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FRIARS CLUB PRESENTS STAR-STUDDED SALUTE TO BROADWAY COMPOSER CHARLES STROUSE MONDAY, APRIL 12
By: Staff Writer 
Charles Strouse
Tony Award-winning composer Charles Strouse will be saluted by Broadway cast members of his shows, as well as top cabaret headliners, by The Friars Club on Monday, April 12. Randie Levine-Miller, Director of Drama Desk Special Events [such as the annual Drama Desk Awards], is producing the event.
Strouse is the composer of such shows as Annie, Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Golden Boy. His latest is Marty , based on the Academy Award-winning film. It's been presented regionally and is slated next season for Broadway.
Many of the guest artists will perform their showstopping numbers from Strouse musicals, including: Andrea McArdle, the original Annie, singing " Tomorrow"; McArdle will also do a special adaptation of "I Don't Need Anything But You" with Annie 's lyricist and director, Martin Charnin; Penny Fuller, singing "One Halloween" from Applause and, with Applause co-star, Len Cariou, "One of A Kind"; Cariou will perform the title tune "Dance A Little Closer" (lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner), which he introduced in the short-lived musical; Marc Kudisch, currently starring in Sondheim's Assassins and who starred as Conrad Birdie in the national tour and TV adaptation of Bye Bye Birdie , will sing "One Last Kiss"; Norm Lewis, who's starring in the Papermill Playhouse production of Baby and who starred in the City Center Encores! Golden Boy , will perform "I Wanna Be With You" and "This Is The Life" from Golden Boy.
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Other artists onstage will be Anna Bergman, Barbara Carroll, Eric Comstock, Jason Graae, Christianne Tisdale and Strouse, himself, who'll present a slate of his tunes and a preview of the Broadway-bound Marty , which has lyrics by Lee Adams and book by Rupert Holmes. Tony-winning Holmes along with other Strouse collaborators will attend the event.
Rex Reed will be master of ceremonies. Michael Lavine is musical director. For information, contact: Randie Levine-Miller, 212-362-3616.
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