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Hawke portrays Rodgers’ former collaborator, lyricist Lorenz Hart, an alcoholic and marginally closeted raconteur grappling with the fact that Rodgers’ biggest success now belongs to a new partnership with Oscar Hammerstein.
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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Many people with ideas for films or music or stories may never have the resources to create them—the lyricist who wants to put music to words, the scriptwriter who craves to see their lines spoken on a screen.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2025
Ashman was the lyricist behind a number of Disney’s biggest successes, including Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, in addition to Beauty and the Beast.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
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Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Many people with ideas for films or music or stories may never have the resources to create them—the lyricist who wants to put music to words, the scriptwriter who craves to see their lines spoken on a screen.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2025
Ashman was the lyricist behind a number of Disney’s biggest successes, including Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, in addition to Beauty and the Beast.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
The Library of Congress has acquired rare music and lyric sketches from composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2025
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“Lyricist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lyricist. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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