Harvey Schmidt

Harvey Schmidt (born September 12, 1929 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is an American writer of musical theatre, best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 - 2002 for a total of 17,162 performances, all at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. A revival is currently planned for fall 2006. All of Schmidt's major musicals were written with lyricist Tom Jones whom he met at the University of Texas at Austin.

All of Schmidt's major musicals were written with lyricist Tom Jones whom he met at the University of Texas at Austin.