George S. Kaufman

Also credited on7 works

The Cocoanuts
Of Thee I Sing
Face the Music
I’d Rather Be Right
Guys and Dolls
Silk Stockings
Let ‘Em Eat Cake

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In the literature8 passages

• 14 . Malcolm Goldstein, George S. Kaufman: His Life, His Theater (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979), 343.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Direction : George S. Kaufman; Producers : Cy Feuer and Ernest Martin; Choreography : Michael Kidd; Scenery and Lighting : Jo Mielziner; Costumes : Alvin Colt; Musical Direction : Irving Actmanebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Direction : George S. Kaufman; Producers : Chandler Cowles and Ben Segal; Choreography : Jack Donohue; Scenery : Albert Johnson; Costumes : Irene Sharaff; Lighting : Uncredited; Musical Direction : Maurice Levineebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• During the chaotic tryout, director George S. Kaufman was replaced by coproducer Cy Feuer, and the book by Kaufman and Leueen MacGrath (Mrs. Kaufman) was revised by Abe Burrows, who along with Kaufman and MacGrath received official book credit. Lucinda Ballard (Mrs. Howard Dietz) was the costume designer, but by the New York opening Rober…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• It is hard to exaggerate the awe in which George S. Kaufman was held by the artistic universe. Not just for his two Pulitzer Prizes (Of Thee I Sing and You Can’t Take It With You), but for a lifetime of pretty distinguished work in the theater. He was also a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, where he traded quips with the like…ebooks/Feuer, Cy/B003L77WUK EBOK - Cy Feuer & Ken Gross.txt
• Before the dice came to rest, George S. Kaufman, as astute a judge of raw talent as ever worked in the American theater, turned to Abe Burrows, Frank Loesser, and me and said, “Gentlemen, we have found Big Jule.”ebooks/Feuer, Cy/B003L77WUK EBOK - Cy Feuer & Ken Gross.txt

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