Composer Jerry Herman’s songs thrive outside his Broadway musicals. The words and music of Herman, who died Thursday at 88, will captivate generations to come. He certainly got a thrilling foretaste ...
When British Invasion pop band Herman’s Hermits was starting out in the mid-1960s, it had the simplistic idea that everyone who heard its songs “I’m Into Something Good,” “Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat” ...
Rehearsal is over, and six weary actors are sprawled around a table waiting for feedback. Songwriter Jerry Herman pulls up a chair and smiles broadly. “I always love my casts,” he says. “Just think of ...
Cabaret performer and director Scott Coulter is on a mission to keep the music of one of Broadway’s most iconic composers alive with the national touring production “Jerry Herman: The Broadway Legacy ...
Like many people, I knew Jerry Herman’s music before I knew his name. When I was young, I discovered my parents’ album of his first successful musical “Milk and Honey.” I didn’t know it at the time, ...
A comedy number from the flop “Mack & Mabel” found the unexpected sweet spot between Irving Berlin and Stephen Sondheim. By Jesse Green It was always a canard that Jerry Herman, the big-thump ...
Pasadena Playhouse recently announced You I Like: A Musical Celebration of Jerry Herman, set to take place virtually on January 10, 2021. The musical revue honoring the icon who brought some of ...