Herbert Ross

On stage 12 productions, 46 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on15 works

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn “A New Musical”
Anyone Can Whistle
Do I Hear A Waltz?
Finian’s Rainbow
House of Flowers
I Can Get It For You Wholesale
Kelly
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
The Apple Tree
The Body Beautiful
The Gay Life
The Goodbye Girl
Three Wishes for Jamie “A New Musical Play”
Tovarich

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In the literature8 passages

• For the 1985 concert performance, Herbert Ross, hired to stage the show, asked Sondheim to change the ending: “I never liked the kind of hopelessness of the show’s finale…. I think you never really believed that the death of the theater was a sort of symbol for the death of these people’s lives. My view of it was that this was a celebrati…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Direction : George Abbott; Producers : George Abbott in association with Robert Fryer; Choreography : Herbert Ross; Scenery and Lighting : Jo Mielziner; Costumes : Irene Sharaff; Musical Direction : Max Gobermanebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Direction : Abe Burrows; Producers : Albert Lewis and Arthur Lewis; Choreography : Ted Cappy, Herbert Ross, and Eugene Loring; Scenery : George Jenkins; Costumes : Miles White; Lighting : Feder; Musical Direction : Joseph Littauebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Direction : Peter Brook; Producer : Saint Subber; Choreography : Herbert Ross; Scenery and Costumes : Oliver Messel; Lighting : Jean Rosenthal; Musical Direction : Jerry Arlenebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• During the tryout, George Balanchine was the choreographer and was later replaced by Herbert Ross (who apparently also took over the direction, although Peter Brooks received official credit); Josephine Premice played the role of Tulip, and was replaced by Dolores Harper; and Jacques Aubuchon was Captain Jones, who was replaced by Ray Wal…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Direction : Production supervised by Herbert Ross (book directed by Jack Landau); Producers : Albert Selden and Morton Gottlieb (Henry David Epstein, Associate Producer); Choreography : Herbert Ross; Scenery by Oliver Smith; Costumes : Thomas Becher; Lighting : Peggy Clark; Musical Direction : Saul Schechtmanebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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