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Remembering Lyricist Fred Ebb

Ebb died on Saturday of a heart attack. We'll hear from his longtime collaborator, John Kander. They wrote the scores for 11 Broadway musicals, winning Tony Awards for Cabaret, Woman of the Year and Kiss of the Spider Woman. They also wrote Chicago, a film adaptation of which won an Academy Award in 2002. This interviews with John Kander first aired May 7, 1991 and Feb. 26, 2003.

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Composer John Kander

With his writing partner, Fred Ebb, Kander wrote the music for the original Broadway musical Chicago. The movie version of Chicago is nominated for 13 Academy Awards this year. Kander and Ebb are nominated for their song "I Move On." Kander and Ebb also wrote the music for the shows Cabaret, The Act, Woman of the Year, and Flora the Red Meance, and the Martin Scorsese movie musical New York, New York. Both Chicago and Cabaret have recently been revived on Broadway.

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Broadway Composer John Kander

Broadway composer John Kander of the songwriting team Kander & Ebb. They wrote the music for "Cabaret" and such songs as "New York, New York," and "And the World Goes 'Round."

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