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Jul 6, 2024 · 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.
Jun 18, 2024 · The song “Moses” was written by the renowned music duo Betty Comden and Adolph Green for the film “Singin’ in the Rain.” Their remarkable talent for crafting deeply meaningful and emotionally powerful songs shines through in this timeless gem.
- Gale Lang
4 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.
Jun 22, 2024 · Writers Adolph Green and Betty Comden discovered that MGM had a cache of many wonderful but unheralded songs featured in the studio’s films from the early sound era.
Jun 24, 2024 · When I first heard the song “Tschaikowsky” by Adolph Green & Lady in the Dark Ensemble (1963), I was immediately captivated by its lively and vibrant melody. The song takes us on a journey through the names of various Russian composers and musicians, as if we are attending a grand circus act.
- 1963
- Kurt Weill & Ira Gershwin
5 days ago · Applause is a musical with a book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. The musical is based on the 1950 film All About Eve and the short story on which the movie is based, Mary Orr's "The Wisdom of Eve".
3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story.
