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Burt Shevelove
Born(1915-09-19)September 19, 1915
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedApril 8, 1982(1982-04-08) (aged 66)
London, England, UK
EducationBrown University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
Occupation(s)Author, director, playwright, librettist

Burt Shevelove (September 19, 1915 – April 8, 1982) was an American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director.

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Burt Shevelove

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Burt Shevelove (September 19, 1915 – April 8, 1982) was an American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director. Born in Newark, New...

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Stephen Sondheim

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my baby pictures. You don't touch up a baby picture—you're a baby!" Burt Shevelove invited Sondheim to a party where Sondheim arrived before him but knew...

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The Wrong Box

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and an large ensemble cast. The screenplay was by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart. Inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright...

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Ariadne

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a 1974 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Burt Shevelove, revisions by Nathan Lane (2004). In 2004, the British indie pop band...

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Larry Gelbart

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statement, saying it was just a joke.[citation needed] He collaborated with Burt Shevelove on the screenplay for the 1966 British film The Wrong Box. Gelbart also...

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Ruby Keeler

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Keeler's 42nd Street director Busby Berkeley, adapted and directed by Burt Shevelove, and choreographed by Donald Saddler, who won the Tony Award for his...

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Burt

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personal care company Burt's Bees Burt Shevelove (1915–1982), American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist and director Burt Shotton (1884–1962)...

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The Frogs

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Aristophanes" in a list of all his scholarly achievements. Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove freely adapted The Frogs to a 1974 musical of the same name, replacing...

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Dionysus

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nudity, and theatrical innovations. In 1974, Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove adapted Aristophanes' comedy The Frogs into a modern musical, which...

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Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical

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Champion 1968 (22nd) The Happy Time Gower Champion Hallelujah, Baby! Burt Shevelove How Now, Dow Jones George Abbott Illya Darling Jules Dassin 1969 (23rd)...

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Works of Stephen Sondheim

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1962 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Stephen Sondheim Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, based on the farces of the ancient Roman playwright...

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Larry Blyden

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comedy The Frogs, in New Haven, Connecticut. The play was written by Burt Shevelove, and based on a play written by Aristophanes in 405 B.C. The play's...

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Alazon

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plot against him. Heavily borrowing from Plautus, the Stephen Sondheim-Burt Shevelove-Larry Gelbart musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum...

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Janis Paige

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novel Hooray for Love leading actress TV film and musical directed by Burt Shevelove The Ann Sothern Show Edith episode: "The Girls" 1961 Wagon Train Nellie...

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Musical theatre

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(1962, 964 performances), with a book based on the works of Plautus by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, starring Zero Mostel. Sondheim moved the musical...

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Jerome Robbins

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Gilford, David Burns, and John Carradine. The production, with book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, and score by Stephen Sondheim, was not working. Sondheim...

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Stratford Shakespeare Festival production history

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Importance of Being Earnest – by Oscar Wilde Happy New Year – book by Burt Shevelove, music and lyrics by Cole Porter The Taming of the Shrew – by William...

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1963 in music

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Happened on the Way to the Forum (Music and Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim Book: Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart). London production opened at the Strand Theatre on...

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David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University

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(1930) Andrew Nelson Lytle – Drama (1929) H. C. Potter – Drama (1926) Burt Shevelove – Drama (1940) Janice Torre – Songwriting (1936) Max Wilk – Drama (1941)...

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Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

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(17th) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove Little Me Neil Simon Oliver! Lionel Bart Stop the World – I Want to...

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