After studying to be a doctor and an accountant, Abe Burrows had a career in sales before becoming a successful radio script writer and writer/performer of musical parody numbers. His first Broadway libretto was Guys and Dolls, co-written with Jo Swerling, with a score by Frank Loesser. Among the
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Peter Udell is the co-author of the Broadway musicals PURLIE (two Tony nominations), SHENANDOAH (Tony Award for best book), ANGEL COMIN UPTOWN and AMEN CORNER. A protégé of Frank Loesser, he has worked successfully in the music business since 1960, producing records and writing lyrics for such pop
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One of America's great composer/lyricists, Frank Loesser began his songwriting career during the Depression as a lyricist, contributing songs to Broadway revues and nightclub acts. His work with composer Irving Actman in the 1936 revue THE ILLUSTRATOR'S SHOW led to a songwriting contract
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JULE STYNE made B'way sing for 50 years as composer of High Button Shoes; Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Two on the Aisle; Hazel Flagg; Gypsy; Peter Pan; Bells Are Ringing; Say Darling; Do Re Mi; Subways Are for Sleeping; Funny Girl; Fade Out-Fade In; Arturo Ui (the dramatic score); Hallelujah,
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George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889- June 2, 1961) was a playwright, director, producer, and drama critic most noted for his many collaborations with other writers. He co-authored MERTON OF THE MOVIES and BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK with Marc Connelly; JUNE MOON with Ring Lardner; THE ROYAL FAMILY,
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Robert Waldman has written primarily for the theater. Beginning his career as a protégé of Frank Loesser, his music has been heard in the World Premiere and Tony Award-Winning production of Alfred Uhry s THE LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, and also for the Pulitzer Prize-Winning New York and National
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In addition to winning the Tony Award for Best Score for Titanic (which won the Tony for Best Musical), Maury Yeston also won the Tony and two Drama Desk Awards for his music and lyrics to Broadway s NINE (which won five other Tonys, including Best Musical, and was nominated for a Grammy Award and
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Jerry Ross wrote the musical scores for two of the most popular and enduring musicals in Broadway Theater, "The Pajama Game" and "Damn Yankees," two shows which personify the innocence and exuberance of the Golden Age of Broadway. Jerry Ross was born Jerold Rosenberg on March 9,
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Jack Murphy has worked on a wide variety of projects as both lyricist and composer. Collaborating with Frank Wildhorn, he wrote lyrics for Linda Eder's EMI album "And So Much More", as well as ten songs for her latest Atlantic album "It's Time". He has written and
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Frank Cipolla grew up in a small Canadian town, where the overall lack of things to do left him plenty of time to learn how to play many musical instruments. Though he is very proud that his music has been featured off Broadway, at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Cannes Short Film
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