American lyricist known for his work with the composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as She Loves Me and Fiddler on the RoofFor 15 years on Broadway, between 1956 and 1970, the lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who has died aged 99, and his composer partner Jerry Bock were at the centre of an interim golden period between the heyday of Rodgers and Hammerstein and the advent of Stephen Sondheim as a fully fledged composer/lyric…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:55PM on June 29, 2023