Name Burt Shevelove | Role Playwright | |
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Born September 19, 1915 ( 1915-09-19 ) Newark, New Jersey, USA Occupation Author, director, playwright, librettist Died April 8, 1982, London, United Kingdom Movies A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Wrong Box Education Brown University, Yale University Plays A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Frogs, Happy New Year Awards Tony Award for Best Musical Similar People Larry Gelbart, Stephen Sondheim, Zero Mostel, Harold Prince, Nathan Lane | ||
UW-Parkside's 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). At Brown in 1935, he acted in the first ever Brownbrokers musical titled Something Bruin. After serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War II, 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.
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His Broadway career started in 1948 with writing material, co-producing and directing for the revue Small Wonder. Among his successes were A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and No, No, Nanette, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical.