| Remembering 'When Pigs Fly' composer Dick Gallagher | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 11:31 pm EDT 08/14/17 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 11:21 pm EDT 08/14/17 | |
| In reply to: HOWARD CRABTREE’S WHEN PIGS FLY RETURNS OFF-BROADWAY - Official_Press_Release 12:37 pm EDT 08/14/17 | |
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| The best-known song from ''When Pigs Fly'' is ''Laughing Matters'' with lyrics by Mark Waldrop and music by Dick Gallagher. The inimitable Jay Rogers sang it originally, and Bette Midler would record this comic and touching tune for her ''Bathhouse Betty'' album. In 2005, Dick passed away at only age 49 of pneumonia and kidney failure, but he left behind a legacy of other Off-Broadway shows, too: ''Whoop-Dee-Doo,'' ''Have I Got a Girl for You ... The Frankenstein Musical'' (''a big old turkey,'' he called it), and ''Whatnot,'' which won the 1990 Richard Rodgers Award. But I knew Dick best through his wonderful work as a multi-MAC Award-winning musical director/arranger. He played for Patti LuPone, Karen Akers, Lina Koutrakos, Karen Mason, Helen Baldassare, Phillip Officer, David Staller and many more. He performed at Carnegie Hall and Town Hall, and all the top cabarets at the time: the Algonquin, the Russian Tea Room, Rainbow & Stars, Eighty Eight's, etc. And he made his solo singing debut in ''Monday in the Dark With George,'' a delightful revue of George Winters' witty songs. What a sweet and gentle and terrifically talented guy. Below is a link to Michael Portantiere's TheaterMania obit of Dick, which includes a beautiful tribute from Patti LuPone. |
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| Link | TheaterMania.com: Dick Gallagher, composer-arranger-pianist, dies at 49 |
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