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Burt Shevelove

Gender
Male
Nationality
American
Born
9/19/1915
Died
4/8/1982
Show Categories
Musical
Genres
Fairy Tale/Fantasy, Comedy, Farce, Romance

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 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.

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, The Frogs, and No, No, Nanette, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical.

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