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From Oliver! to Golda… new life for long-lost Lionel Bart musical

by Vanessa Thorpe

Songs from the composer's doomed show about the Israeli stateswoman will make their debut online The self-taught musical genius Lionel Bart was the Londoner who first successfully challenged the long-established dominance of Broadway shows. When he launched Oliver! on the West End in 1960 it took first Britain and then America by storm, breaking records and becoming a classic of musical theatre and then a beloved fi…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 3:36am on January 24, 2021