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Gretchen Cryer '57 Directing Musical Tribute to Laura Nyro
 Gretchen Cryer, a 1957 graduate of DePauw University, is director of To Carry On... a Tribute to the Life and Music of Laura Nyro. The production, written and performed by Mimi Cohen,will open on the 66th anniversary of Nyro's birth, Friday, October 18. It will run through Sunday, October 27, for six performances the TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th Street, in New York City.

A powerful performer and songwriter, Nyro's songs include "And When I Die," popularized by Blood, Sweat and Tears; "Wedding Bell Blues," which was a smash hit for the 5th Dimension; and "Stoney End," which Barbra Streisand covered.  Laura Nyro died of ovarian cancer in 1997 at age 49. 

Read more about To Carry On... here.

Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford (seen together at right) also wrote Einstein & the Roosevelts, which premiered at DePauw in 2008.