Lyricist and composer best known for the hit musicals The Pajama Game and Damn YankeesRichard Adler, who has died aged 90, was the wunderkind of Broadway in the 1950s. In his early 30s, the composer and lyricist had two Tony award-winning musicals with his partner, Jerry Ross, and it seemed as though the pair could do no wrong. After all, shows did not come much bigger than The Pajama Game (1954) and Damn Yankees (19…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:10PM on June 22, 2012