With Judy Garland, he sang Irving Berlin's " A Couple of Swells " from Easter Parade ( 1948 ); and, with Jack Buchanan, Oscar Levant, and Nanette Fabray he delivered Betty Comden and Adolph Green's " That's Entertainment " from The Band Wagon ( 1953 ).

Comden and Green's first Broadway show was in 1944, with On the Town, a musical about three sailors on leave in New York City that was an expansion of a ballet entitled Fancy Free on which Bernstein had been working with choreographer Jerome Robbins.

Comden and Green's Broadway work in the 1960s included four collaborations with Jule Styne.

Comden and Green's biggest failure was 1982's A Doll's Life, an attempt to figure out what Nora did after she abandoned her husband in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House, which ran for only five performances, although they received Tony Award nominations for its book and score.

* New York Public Library Blog on Comden and Green's Unproduced Screenplay Wonderland

The film was only a modest hit when first released, with O ' Connor's Best Actor win at the Golden Globes and Comden and Green's win at the Writers Guild of America Awards being the only major recognitions.

Comden and Green reunited with Gene Kelly for their most successful project, the classic Singin ' in the Rain, about Hollywood in the final days of the silent film era.

" And the song " New York, New York " ( by Betty Comden and Adolph Green from the 1940s musical comedy and film, " On the Town ") explains that " The Bronx is up and the Battery's down.

Comden and Green contributed additional lyrics to the 1954 musical Peter Pan, translated and streamlined Die Fledermaus for the Metropolitan Opera, and collaborated with Styne on songs for the play-with-music Say, Darling.

Comden and Green wrote the libretto for the 1970 musical Applause, an adaptation of the film All About Eve, and wrote the book and lyrics for 1978's On the Twentieth Century, with music by Cy Coleman.

Comden also played the role of Letitia Primrose in that musical when original star Imogene Coca left the show.

Wonderful Town, with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Leonard Bernstein, is a musical stage adaptation of the Sherwood stories.

In November 1956 she returned to Broadway starring in the musical Bells Are Ringing with book and lyrics by her Revuers friends, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and directed by Jerome Robbins, for which she won the 1957 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical.

In 1978, Cy Coleman ( music ), Betty Comden and Adolph Green ( book and lyrics ) created the musical On the Twentieth Century based on this film, the original Hecht and MacArthur play and the unpublished play by Millholland.

Determined to bounce back, he started working on a new musical A Doll's Life with lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green that would continue the story of Nora Helmer past what Henrik Ibsen had written in A Doll's House.

On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins ' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music.

The Will Rogers Follies is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Cy Coleman.

Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse.

Do Re Mi is a musical with music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and a book by Garson Kanin, who also directed the original 1960 Broadway production.

The 20th Century Limited was the setting for a Broadway musical composed by Cy Coleman and written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green entitled On the Twentieth Century, about the romantic complications of a beautiful actress and an egocentric producer / director.

On the Twentieth Century is a musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman.

Comden and Green based the musical on three works: the 1934 Howard Hawks film Twentieth Century ; the original 1932 play of the same name by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur ; and Hecht's and MacArthur's inspiration, Charles Bruce Millholland's unproduced play about his experiences working for theater producer David Belasco, Napoleon of Broadway.

However, the show evolved into a full blown musical, with additional songs by Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

Bennett's career as a Broadway dancer began in the 1961 Betty Comden – Adolph Green – Jule Styne musical Subways Are For Sleeping, after which he appeared in Meredith Willson's Here's Love and the short-lived Bajour.

Starting in 1976, Coppola planned Tucker to be both a musical and an experimental film with music and lyrics written by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

In the musical theatre, important figures include Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, Frank Loesser, Jule Styne, Jerry Bock, Meredith Willson and Stephen Sondheim.

Betty Comden and Adolph Green received the Writers Guild of America for the best written American musical.

Singin ' in the Rain is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Arthur Freed, and music by Nacio Herb Brown.

Subways Are for Sleeping is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne.

* Her fourth and last marriage was to Barry Comden ( born 1935 – died 2009 ), who was roughly a decade younger, from April 14, 1976 until 1981.

Comden was the maitre d ' at one of Day's favorite restaurants.

It was conceived and written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and Norman L. Berman.

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 some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freed's production unit at MGM, during the genre's heyday.

Betty Comden ( May 3, 1917 November 23, 2006 ) was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century.

Betty Comden was born Basya Cohen in New York City, attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, and studied drama at New York University.

In 1980, Betty Comden was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Bacall, Strouse, Adams, and Kasha came to the conclusion that Michaels's book was insufficient, so Kasha hired Betty Comden and Adolph Green to write a new book.

" It commented that Phil Silvers was cast against type, here playing " the fall guy, the poor sap who ends as the victim .... Betty Comden and Adolph Green have written sprightly lyrics, and Jule Styne has contributed some attractive as well as some ear-shattering tunes.

The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

The original film's vocal score was embellished with additional tunes by Comden, Green, and Roger Edens, Dorothy Fields and Jimmy McHugh, George and Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting, and Cole Porter.

* 1991: The Will Rogers Follies – Book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Cy Coleman

** Cy Coleman ( producer and composer ), Mike Berniker ( producer ), Adolph Green, Betty Comden ( lyricists ) & the original Broadway cast for The Will Rogers Follies

The 1990s brought more new Coleman musicals to Broadway: The Will Rogers Follies ( 1991 ), again with Comden and Green, The Life ( 1997 ), a gritty look at pimps, prostitutes, and assorted other lowlife in the big city, with Ira Gasman, and a revised production of Little Me.

* 1991: Will Rogers Follies – Cy Coleman ( music ), Betty Comden and Adolph Green ( lyrics )