1996
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4 days ago · His collaborators included Sammy Cahn, Leo Robin, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Hilliard, and Bob Merrill. He wrote career-altering Broadway scores for a wide variety of major stars, including Phil Silvers, Carol Channing, Mary Martin, Judy Holliday, Ethel Merman, and an up-and-coming Barbra Streisand.
6 days ago · Two On the Aisle, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics and comedy sketches by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, has the reputation for being the last of the "old-time" Broadway revues, which specialized in musical production numbers and comic bits that often bordered just this side of burlesque.
3 days ago · Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
4 days ago · What a Way to Go! is a 1964 American black comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson and starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Bob Cummings and Dick Van Dyke . In the film, a wealthy widow wants to donate most of her fortune to the Internal Revenue Service.
Jul 18, 2024 · The creative duo behind the script, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, contributed to the film’s witty humor and sharp dialogue. The famous scene of Gene Kelly dancing in the rain was accomplished with a specially designed set.
5 days ago · Singin' in the Rain Jr. Tap your toes and sing along in this splashy adaptation of the world’s most celebrated movie musical. The “Greatest Movie Musical of All Time” is faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
Jul 10, 2024 · Consistently heralded as one of the greatest films ever made, Betty Comden and Adolph Green’s “Singin’ in the Rain” is not a stage musical adapted for screen, but rather a movie musical in the purest sense.
