Production Staff
Leonard Bernstein
Composer
Leonard Bernstein was born on August 25, 1918, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. He took piano lessons as a boy and attended the Garrison and Boston Latin Schools. At Harvard University, he studied with Walter Piston, Edward Burlingame-Hill, and A. Tillman Merritt, among others. Before graduating in 1939, he made an unofficial conducting debut with his own incidental music to "The Birds," and directed and performed in Marc Blitzstein's "The Cradle Will Rock." Then at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, he studied piano with Isabella Vengerova, conducting with Fritz Reiner, and orchestration with Randall Thompson.
In 1940, he studied at the ... read more
Saul Chaplin
Composer
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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
Roger Edens
Composer
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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
André Previn
Composer
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Jule Styne
Composer
Blaine-Thompson
Advertising
Mark Bramble
Company Manager
Donald Brooks
Costumes
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Larry Bussard
Production Stage Manager
Arthur Cantor
Producer
John Fitzpatrick
Costumes
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Leonard Friedman
Producer
Jay Kingwill
General Manager
Mitch Miller
Technical Director
Jack Schlissel
General Manager
Martha Swope
Production Photographer
Paul Trueblood
Musical Director
Pianist
C. George Willard
Press Representative
Jon Wilner
Advertising
Andrea Wilson
Lighting Designer
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