May 27 - Harold Rome (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

Harold Rome (27 May 1908 – 26 October 1993) was an American composer and lyricist.
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When Rome Burns

"In 1970, he wrote a musical adaptation of Gone with the Wind entitled Scarlett for a Tokyo production with a Japanese cast." -- Wikipedia

The theater gods were chagrined

By a musical Gone With the Wind.

What’s more (Geez Louise!)

It was in Japanese!

Oh, Harold, with Scarlett, you sinned!

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