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When Jerry Herman was pegged by producer Gerard Oestreicher to write the score for a Broadway musical set in the fledgling State of Israel, he was a 28-year-old composer/lyricist mostly known for writing clever lyrics and snazzy tunes for Greenwich Village topical reviews like Nightcap and Parade.  But now, instead of writing for hip, downtown performers like Charles Nelson Reilly and Dody Goodman, he'd be penning a romantic score for opera stars Mimi Benzell and Robert Weede, with special comic relief material for Yiddish Theatre legend Molly Picon.

When we first meet Rita Lyons, she's sitting in a hospital room casually thumbing through a furniture catalogue, asking her husband, Ben, who lies in bed, dying of cancer, to help her come up with ideas for redecorating the living room after he's gone.

To celebrate the start of its 14th season and its first on Theatre Row, Musicals Tonight has chosen to revive Jerry Herman's Milk and Honey.

To celebrate the start of its 14th season and its first on Theatre Row, Musicals Tonight has chosen to revive Jerry Herman's Milk and Honey.

This September marks the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City.

This September marks the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York City.

New Harmony Theatre, the Tri-State's only professional Equity theatre, continues its 2009 season with Mary C. Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, 'Harvey.' The production, directed by Lenny Leibowitz, runs July 10 - 26, 2009, at New Harmony's Murphy Auditorium.

New Harmony Theatre, the Tri-State's only professional Equity theatre, continues its 2009 season with Mary C. Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy, 'Harvey.' The production, directed by Lenny Leibowitz, runs July 10 - 26, 2009, at New Harmony's Murphy Auditorium.