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Despite being best known for his humorous and satirical songs, Tom Lehrer, who died on 26 July at the age of 97, spent most ...
Yet, in truth, satire—at least satire of great quality—lives just as long as any other kind of art. It keeps its objects ...
Lehrer, who died Saturday, was a Harvard-educated math prodigy whose satirical music was everything my nerdy teenage self ...
EXCLUSIVE: In a tribute shared exclusively with Deadline, musical theater impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh has remembered ...
Brief though his career as an entertainer was, Tom Lehrer inscribed his signature on a brainy, no-holds-barred brand of ...
Singer-songwriter Tom Lehrer, who gained prominence for his political satire, has reportedly died at the age of 97.
Tom Lehrer, the popular and erudite song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely ...
There never was a time like the 1950s — not even during the 1950s. Not if you have in mind the decade of conformity, of moms ...
Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his ...
If you’ve ever laughed at a satirical song, whether watching a panel show, a live comedy gig or on Radio 4, there’s a good ...
The legendary satirist who rose to fame in the ’50s and ’60s with darkly funny songs about war, politics, and society has ...