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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.
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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.
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.
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 received Kennedy Center Honors in 1991.
* Comden and Green papers, 1933-2003.
* 1991 – Betty Comden & Adolph Green
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When this marriage unraveled, Comden complained that Day cared more for her " animal friends " than she did for him.
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.
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.
** Cy Coleman ( producer and composer ), Mike Berniker ( producer ), Adolph Green, Betty Comden ( lyricists ) & the original Broadway cast for The Will Rogers Follies
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.
Comden and Green also created new characters to replace the characters created specifically for the movie.
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.
Comden and Green won the Writers Guild of America award for Best American Musical.
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.
Betty Comden and Adolph Green received the Writers Guild of America for the best written American musical.
Subways Are for Sleeping is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne.
Comden and 1970
* 1970: Applause – Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams.
In 1970, Applause ( starring Lauren Bacall, with book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and lyrics by Adams ) won Strouse his second Tony Award.
Comden and musical
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.
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 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.
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.
On the Twentieth Century is a musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman.
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.
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.
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