Jerry Herman
| Jerry Herman | |
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Herman at the White House for the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors
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| Born |
Gerald Sheldon Herman July 10, 1931 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Monuments | Jerry Herman Ring Theatre, U. Miami |
| Residence | Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
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| Home town | Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Partner(s) | Martin Finkelstein (d. 1989) |
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| Website | Official website |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Musical theatre |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Lyricist |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1954–present |
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Jerry Herman (born July 10, 1931) is an American composer and lyricist, known for his work in Broadway musical theater. He composed the scores for the hit Broadway musicals Hello, Dolly!, Mame, and La Cage aux Folles. He has been nominated for the Tony Award five times, and won twice, for Hello, Dolly! and La Cage aux Folles. In 2009, Herman received the Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. He is a recipient of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors.
Raised in Jersey City, New Jersey by musically inclined middle-class Jewish parents, Herman learned to play piano at an early age, and the three frequently attended Broadway musicals. His father, Harry, was a gym teacher and in the summer worked in the Catskill Mountains hotels. His mother, Ruth, also worked in the hotels as a singer, pianist, and children's teacher, and eventually became an English teacher. After marrying, they lived in Jersey City and continued to work in the summers in various camps until they became head counselors and finally ran Stissing Lake Camp in the small town of Pine Plains, New York, in the Berkshire Mountains. Herman spent all of his summers there, from age 6 to 23. It was at camp that he first became involved in theatrical productions, as director of Oklahoma!, Finian's Rainbow and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Herman graduated from Jersey City's Henry Snyder High School.
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