We celebrated the 66th birthday yesterday of Barbra Streisand's former pianist and collaborator with the stars, the multi-talented and downright wonderful Mr Marvin Hamlisch!
Mr Hamlisch is is one of only two people to have been awarded Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, a Tony and the Pulitzer Prize for his song-writing and composing (the other is Richard Rodgers).
His is the genius responsible for some of the biggest, campest numbers of the twentieth century, such as The Way We Were, Nobody Does It Better, What I Did For Love and Life's What You Make It, and the musical scores and arrangements for dozens of films including The Sting, Funny Lady, Ordinary People and Shirley Valentine and shows such as Liza With a Z.
His crowning glory is, of course, the classic stage and film musical A Chorus Line. A glittering, emotional roller-coaster of a show, it is also one of my favourite musical scores - not least for this number. Now why has this not seen a West End revival?
Marvin Hamlisch website
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