Production Staff
Otto Harbach
Lyricist
Bookwriter
Bookwriter
Lyricist
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Bert Kalmar
Lyricist
Bookwriter
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Jerome Kern
Composer
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Harry Ruby
Composer
Lyricist
Bookwriter
Nora Bayes
Composer
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David Bennett
Choreographer
Robert Russell Bennett
Orchestrator
Robert Russell Bennett orchestrated more than 300 Broadway musical scores including Show Boat; No, No, Nanette; Of Thee I Sing; Face the Music; Oklahoma!; Carmen Jones; Finian's Rainbow; Kiss Me, Kate; South Pacific; The King and I; My Fair Lady; and Camelot. His arrangements for the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! earned him an Academy Award. He also orchestrated and arranged Richard Rodgers' TV documentary score for "Victory at Sea." A classically trained composer, Bennett's prolific output of original compositions includes symphonies, sonatas, a ballet, a concerto and an opera. ... read more
Charles Dillingham
Producer
Gus Edwards
Composer
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Fred Fisher
Composer
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George Gershwin
Composer
(Additional Music)
George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn on September 26, 1898, and began his musical training when he was 13. At 16 he quit high school to work as a "song plugger" for a music publisher, and soon he was writing songs himself. "Swanee," as introduced by Al Jolson, brought George his first real fame and led to his writing a succession of 22 musical comedies, most with his older brother, Ira. The Gershwins' shows include Lady Be Good, Oh, Kay!, Strike Up the Band, Girl Crazy, and the Pulitzer Prize winning Of Thee I Sing. From his early career George ... read more
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Mabel E. Johnston
Costume Designer
Jack Norworth
Composer
(Additional Music)
(Additional Music)
Paul Whiteman's Orchestra
Musician
Gus Salzer
Musical Director
Hassard Short
Director
(Staging)
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