David Burns

On stage 22 productions, 47 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on1 work

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

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In the literature8 passages

• Hal was called away for a phone call. The night before, David Burns had dropped dead onstage in Philadelphia during a performance of the Broadway-bound musical 70, Girls, 70. Not only was David Burns a beloved actor and one who had worked for Hal in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but the show he was in was a new musical c…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Cast : David Burns, Lenore Lonergan, Jack Gilford, Carl Reiner, Jack Cole, Bobby Van, Dolores Starr, Rae Abruzzo, Margaret Baxter, June Brady, Patricia Bybell, Madelaine Chambers, Fay de Witt, Margery Oldroyd, Laurel Shelby, Louise Kirtland, Sylvia Chaney, Jean Bal, Bryn Corey, Jack Cassidy, Arthur Maxwell, Sam Kirkham, Graham Lee, Ray St…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Many of the names in Alive and Kicking (Harold Rome, Jerome Chodorov, David Burns, Carl Reiner, Lenore Lonergan) had earlier been associated with the revue Pretty Penny , which had played in summer stock during the summer of 1949. This revue was directed by George S. Kaufman, was choreographed by Michael Kidd, and besides Burns, Reiner, a…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Besides cast members David Burns, Jack Gilford, Carl Reiner, Gwen Verdon, and Cole himself, there were a number of other interesting names in the revue, including featured player Bobby Van, chorus singer Jack Cassidy, and child performer Rex Thompson, who later played the role of Louis Leonowens in the 1956 film version of The King and I…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Pretty Penny included a two-man sketch called “A Visit to the Doctor,” which was performed by David Burns as a patient and Bill Skipper as the doctor. It’s unclear if this sketch (which was credited to Jerome Chodorov) is related to Bless You All ’s “The Cold War,” which was performed by Jules Munshin (a customer) and Garry Davis (a drugg…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Act Two: “Climb Up the Mountain” (Charlotte Greenwood, David Burns, Company); “No Lover for Me” (Priscilla Gillette); “Cherry Pies Ought to Be You” (William Redfield and Barbara Ashley; then Charlotte Greenwood and David Burns); “I Am Loved” (reprise) (Priscilla Gillette); “Hark to the Song of the Night” (George Jongeyans); “Dance” (Ray H…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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