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George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. He received numerous honors including six Tony Awards , the Pulitzer Prize , the Kennedy Center Honors in 1982.
Jun 22, 2024 · George Abbott (born June 25, 1887, Forestville, N.Y., U.S.—died Jan. 31, 1995, Miami Beach, Fla.) was an American theatrical director, producer, playwright, actor, and motion-picture director who staged some of the most popular Broadway productions from the 1920s to the ’60s.
George Abbott. Writer: The Pajama Game. Legendary Broadway writer/producer/director George Abbott was born in 1887 in Forestville, New York. His father was mayor of Salamanca, New York, for two terms. In 1898 his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Abbott attended Kearney Military Academy.
George Abbott was a renowned American theater director, producer, playwright, and actor who is known for his significant contributions to the American theater. Born on June 25, 1887, in ...
George Abbott. Writer: The Pajama Game. Legendary Broadway writer/producer/director George Abbott was born in 1887 in Forestville, New York. His father was mayor of Salamanca, New York, for two terms. In 1898 his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Abbott attended Kearney Military Academy.
Jan 31, 1995 · George Abbott. One of the most important and admired men in the entire history of Broadway – indeed, some have said that he WAS the history of Broadway –, George Abbott ( b. Forestville, NY, 25 June 1887; d. Miami Beach, FL, 31 January 1995) was a theater director and producer, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose ...
Jan 31, 1995 · George Abbott. An important director, author, and producer, whose distinguished career in the American theater spanned more than seven decades and gained him the title of “Mr. Broadway ...
Feb 2, 1995 · George F. Abbott, who opened on Broadway in 1913 and didn't close for more than 80 years, died on Tuesday at his home in Miami Beach. He was 107. The cause was a stroke, said his wife,...
George Abbott changed the American theater in many ways. He was the first to produce musical shows that were serious dramas, not just light love stories. And he was the first producer to use ballet dancers in a musical show.
Jan 31, 1995 · Following his graduation from Rochester in 1911, Abbott studied playwriting under George Pierce Baker at Harvard. During that time, he wrote a one-act play, The Man in the Manhole , which won a $100 prize in a play contest sponsored by the Bijou Theater in Boston.
