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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.
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" 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.
His collaborators included, among others, Sammy Cahn, Leo Robin, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Stephen Sondheim, and Bob Merrill.
* A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green ( 1958 )
It was conceived and written by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and Norman L. Berman.
* By Bernstein ( 1975 )- music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein, additional lyrics by Betty Comden, Adolph Green, John Latouche, Jerry Leiber, and Stephen Sondheim ; written and conceived by Comden and Green, with Michael Bawtree, Norman L. Berman and the Chelsea Theatre Center.
Bernstein had decided he needed to concentrate solely on the music, and he and Robbins had invited Betty Comden and Adolph Green to write the lyrics, but the team opted to work on Peter Pan instead.
Among those who crossed paths with Abbott early in their careers are Desi Arnaz, Gene Tierney, Betty Comden, Hal Prince, Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, Bob Fosse, Stephen Sondheim, Elaine Stritch, John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Liza Minnelli.
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.
Along with the young Judy Holliday and Leonard Bernstein, Comden and Green formed a troupe called the Revuers, which performed at the Village Vanguard, a club in Greenwich Village.
Comden and Green wrote the book and lyrics, which included sizable parts for themselves ( as Claire and Ozzie ).
Comden and Green headed back to California and soon found work at MGM.
On the cover of Blossom Dearie's tribute LP Blossom Dearie Sings Comden and Green ( Verve Records | Verve, 1959 )
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.
Comden and Green provided the story and screenplay ; the songs were old 1920s hits by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown.
In 1958, they appeared on Broadway in A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, a revue that included some of their early sketches.
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 and Green received Kennedy Center Honors in 1991.
* Comden and Green papers, 1933-2003.
* 1991 – Betty Comden & Adolph Green
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" 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.
Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green contributed lyrics to one new song.
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** Peter Pan – Music by Moose Charlap, lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, additional music by Jule Styne, additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green ( based on the play Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie )
However, the show evolved into a full blown musical, with additional songs by Jule Styne and 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.
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Comden and Green's final musical hit was 1991's The Will Rogers Follies, providing lyrics to Cy Coleman's music.
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.
* 1953: Wonderful Town – Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov.
** Bells Are Ringing – Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Jule Styne.
** Do Re Mi – Book by Garson Kanin, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
-Book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
* 1970: Applause – Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams.
** On the Twentieth Century – Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Cy Coleman.
* 1991: The Will Rogers Follies – Book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Cy Coleman
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.
They convinced Robbins and Bernstein, who in turn wanted their friends Comden and Green to write the book and lyrics.
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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 also played the role of Letitia Primrose in that musical when original star Imogene Coca left the show.
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.
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.
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.
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