George Forrest

On stage 1 production

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Also credited on8 works

Anya
Grand Hotel
Gypsy Lady
Kean
Kismet
Magdalena
Song of Norway
Timbuktu!

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In the literature8 passages

• Lyrics and Music : Robert Wright, George Forrest, David Rose, Sammy Cahn, Al Rinker, Floyd Huddleston, M. K. Jerome, Jack Scholl, Barry Trivers, Vi Bradley, Leo Robin, Jack Elliott, Victor Young, Bob Hilliard, and Hal Borneebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Robert Wright and George Forrest adapted the music from themes of Alexander Borodin, and fashioned and reshaped his work into one of the theatre’s most glorious and ingratiating scores, a glittering rondelay of lush melody and appropriately (and purposely) romantic lyrics that capture the ironic spirit of the story and its caravan of over…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• For the team of Robert Wright and George Forrest, At the Grand was their third Broadway-bound musical for which they had composed an original score (their 1945 musical Spring in Brazil closed during its pre-Broadway tryout as did their 1957 show The Carefree Heart ; the latter didn’t have much more success in London where it was revised a…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• The reason was that director-choreographer Tommy Tune’s Grand Hotel had just opened to not-so-good reviews. Songwriters Robert Wright and George Forrest weren’t coming up with new material fast enough.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Book writer Luther Davis and songwriters Robert Wright and George Forrest had first conceived the musical version of the famed 1932 MGM film more than three decades earlier. But At the Grand had closed in California. As much as they didn’t expect a second chance, they must have been more flabbergasted to have their musical open with this…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
• Music and lyrics: Robert Wright and George Forrest; *Music and lyrics by Maury Yeston; **Lyrics revised by Maury Yestonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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