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Harvey Schmidt

Harvey Lester Schmidt (September 12, 1929 – February 28, 2018[1]) was an American composer for musical theatre and illustrator. He was best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway for 42 years, from 1960 to 2002.

Harvey Lester Schmidt

September 12, 1929

Dallas, Texas, United States

February 28, 2018 (aged 88)

Tomball, Texas, United States

University of Texas

Theatre composer

Musical Theatre, illustrator

Inductee American Theatre Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame

Honours[edit]

Schmidt was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. His recording, Harvey Schmidt Plays Jones and Schmidt, was released in 2005.[5]


Schmidt and Jones were both inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in July 2012.[6]

"I Can See It" from the musical ; later recorded by Barbra Streisand

The Fantasticks

"Much More" from the musical The Fantasticks; later recorded by Barbra Streisand for

The Barbra Streisand Album

"" from the musical The Fantasticks; later recorded by Barbra Streisand for The Barbra Streisand Album

Soon It's Gonna Rain

"" from the musical The Fantasticks

Try To Remember

"What is a Woman?" from the musical , later recorded by Peggy Lee

I Do! I Do!

"" from the musical I Do! I Do!, later recorded by Bing Crosby and Ed Ames.

My Cup Runneth Over

Shoestring '57 (1957)

Demi-Dozen (1958)

(1960)

The Fantasticks

(1961 TV Special)

New York Scrapbook

(1963)

110 in the Shade

(1966)

I Do! I Do!

(1969)

Celebration

(1968)

The Bone Room

(1970)

Colette

(1972)

Bad Company

(1973)

Philemon

Colette Collage (1982 revision)

Grovers Corners (1987)

(1996)

Mirette

(1997)

The Show Goes On

(2001)[7]

Roadside

Mirette on the High Wire

at IMDb

Harvey Schmidt

at the Internet Broadway Database

Harvey Schmidt

Internet Off-Broadway Database listing

The Guide to Musical Theatre Philemon