Max Woodward, who joined the Kennedy Center’s staff as an usher when the performing arts center opened in 1971 and retired in 2016 as vice president of theater programming, overseeing touring Broadway productions and original shows, died Oct. Friday at a care center in Washington. He was 76. The cause was complications from Alzheimer’s disease, […]
After graduating from high school in 1964, Max Woodward worked as an FBI file clerk and served in the Army in Frankfurt, Germany, before settling in Washington in 1967. He joined the Kennedy Center s staff as an usher in 1971 and retired in 2016 as vice president of theater programming. He died Friday at age 76.
E. Y. Harburg
Overture
It s Enough to Make a Lady Fall in Love
A Gentleman s Gentleman
Panache
Money, Money, Money
Not on Your Nellie
Re-Release Date: 11/10/1998
Album Type: Cast Recording
Christopher J. Tully
| 05/15/2001 (4 out of 5 stars) The more I hear of Jule Styne s musical work, the more convinced I become that he was probably the best composer in musical theater in the 1950s and 1960s (up against such heavy hitters as Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser and Frederick Loewe). His high-quality work continued into the late 1960s as well, when he had two musicals Darling of the Day and Hallelujiah, Baby(both financial flops) which both feature glorious scores. Darling of the Day is particularly noteworthy, because it not only features a great score (mixing waltz, British music hall, and Rex Harrison-like talk-speak numbers), but brilliant lyrics from Yip Harburg (whose work includes The Wizard of Oz and Finian s Rainbow) and wonderful performances