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Pages in category "Musicals by Betty Comden and Adolph Green" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Comden and Green was a 60-year songwriting partnership, comprising Betty Comden (1917–2006) and Adolph Green (1914–2002). [1] They first worked together in 1941 at the Village Gate in New York City, as writers and performers in a nightclub act called The Revuers.
Kate Cameron of the New York Daily News praised the film, writing, "Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who wrote the screenplay and composed the lyrics for the new Music Hall film, It's Always Fair Weather, have had some fun at the expense of TV. The picture is a lively, amusing lampoon on some types of video shows and of the sponsors and ...
Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein.The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and actress respectively, seeking success from their basement apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village.
Directed by Charles Walters, the screenplay is by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and Sidney Sheldon, the songs are by Harry Warren (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics) with the addition of "They Can't Take That Away from Me" by George and Ira Gershwin, and the choreography was created by Robert Alton and Hermes Pan.
Music: Leonard Bernstein: Lyrics: Betty Comden Adolph Green: Book: Betty Comden Adolph Green: Basis: Fancy Free, ballet by Jerome Robbins and Leonard Bernstein: Productions: 1944 Broadway 1949 Film 1963 West End 1971 Broadway revival 1998 Broadway revival 2007 English National Opera 2008 Encores! concert 2014 Broadway revival 2017 London revival
Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood. Although they were not a romantic couple, they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge a six ...
The music video of Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson was heavily inspired by this sequence. [9] "That's Entertainment!" (reprise/finale) – Lester, Gabrielle, Jeffrey, Tony and Lily; One musical number shot for the film, but dropped from the final release, was a seductive dance routine featuring Charisse performing "Two-Faced Woman".