But now today she likes me, and tomorrow, tomorrow - ah.

How could she when she doesn't know it? Yesterday she loathed me. And to my amazement, I love it, knowing that she loves me. Here's the title song.ĭANIEL MASSEY: (As Georg Nowack, singing) She loves me. The 1963 cast recording of the musical 'She Loves Me,' after being long out of print, had just been reissued. We begin with our 1988 interview recorded with Terry Gross. We're going to listen to excerpts of three of our interviews with him.

Sheldon Harnick has been a frequent guest on FRESH AIR. Stephen Sondheim said Harnick was one of his favorite lyricists for his, quote, 'grace, charm and perfection of setting,' unquote. UNIDENTIFIED GROUP #1: (Singing) Tradition, tradition, tradition, tradition, tradition, tradition.ĭAVIES: Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock also wrote the Broadway musicals 'Fiorello!,' a musical about political corruption 'She Loves Me,' a love story between two pen pals set in Budapest and 'Tenderloin,' set in the red-light district of 1860s Manhattan. You may ask, why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?ĭAVIES: That's Zero Mostel in the original Broadway cast recording of 'Fiddler On The Roof.' It ran for 3,242 performances, which, at the time, was a Broadway record.

ZERO MOSTEL: (As Tevye) A fiddler on the roof - sounds crazy, no? But in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof, trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck.

In 1964, he and his writing partner, composer Jerry Bock, brought to life a small Jewish village in Czarist Russia. One of Broadway's great lyricists, Sheldon Harnick, died last week at the age of 99.

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