Jun 28, 2011

Sweet Bye and Bye Returns

"death in philadelphia"

You may not know that Hirschfeld wrote the libretto with S.J. Perelman to a failed musical titled Sweet Bye and Bye which closed in Philadelphia in October 1946. Sixty five years later, the Vernon Duke & Ogden Nash score is finally being recorded. Read the story behind the star crossed show. Read what Hirschfeld once wrote about the show