New York - Three-time Tony winner Charles Strouse, a hard-working master melody maker on Broadway, creates music for classic musical theatres such as "Annie", "Goodbye Bye Bye Birdie" and "Applause." He is 96 years old.

His family said Strose died at his home in New York City.

Over a career spanning over 50 years, Strouse has written over a dozen Broadway musicals, along with film scores and “That’s These Days,” the theme song of the sitcom “The Whole Family.”

Strouse proves Tomorrow, Annie’s optimistic national anthem, and his first Broadway success.

"I work every day. It's a life force," the New York-born composer told the Associated Press in an interview on the eve of her 80th birthday in 2008.

Until the 90s, he visited the show's tour and met the actors. Jenn Thompson, who appeared on the first “Annie” and directed the tour of “Annie” in 2024, recalls Strouse taking an audition and crying as a young girl sang “Tomorrow.” "He was so generous and kind. He was always that way," she said.

His Broadway career began in 1960 as "Goodbye bye birdie," written by Strose along with lyricist Lee Adams and liberal Michael Stewart. Starring Dick Van Dyke and Chita Rivera, "The Bird" tells the story of an Elvis named Conrad Birdie who is chosen as an Elvis fool, and is elected as an army and its impact on a small Ohio town.

Not only did Strustse write music, he played piano on auditions, while the show’s novice producer Edward Padula tried to attract financial backers to end up with a $185,000 work.

"We never stopped auditions - people never donated money at all. The idea of ​​using rock - everyone was shut down," Struce said.

Finally, Padula discovers Texas oil company L. Slade Brown. When he heard the score, he said in a Twang in Texas, "I love those songs", pushing Struce aside and picking out the tune of "Wear Happy Face" on the piano.

Brown then said, “How much do you need?” and wrote a $75,000 check to cover the start of the rehearsal. "Suddenly, the world became technology," Struth recalled.

In 1963, the popularity of "The Bird" spawned a film (with Van Dyke, Janet Leigh and Ann-Margret) in 1963, and in 1995, it was a TV adaptation with Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams.

Strouse and Adams were successful in the stage for Golden Boy and All All All All Ex of Eve, respectively, with several non-musical theatre stars including Sammy Davis Jr. and Lauren Bacall.

But it was Annie (1977) who proved to be the most durable Struce and had a long Broadway hit rate (over 2300 performances). Records the adventures of the famous comic character Little Orphan during the depression, the lyrics of the musical Martin Shanning and the book by Thomas Meehan.

It stars Andrea McArdle as Redhead Moppet and Dorothy Loudon, who won Tony for Tony's mean Miss Hannigan, who runs the orphanage. The musical contains gems such as “You never wear clothes without a smile” and “It’s a tough knock-on life.”

The 1982 film version, with Carol Burnett as Loudon, wasn't that popular or popular. A stage sequel called "Annie Warbucks" ran on Broadway in 1993. The show was resurrected on Broadway in 2012 and founded a film starring Quvenzhané Wallis in 2014. NBC released the online TV version of "Annie Live!" on Network TV in 2021!

Both Strouse and Charnin won Grammys for "Annie" actor record, and they found fragments of their work, including Jay-Z's 1998 Grammy Award-winning album "2 Volume 2 ... Hard Knock Life".

From "Shrek 2" to "Dave" to "You Have Email", I heard "Tomorrow" in the soundtrack. In 2016, Lukas Graham used Annie's choir Annie's "Mom Says" hit rate.

Strouse also had a failed man, including two performances: "Broadway Musical" (1978) and "Dance Closer", a 1983 musical written with Alan Jay that ended after a show. Among his other unsuccessful musicals are also All-American (1962), starring Ray Bolger, "This is a Bird...This is a Plane...This is Superman" (1966), directed by Harold Prince, and by Harold Prince and "Bring Back Bride Birdie" (1981), by bye bye birdie bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye by

Among Strouse's film scores are music from "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967) and "They Raid the Night of Minsky" (1968).

The theater waved when he and Adams had the opportunity to write songs at an Adirondacks summer camp called Green Mansions in the early 1950s. Such a camp is a training ground for dozens of performers and writers.

"I'll write a song, I'll choreograph it and copy the parts," he said in an AP interview. "The next day of the rehearsal is nine o'clock, so at four o'clock in the morning, I'm crossing the lake with wet parts. I just love it. I've never been happier."

His wife, Barbara, died in 2023. He has four children, Ben, Nick, Victoria and William.