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South Wales Argus
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Argus
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, dies aged 96
Strouse died at his home in New York City, his family said through the publicity agency The Press Room. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Strouse wrote more than a dozen Broadway musicals, as well as film scores and the song Those Were The Days, the theme song for the sitcom All In The Family. Strouse turned out such popular – and catchy – show tunes as Tomorrow, the optimistic anthem from Annie, and the equally cheerful Put On A Happy Face from Bye Bye Birdie, his first Broadway success. 'I work every day. Activity – it's a life force,' the New York-born composer told The Associated Press during an interview on the eve of his 80th birthday in 2008. 'When you enjoy doing what you're doing, which I do very much, I have something to get up for.' Deep into his 90s, he was visiting tours of his shows and meeting casts. Jenn Thompson, who appeared in the first Annie as Pepper and directed a touring version of Annie in 2024, recalled Strouse coming to auditions and shedding a tear when a young girl sang Tomorrow. 'He was tearing up and he put his hand on mine,' she recalled. 'And he leaned in to me and very quietly said, 'That was you. That used to be you.' And I thought I would die. I thought my heart would drop out of my shoes.' She added: 'He's so gorgeously generous and kind. He has always been that way.'
The Herald Scotland
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, dies aged 96
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Strouse wrote more than a dozen Broadway musicals, as well as film scores and the song Those Were The Days, the theme song for the sitcom All In The Family. Strouse turned out such popular – and catchy – show tunes as Tomorrow, the optimistic anthem from Annie, and the equally cheerful Put On A Happy Face from Bye Bye Birdie, his first Broadway success. 'I work every day. Activity – it's a life force,' the New York-born composer told The Associated Press during an interview on the eve of his 80th birthday in 2008. 'When you enjoy doing what you're doing, which I do very much, I have something to get up for.' Deep into his 90s, he was visiting tours of his shows and meeting casts. Jenn Thompson, who appeared in the first Annie as Pepper and directed a touring version of Annie in 2024, recalled Strouse coming to auditions and shedding a tear when a young girl sang Tomorrow. 'He was tearing up and he put his hand on mine,' she recalled. 'And he leaned in to me and very quietly said, 'That was you. That used to be you.' And I thought I would die. I thought my heart would drop out of my shoes.' She added: 'He's so gorgeously generous and kind. He has always been that way.'
Glasgow Times
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Glasgow Times
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, dies aged 96
Strouse died at his home in New York City, his family said through the publicity agency The Press Room. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Strouse wrote more than a dozen Broadway musicals, as well as film scores and the song Those Were The Days, the theme song for the sitcom All In The Family. Strouse turned out such popular – and catchy – show tunes as Tomorrow, the optimistic anthem from Annie, and the equally cheerful Put On A Happy Face from Bye Bye Birdie, his first Broadway success. 'I work every day. Activity – it's a life force,' the New York-born composer told The Associated Press during an interview on the eve of his 80th birthday in 2008. 'When you enjoy doing what you're doing, which I do very much, I have something to get up for.' Deep into his 90s, he was visiting tours of his shows and meeting casts. Jenn Thompson, who appeared in the first Annie as Pepper and directed a touring version of Annie in 2024, recalled Strouse coming to auditions and shedding a tear when a young girl sang Tomorrow. 'He was tearing up and he put his hand on mine,' she recalled. 'And he leaned in to me and very quietly said, 'That was you. That used to be you.' And I thought I would die. I thought my heart would drop out of my shoes.' She added: 'He's so gorgeously generous and kind. He has always been that way.'
Belfast Telegraph
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, dies aged 96
Strouse died at his home in New York City, his family said through the publicity agency The Press Room. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Strouse wrote more than a dozen Broadway musicals, as well as film scores and the song Those Were The Days, the theme song for the sitcom All In The Family. Strouse turned out such popular – and catchy – show tunes as Tomorrow, the optimistic anthem from Annie, and the equally cheerful Put On A Happy Face from Bye Bye Birdie, his first Broadway success. 'I work every day. Activity – it's a life force,' the New York-born composer told The Associated Press during an interview on the eve of his 80th birthday in 2008. 'When you enjoy doing what you're doing, which I do very much, I have something to get up for.' Deep into his 90s, he was visiting tours of his shows and meeting casts. Jenn Thompson, who appeared in the first Annie as Pepper and directed a touring version of Annie in 2024, recalled Strouse coming to auditions and shedding a tear when a young girl sang Tomorrow. 'He was tearing up and he put his hand on mine,' she recalled. 'And he leaned in to me and very quietly said, 'That was you. That used to be you.' And I thought I would die. I thought my heart would drop out of my shoes.' She added: 'He's so gorgeously generous and kind. He has always been that way.'
BBC News
06-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Too much reliance on Delap?
In recent weeks, we asked you for something fans were not talking about enough at Ipswich but should be. You told us there was a reliance on Liam Delap and that more goal sources were needed so we put that to one of our Ipswich experts. Here's what Steve Mellen had to say:Few stats illustrate the 'feast or famine' experience of fans of clubs promoted to the Premier League than Ipswich's 'goals for' season we scored 92 to secure promotion, 101 the year before in League One. So far this season – McKenna tends to play a lone striker, and for almost every game this season it has been Liam Delap, a man described by Danny Murphy as the natural successor to Harry Kane for England – not bad for a player who scored eight for Hull last season, and whose £20m transfer to us was written off by some as an expensive as much as it has been a delight to watch Delap, without him we don't have much of a goal threat. On goals earned us home draws with Fulham and Villa. He scored the crucial second at Spurs and got us a point at Villa Park. He opened the scoring in the 2-0 win over Chelsea and scored in the 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage. Examine the games we've taken points from this season and you'll usually find Delap's we relying too much on one man? Maybe, but injuries have played as much a out: Sammie Szmodics, Conor Chaplin, Omari Hutchinson, Wes Burns and Chiedozie Ogbene (the last two out for the season). Julio Enciso looked to be a real handful but got crocked at Villa Hirst has had his spells on the sidelines, as has Nathan Broadhead. Put simply, Delap has been the focal point of our attack as he's not only loving life in the Prem, but has managed to stay if we manage to defy the odds and stay up, chances are we'll need a plan without Delap as several big clubs are for this season, it's as much about getting other players back on the pitch as it is keeping him Mellen is the former editor of ITFC magazine Meet Me At Sir Alf, and also represented fanzine Those Were The Days
