A lot of those songs come from musicals. In the early 1960s Newley met and hit it off with the composer Leslie Bricusse, and together from scratch they wrote two musicals that made a star of ...

Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Set against the backdrop of a circus, the show focuses on Littlechap ...

In What a Man! Goldie relates her treasured stories of the friendship she and her late husband Paul Dver shared with “Tony,” as she puts her signature stamp on the glorious Newley repertoire ...

Contributed photo - Seven Angels TheatreJon Peterson presents "He Wrote Good Songs," a performance of the works and life of Anthony Newley at Seven Angels Theatre in Waterbury.

Who Wrote It? “The Candy Man” was written by composer Leslie Bricusse with lyricist Anthony Newley specifically for the 1971 Gene Wilder-led film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.