Jerry Herman Says Song writing Days Are Over

Jerry Herman Says Songwriting Days Are Over


Composer-lyricist Jerry Herman, victor of the 2009 Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, said in the Tony press room that he has dangled up his songwriting footwear for good.

"I believe my method of melodious has arrive and was very, very good to me, but is gone now. I believe it's better to understand when to depart than to end up with two or three displays that didn't make it. I left at my height."

Herman said, although, that he would still like to glimpse talked-about revivals of Hello, Dolly! and Mame, but supplemented, "The large-scale difficulty with my displays is that they need a foremost star…we don't train persons to do displays like that anymore."