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Sheldon Harnick, lyricist of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies at 99

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By Nelson Pressley
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Sheldon Harnick, a Broadway lyricist whose creative partnership with composer Jerry Bock led to some of the most enduring scores in American musical theater history, notably “Fiddler on the Roof,” died June 23 at his home in Manhattan. He was 99. His publicist Sean Katz confirmed the death but did not cite a cause. Starting in the late 1950s, Mr. Harnick and Bock spent a dozen years at the summit of Broadway songwriting teams.
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Sheldon Harnick, lyricist of ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ dies at 99

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By Nelson Pressley
| The Washington Post Verified
Sheldon Harnick, a Broadway lyricist whose creative partnership with composer Jerry Bock led to some of the most enduring scores in American musical theater history, notably “Fiddler on the Roof,” died April 30 at his home in Manhattan. He was 99. His publicist Sean Katz confirmed the death but did not cite a cause. Starting in the late 1950s, Mr. Harnick and Bock spent a dozen years at the summit of Broadway songwriting teams.
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For modern Shakespeare, directors’ adaptations may be kindest cuts of all

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By Nelson Pressley
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Tom Hammond as Brutus with (background left to right) Ethan T. Bowen as Trebonius, Scott Parkinson as Cassius and Craig Wallace as Caius Ligarius in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2008 production of ‘Julius Caesar.’ (Carol Rosegg) August 12, 2011 Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” begins with a couple of tribunes — Roman politicos — heckling the rabble. That opening thrusts the audience headlong into a debate it doesn’t know anything about.
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