A Goodbye to Jerry Herman, one of Broadway’s Great Songwriters

A large piece of theater magic disappeared the day after Christmas, 2019, when composer/lyricist Jerry Herman died in Miami at the age of 88. Iconic creator of certifiable Broadway classics Hello, Dolly! (1964), Mame (1966), and La Cage aux Folles (1983), he was one of the last great tunesmiths, whose…