Charles Strouse

Oh, way up on top.

I was yearning, and I was remembering that period of my life very strongly.

I was yearning, and I was remembering that period of my life very strongly.

I was yearning, and I was remembering that period of my life very strongly.

Well, it's really because of the producer, a man by the name of Hillard Elkins, who was a real operator. And he somehow got Sammy Davis to agree to do it if Clifford Odets did it. And then he called Clifford and said, would you do it as a musical if Sammy Davis did it? And then he called us. and said, would you do it if Clifford Odess and Sammy Davis did?

Well, it's really because of the producer, a man by the name of Hillard Elkins, who was a real operator. And he somehow got Sammy Davis to agree to do it if Clifford Odets did it. And then he called Clifford and said, would you do it as a musical if Sammy Davis did it? And then he called us. and said, would you do it if Clifford Odess and Sammy Davis did?

Well, it's really because of the producer, a man by the name of Hillard Elkins, who was a real operator. And he somehow got Sammy Davis to agree to do it if Clifford Odets did it. And then he called Clifford and said, would you do it as a musical if Sammy Davis did it? And then he called us. and said, would you do it if Clifford Odess and Sammy Davis did?

And we all said, gee, that would be great if, if, if. And he was able to, in the manner of agents and producers, convince everybody that it was going to happen, and it did happen. Sammy also was very, very interested in becoming a serious actor and had the build and the drawing power for this role. It's always been a great star vehicle. Sammy agreed to do it.

And we all said, gee, that would be great if, if, if. And he was able to, in the manner of agents and producers, convince everybody that it was going to happen, and it did happen. Sammy also was very, very interested in becoming a serious actor and had the build and the drawing power for this role. It's always been a great star vehicle. Sammy agreed to do it.

And we all said, gee, that would be great if, if, if. And he was able to, in the manner of agents and producers, convince everybody that it was going to happen, and it did happen. Sammy also was very, very interested in becoming a serious actor and had the build and the drawing power for this role. It's always been a great star vehicle. Sammy agreed to do it.

He, because he was such a highly paid star, he did something which is very unusual. I don't know whether I would have accepted it today, but that is he maintained legal approvals of every word and every note of music.

He, because he was such a highly paid star, he did something which is very unusual. I don't know whether I would have accepted it today, but that is he maintained legal approvals of every word and every note of music.

He, because he was such a highly paid star, he did something which is very unusual. I don't know whether I would have accepted it today, but that is he maintained legal approvals of every word and every note of music.

This particular scene where they sing I Want to Be With You caused us to receive a lot of venomous mail, particularly in Philadelphia, where we opened. As a matter of fact, after the show opened, Lee Adams and I had to have bodyguards actually walk us to the hotel. We didn't think it was anything much. We just thought it was two people.

This particular scene where they sing I Want to Be With You caused us to receive a lot of venomous mail, particularly in Philadelphia, where we opened. As a matter of fact, after the show opened, Lee Adams and I had to have bodyguards actually walk us to the hotel. We didn't think it was anything much. We just thought it was two people.

This particular scene where they sing I Want to Be With You caused us to receive a lot of venomous mail, particularly in Philadelphia, where we opened. As a matter of fact, after the show opened, Lee Adams and I had to have bodyguards actually walk us to the hotel. We didn't think it was anything much. We just thought it was two people.

I mean, we were aware one was black and one was white, but we didn't think it would arouse people so... And this song... for me and Lee, was a particularly interesting one because I have a serious music background and yet I've played in jazz groups and jazz is part of my nature. I tried very hard in this to combine any depth that I might have as a composer with a feeling for jazz.

I mean, we were aware one was black and one was white, but we didn't think it would arouse people so... And this song... for me and Lee, was a particularly interesting one because I have a serious music background and yet I've played in jazz groups and jazz is part of my nature. I tried very hard in this to combine any depth that I might have as a composer with a feeling for jazz.

I mean, we were aware one was black and one was white, but we didn't think it would arouse people so... And this song... for me and Lee, was a particularly interesting one because I have a serious music background and yet I've played in jazz groups and jazz is part of my nature. I tried very hard in this to combine any depth that I might have as a composer with a feeling for jazz.

And I felt in a certain way that I had succeeded. I'm very proud of this song. But it was also because it was not only a passionate moment in the play, but I was aware that it was a passionate moment where the lovers themselves, a la Romeo and Juliet, were really leaping over a great hurdle in They weren't aware of it, or they were.