The daffodils have made a showy arrival on his hillside overlooking the Hudson, but Rupert Holmes really wants to talk about people pushing up daisies. As in the dead, and who made them that way. In ...

Rupert Holmes is a mystery. He also writes them. The songwriter, playwright and novelist is the author of “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” the 1985 Broadway hit that is having a major new production ...

From the first moments you hear the melody, accompanied by a voice singing, "If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain..." you know it's time to hit the sand, grab a cold beverage, and ...

We've all seen Ruth Bader Ginsburg patches, pins and stickers — cartoon images complete with one of her signature collars, often with the words "Notorious RBG" or "I dissent" or another of her cutting ...

He is the man behind “Escape (The Pina Colada Song).” He collaborated with Barbra Streisand. He wrote songs that were recorded by everyone from Dolly Parton to Barry Manilow. He has penned ...

Barbra Streisand also engaged Mr. Holmes to write songs for her character in the 1976 film of A Star Is Born. Those numbers were very present in the program: Kylee Brown created audience buzz with ...

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