Friday December 31, 2004

Q:  “What have I lived for?”

— Last words of Larry Hart,
    according to
    St. Mark’s Episcopal Church,
    Washington, DC.

A:  The Quest for the 36.

From the final New York Times of 2004:
 
“As the longtime aide-de-camp of the composer and producer Jule Styne, she assisted in the fabled 1952 rebirth of ‘Pal Joey,’ easing the tension between the composer, Richard Rodgers, and the book writer, John O’Hara.”

— A Force Behind
    the Broadway Scenes