2/3/08
An interview with Charles Strouse
by David Rosenberg
TV/Radio/Streaming
"THEATER TALK," THIRTEEN WNET/CUNY TV (Part #2 of 2), 2/26/08 Charles Strouse returned to the "Theater Talk" Steinway grand for part 2 of his interview with The New York Post's Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins. Strouse performed more of his well–known tunes, including "Easy Street," "NYC," and "Tomorrow" from the smash hit Annie.
"FRONT ROW," BBC RADIO 4, 9/24/08
Mark Lawson interview Charles Strouse about his 50 year career composing for the stage.
THE NEW YORK TIMES ONLINE, 9/21/08
"Multimedia: A Working Home," slideshow with narration
by Charles Strouse, Barbara Siman Strouse (with special guest
voiceover by Bebe Neuwirth.)
"THEATRE TALK," WNET–THIRTEEN/CUNY TV, (Part #1 of 2), 9/19/08
The New York Post's Michael Riedel and Susan Haskins sit down with Charles Strouse to discuss his 50 year career composing for the theatre as well as his new memoir, Put on A Happy Face. In this first part of a two part interview, Strouse performs "Put on a Happy Face" from his breakthrough hit Bye Bye Birdie, and the beautiful "I Want to Be With You" from Golden Boy. He also plays and sings some of the earlier, lesser known tunes that helped establish him as one of the most prolific and successful songwriters in the history of the musical theater.
"FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT," BBC RADIO 2 (Part #1 of 2), 9/19/08
Live from London's Mermaid Theatre, a special edition celebrating composer Charles Strouse. Martin Yates conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra with West End stars Bonnie Langford, Paul Nicholas, Maurice Clarke, Rosemary Ashe, Daniel Boys and Jacinta Whyte. With Ken Bruce.
"FRIDAY NIGHT IS MUSIC NIGHT," BBC RADIO 2 (Part #2 of 2), 9/19/08
Live from London's Mermaid Theatre, a special edition celebrating composer Charles Strouse. Martin Yates conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra with West End stars Bonnie Langford, Paul Nicholas, Maurice Clarke, Rosemary Ashe, Daniel Boys and Jacinta Whyte. With Ken Bruce. Part 2 features an interview with Strouse during the interval and a special performance by the composer.
"THE JOAN HAMBURG SHOW," WOR RADIO, 8/21/08
Joan interviews Charles about his career and his new book in front of a live audience in Asbury Park.
"THE LEONARD LOPATE SHOW," WNYC 93.9 FM
Lopate sits down with Strouse to discuss his new memoir and his 50 year career composing for Broadway, film and television.
"AP ON BROADWAY," ASSOCIATED PRESS RADIO, 7/23/08 Jane Waldman sits down with Charles Strouse to discuss his new memoir, his 80th birthday and his 50 year career.
"ON STAGE," NY1 NEWS, 7/12/08
Patrick Pacheco sits down with Charles Strouse to discuss his legendary career, 80th birthday and new memoir.
"BLOOMBERG MUSE SATURDAY," BLOOMBERG NEWS RADIO, 7/12/08
Charles Strouse behind the piano in conversation with Phillip Boroff
(Part #1 of 2).
"BLOOMBERG MUSE SATURDAY," BLOOMBERG NEWS RADIO, 7/12/08
Charles Strouse behind the piano in conversation with Phillip Boroff
(Part #2 of 2).
"CREATIVELY SPEAKING," WRTI FM, 7/3/08
David Patrick Stearns profiles Broadway composer Charles Strouse.
"NIGHT TALK WITH MIKE SCHNEIDER," BLOOMBERG TELEVISION, 6/27/08
Mike Schneider interviews Charles Stroue about his career and new book, Put on a Happy Face – A Broadway Memoir.
NEW YORK POST ONLINE, 6/20/08
Michael Riedel interviews Charles Strouse.
"SUNDAY ARTS," WNET Thirteen, 6/15/08
Profile: The Paley Center for Media celebrates Strause's 80th birthday and the publishing of his book, Put on a Happy Face, in this special conversation with Strouse himself.
"PLAYBILL PRESENTS: CHARLES STROUSE & HIS PIANO," Playbill Radio (Part #2 of 2), 6/11/08
Robert Viagas interviews Charles Strouse.
"WEEKEND EDITION SUNDAY," NPR, 6/8/08
Jeff Lunden interviews Charles Strouse (with Lee Adams and Andrea McArdle).
"PLAYBILL PRESENTS: CHARLES STROUSE & HIS PIANO," Playbill Radio (Part #1 of 2), 6/4/08
Robert Viagas interviews Charles Strouse.
"STUDIO A CABARET," SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO, CH. 77/BROADWAY'S BEST, 6/4/08
Seth Rudetsky interviews Charles Strouse