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LEE ADAMS
LEE ADAMS received two Tony Awards, for Birdie and Applause w/Lauren Bacall (1970). Other Broadway: All American (1962), Golden Boy w/Sammy Davis (1964), “…It’s Superman” (1966). With his composer-collaborator Charles Strouse, Adams wrote I and Albert in Londonand the film The Night They Raided Minsky’s. He wrote the lyrics for TV’s long-running “All in the Family” theme, “Those Were the Days.” Adams’ other awards include an Emmy for “Let’s Settle Down” from the TV version of Birdie, the ASCAP Richard Rodgers Award for Outstanding Contributions to the American Musical Theatre and his induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He has taught seminars on American musical theatre at Yale, Columbia and NYU.
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Bye Bye Birdie
Henry Miller's Theatre
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