Harvey Schmidt

Harvey Lester Schmidt (born September 12, 1929 in Dallas, Texas, U.S.) is an American writer of musical theatre, best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, "The Fantasticks", which ran off-Broadway from 1960 - 2002 for a total of 17,162 performances at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. He also collaborated on the 2000 feature film adaptation.

All of Schmidt's major musicals were written with lyricist Tom Jones whom he met at the University of Texas at Austin.

Theatre credits

* "Shoestring '57" (1957)
* "Demi-Dozen" (1958)
* "110 in the Shade" (1963)
* "I Do! I Do!" (1966)
* "Celebration" (1969)
* "Colette" (1970)
* "Bad Company (1972 film)" (1972)
* "Philemon" (1973)
* "Colette" (1982 revision)
* "Grovers Corners" (1987)
* "Mirette" (1996)
* "Roadside" (2001)

ee also

*Mirette on the High Wire
* [http://www.talkinbroadway.com/spot/jonesschmidt1.html An interview with Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt]