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Ira Levin

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LyricistBook Writer 1929–2007

Ira Marvin Levin (August 27, 1929 – November 12, 2007) was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted into films. He received the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award and several Edgar Awards. In 1996 he was given the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Drat! the Cat!

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  • Drat! The Cat! was a luckless show. Ira Levin wrote the only book and lyrics of his career, and Milton Schafer, who had done Bravo Giovanni three years earlier, composed the music. Joey Heatherton was signed for the lead, but when she turned thumbs down on a candidate for the male lead, the producers informed her that casting was none of…ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt
  • Some of it is quite funny—and it should be, for the author is Ira Levin, who once wrote No Time for Sergeants (1955). Some of it is not so, fortheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • project originated with My Fair Lady (1956) producer Herman Levin (no relation to author Ira Levin). Herman lost heart following thetheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • Schmidt, By Ira Levin; Director, Ellis Rabb; Scenery, Douglas Costumes, Nancy Potts; Lighting, John Gleason, Production AssisNorel; Hairstant, Quentin Vidor; Wardrobe Supervisor, Lilhastheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
  • By Ira Levin; Director, Sheldon Patinkin; Set, Martha Edelheit; Lighting, Philip Castello; Costumes, David George; Assistant to the Director, Richard Kurtzman; Technical Director, James Larkin; Technical Assistants, Debbie Castello, Mildred Floom, Jill Mariani, June Moon Rachelson, Jane Schreiber, Jane Vogel, Paul Mathiesentheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt
  • DEATHTRAP By Ira Levin; Director, Robert Moore; Set William Ritman; Costumes, Ruth Morley; Lighting, Marc B. Weiss; Wardrobe Supervision, Mariana Torres; Assistant to Director, George Rondo;theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt

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