Mary Rodgers
Advertisement
Advertisement
Top Related Artists
Biography
Mary Rodgers (1931â2014) was an American musical theatre composer, screenwriter, and childrenâs fiction writer from New York City. The daughter of composer Richard Rodgers, she began her career at age 16 writing for Little Golden Records, including the 1957 recording âAli Baba and the 40 Thievesâ featuring Bing Crosby.Rodgersâ first full-length musical, Once Upon a Mattress, debuted Off-Broadway in May 1959 before moving to Broadway. The production saw televised versions in 1964, 1972, and 2005, and a Broadway revival in 1996. In 1966, she composed the musical revue The Mad Show, which ran for 871 performances. Rodgers contributed to the children's album Free to Be... You and Me (1972) and authored the novel Freaky Friday (1972). She also wrote the screenplay for the 1976 film adaptation. Rodgers, mother of composer Adam Guettel, died from heart failure in Manhattan on June 26, 2014.
Read All
Read Less
Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- An Opening For A Princess
- Overture featuring Jule Styne
