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Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to such Broadway musicals as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Annie . Life and career. Strouse was born in New York City, to Jewish parents, Ethel (née Newman) and Ira Strouse, who worked in the tobacco business.
Charles Strouse has written scores for over 30 stage musicals, including 14 for Broadway. He has also composed scores for five Hollywood films, two orchestral works and an opera. He has been inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Theatre Hall of Fame.
Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is a three-time Tony Award, and a two–time Grammy and Emmy Award winning American composer and lyricist. Strouse was born and raised in New York City, the son of Ira and Ethel (Newman) Strouse. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Strouse studied under David Diamond, Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger.
STAGE. Charles Strouse is one of America’s most successful musical theatre composers. His first Broadway musical, Bye Bye Birdie (1960), written with his long-time collaborator Lee Adams, won him a Tony Award and the London Critics Best Foreign Musical Award.
Charles Strouse was born in New York City on June 7, 1928. He began taking piano lessons at the age of ten and at age 15 he entered the Eastman School of Music. After graduating in 1947, he won two scholarships to Tanglewood, where he studied under Aaron Copland and had his pieces played by the orchestra.
Three-time Tony Award®-winning American musical theatre composer Charles Strouse ( b. New York City, June 7, 1928) has written over two dozen shows over his fifty-year career (not every one of them a smash hit like Bye, Bye Birdie, Applause, or Annie) and contributed music to film ( Bonnie and Clyde 1967) and television as well.
Composer Charles Strouse built his reputation on the stage musical, from the celebrated (Bye, Bye Birdie and Annie) to the obscure (It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!). In five decades he has seen two dozen theater productions come to light, and has also composed film scores, including 1967's Bonnie and Clyde.
