Production Staff
Betty Comden
Bookwriter/Lyricist
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Betty Comden, born in Brooklyn in 1917, was an American lyricist, screenwriter, and actress. She is best known for her work with Adolph Green, with whom she collaborated on numerous musicals and films.
Comden and Green met in 1938 while both were studying at New York University, and began writing together shortly thereafter. Their first Broadway credit was for On the Town, a musical about three sailors on a 24-hour leave in New York City. The show premiered in 1944 and was a huge success, cementing Comden and Green's place in the world of musical theater.
Comden and Green went on to ... read more
Adolph Green
Bookwriter/Lyricist
Bookwriter
Lyricist
Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright who was born on December 2, 1914, in the Bronx, New York. He was the son of Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Green's father was a successful businessman, and his mother was a homemaker. Green attended New York University, where he studied English and drama.
Green began his career in show business as a performer in the late 1930s. He appeared in several Broadway productions, including "The New Yorkers" and "Two for the Show." However, it was his work as a lyricist that would make him famous.
Green's first major success as a lyricist came in ... read more
Edmund G. Love
Source Material
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Jule Styne
Composer
The Blaine Thompson Company
Advertising
Will Steven Armstrong
Settings/Lighting
Scenic Designer
Lighting Designer
Marc Breaux
Associate Choreographer
Warren Brown
Stage Manager
Lloyd Burlingame
Assistant to Mr. Armstrong
Joe Calvan
Stage Manager
Lila Glaser
Press Representative
Fred Golden
Advertising
Peter Howard
Dance Music Arranger
Michael Kidd
Director/Choreographer
Choreographer
Director
Philip J. Lang
Orchestrator
Philip J. Lang was a musician, composer and music educator who taught at the graduate schools of music at the University of Michigan and the University of Colorado and was the orchestrator of more than 50 Broadway musicals including My Fair Lady and Camelot (with Robert Russell Bennett); Annie Get Your Gun; Applause; Hello, Dolly!; Carnival; and 42nd Street. Mr. Lang was an orchestrator for the Metropolitan Opera and a frequent musical arranger for television including Hallmark Productions, David Susskind, Radio City Music Hall and "The Tonight Show." ... read more
Mary McKinley
Assistant to Mr. Wittop
Vince McKnight
Company Manager
David Merrick
Producer
Lawrence Pool
Assistant Stage Manager
Milton Rosenstock
Musical Director
Harvey B. Sabinson
General Press Representative
Press
Robert Schear
Production Associate
Jack Schlissel
General Manager
John Sharpe
Dance Captain
Michael Shurtleff
Casting
Morris Stonzek
Music Contractor
Howard Whitfield
Production Stage Manager
Freddy Wittop
Costume Designer
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