Charles Strouse reveals how his 30-year collaboration with lyricist Lee Adams survived manipulation and guilt.
As heard by us
A patient archive of Broadway craft and a songwriting partnership that feels lived in.
The closing two-part program returns to a January 1982 Manhattan conversation with Charles Strauss, the composer of Bye Bye Birdie and Golden Boy, and keeps coming back to his long collaboration with Lee Adams.
Why you'd press play
Press play for a 1982 apartment conversation with Charles Strauss about how the songs of Bye Bye Birdie and Golden Boy got made.
Listen to the show on