Burt Shevelove

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name = Burt Shevelove

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birthplace = Newark, New Jersey, USA
deathdate = death date and age|1982|04|08|1915|09|19
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occupation = Author, director, playwright
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tonyawards = Best Musical
1963 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
Best Author of a Musical
1963 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"

Burt Shevelove (September 19 1915 - April 8 1982) was an American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Brown University and Yale (Master's degree). After serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in WWII, he began working as a writer, director and producer for radio and television. At the time of his death he had lived in London for many years. [cite news | author=Carol Lawson | title=Burt Shevelove Writer, 66, and Director, Dies| url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30814FF385D0C7A8CDDAD0894DA484D81 | work=The New York Times | date=9 April 1982| accessdate=2008-06-14]

His Broadway career started in 1948 with writing material, co-producing and directing for the revue "Small Wonder." [cite web | author=Toby Simkin | title=Author Biography: Burt Shevelove | url=http://www.mtishows.com/bio.asp?bID=3240 | publisher=Music Theatre International | date= | accessdate=2008-06-14] The musical "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" was the biggest success of his career.

Work

Libretti

*"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" 1962, revived 1972, 1996
*"No, No, Nanette" revisions made in 1971, from an original libretto by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel
*"The Frogs" adapted from Aristophanes' play in 1974; in 2004 Nathan Lane further adapted Shevelove's libretto for the work's Broadway premiere
*"Happy New Year" 1980
*"Jerome Robbins' Broadway" 1989; used some of Shevelove's "Forum" text

Directing

*"Small Wonder" 1948
*"Hallelujah, Baby!" 1967
*"Rockefeller and the Red Indians" 1968
*"No, No, Nanette" 1971
*"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" 1972
*"Sondheim: A Musical Tribute" 1973
*"Rodgers & Hart" 1975
*"So Long, 174th Street" 1976
*"Happy New Year" 1980

Lyrics

*"Small Wonder" 1948

References

External links

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* [http://www.sondheimguide.com/people.html#Shevelove Sondheim Guide listing]
* [http://www.lctreview.com/article.cfm?id_issue=37439727&id_article=99539988&page=1 Sondheim interview]