Robert Lorick (died January 2016) was a lyricist, actor, and writer, best known as a Broadway lyricist and for his work portraying Jack Flanders, the lead character in a series of

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audio adventures produced from 1972 until Lorick's death in 2016. In 1972, Lorick made his debut as a lyricist with the

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musical ''Hark!'' at the Mercer-O'Casey Theatre. In the 1980s, he wrote the lyrics for the Broadway show ''

The Tap Dance Kid ''The Tap Dance Kid'' is a musical based on the novel ''Nobody's Family is Going to Change'' by Louise Fitzhugh. It was written by Charles Blackwell with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics by Robert Lorick. Synopsis Act I William Sheridan, a s ...

'', which ran for 669 performances (Dec 83 - Aug 85) at the

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(capacity 1150) and the

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(capacity 1620),

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and won two

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s in 1984. He received a

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nomination for best cast album for ''The Tap Dance Kid''. Lorick also wrote for

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's ''

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'', Afterschool Specials, Disney's ''Polly Comin' Home'' and wrote the theme song for

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's Millennium Special. His voiceover clients included

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, Ford,

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, most of the world's leading fragrance houses, and he was the "voice of

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" for more than a decade. His corporation, Lorick, Inc., is a video production company, and he held a master's degree from

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. He died in January 2016 after a period of kidney dialysis.In Memory of Robert Lorick
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