The show ran 607 performances and collected a Tony for best musical. ... Another Strouse-Charnin musical, called “Annie Warbucks,” ran for 200 performances off-Broadway in 1993.

Charles Strouse, a composer whose hits on the Broadway shows “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie” earned him three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy, died on Thursday. He was 96.

Strouse was classically trained at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y., and worked with American composer Aaron Copland.He was making a living playing rehearsal piano for Broadway shows ...

Charles Strouse, a composer whose hits on the Broadway shows “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie” earned him three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy, died on Thursday. He was 96.

Charles Strouse, a composer whose hits on the Broadway shows “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie” earned him three Tony Awards, a Grammy and an Emmy, died on Thursday. He was 96.