![]() ![]() ![]() Even the most experienced singers could be challenged in performing his scores. Though he had a flare for witty lyrics and memorable melodies - “Send in the Clowns” from “A Little Night Music” became a standard for non-Broadway singers - he increasingly experimented with dissonance and highly chromatic compositions that flirted with atonality. ![]() Other critical triumphs followed - including 1970’s “Company,” 1971’s “Follies” and 1973’s “A Little Night Music” - though commercial success often proved elusive. He won his first Tony for Best Musical in 1963 for the comedy “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” an updated version of ancient Roman farces and the first show for which he wrote both the music and lyrics. ‘Assassins’ Off Broadway Review: Presidents Aren’t the Only Targets Now
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