George Gershwin, born in Brooklyn, New York on September 26, 1898, began his musical training at thirteen. At fifteen he left high school to work as a Tin Pan Alley _x001c_ song plugger_x001d_ and within three years he had seen his first song published.

Robert Wright born September 25, 1914 - (Daytona Beach) - died Wednesday August 2, 2005 (Miami) and George _x001c_ Chet_x001d_ Forrest born July 31, 1915 (Brooklyn) - died Oct. 10, 1999 (Miami) wrote together in the longest continual partnership in the history of musical theatre.

George Furth was born in Chicago and graduated from Northwestern University; he did postgraduate work at Columbia University.

David Zippel, lyricist for THE GOODBYE GIRL. He wrote the lyrics for CITY OF ANGELS, with music by
Cy Coleman and book by Larry Gelbart, for which he received the 1990 Tony, NY Drama Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards.

Fred Sadoff, Born 1926. Died - May 6, 1994 Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Producer, Director, Performer.

Productions:

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING OSCAR
[Original, Play, Solo] Produced in association with Fred Sadoff (Mar 14, 1961 - Apr 8, 1961).

Elizabeth Diggs is a playwright and professor of Dramatic Writing in the Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing at Tisch, NYU. She was born in Tulsa and went to college at Brown where she co-wrote the annual musical with her future partner Emily Arnold McCully.

Eubie Blake, christened James Hurbert Blake, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 7, 1883, the son of John Sumner Blake, a stevedore and laundress. His parents, who were former slaves, bore eleven children of which only Eubie survived to adulthood.