In a midtown Manhattan apartment, Arranger Hershey Kay and Pop Composer Jerry Herman were hard at work on a musical comedy. Milk and Honey, which will open on Broadway next month. Herman rippled a tune on the piano. "That's for Ruth's [Mimi Benzell] first meeting with Philip [Robert Weede]," he said. "Bright, but a little wistful." Kay thought a moment, concluded that the melody called for woodwinds.
Kay should know. Such distinguished Broadway musicals as On the Town and Candide owe their instrumentation to him, and other arrangements of his are heard repeatedly on television and in the movies. Along with...
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