The reason being that the Musical Theatre world is not that large and if you’re out there continually auditioning and improving your skills, then eventually you will run in to or, even better, work with a composer…who was influenced by this guy:

Frank Loesser was the composer of revered works such as Guys and Dolls, The Most Happy Fella, How To Succeed…, Hans Christian Andersen, Where’s Charley?, and many popular songs of his time.

Loesser was a monster musician, tortured soul and hitmaker. There are some great books and, thanks principally to his daughter Susan, a remarkably honest documentary on him, but for a little background, check out this link. It’s from The Johnny Mercer Foundation and was meant for kids, but it’s a quick and cool little read — http://www.johnnymercerfoundation.org/FrankLoesserLyricNotes.pdf

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And if you really want to take some time: