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Profile of Burt Shevelove on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Burt Shevelove  
   
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Date of Birth: 19th September 1915
   
Place of Birth: Newark, New Jersey, USA
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Burt Shevelove (1915 - 8 April 1981) was an American musical theater writer, lyricist, librettist, and director..

Libretti

  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 1962, revived 1972, 1996
  • No, No, Nanette - revisions made in 1971, from an original libretto by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel
  • The Frogs - adapted from Aristophanes' play in 1974; in 2004 Nathan Lane further adapted Shevelove's libretto for the work's Broadway premiere
  • Happy New Year - 1980
  • Jerome Robbins' Broadway - 1989; used some of Shevelove's Forum text

Directing

  • Small Wonder - 1948
  • Hallelujah, Baby! - 1967
  • Rockefeller and the Red Indians - 1968
  • No, No, Nanette - 1971
  • A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 1972
  • Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - 1973
  • Rodgers & Hart - 1975
  • So Long, 174th Street - 1976
  • Happy New Year -1980

Lyrics

  • Small Wonder - 1948

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