Also credited on3 works
All in One
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls (1992 Revival)
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In the literature8 passages
- 12 . William Kennedy, “The Runyonland Express Is Back in Town,” New York Times , April 12, 1992, sec. 2, 1 and 26, and Jo Swerling Jr., “Abe Burrows: Undue Credit?,” New York Times , May 3, 1992, sec. 2, 4 (with a response from William Kennedy). Those familiar with the machinations of Hollywood screenplays will recognize the terms of Swer…ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
- “When Abe came in and rescued Guys and Dolls from the absolutely unworkable script that Jo Swerling had given us, not one word of what Swerling wrote remained,” said Feuer hyperbolically.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
- Abe wouldn’t read Jo Swerling’s stuff. He didn’t want to be influenced by it. I had a structure of scenes that I laid out for him. He started to write. At the end of writing the first act, we went to George S. Kaufman, who knew Abe from the show Information , Please , on radio. He read it, and he said, “I’ll sign on to direct. But we must…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
- I understand Jo Swerling read the new script and threw it across the room, saying, “This is garbage.” But he insisted on keeping first billing. And to this day, the billing is Guys and Dolls , by Swerling and Burrows, even though there’s not one word in the show by Swerling. When the show was revived in the 1990s, Swerling’s son wrote to…ebooks/Frommer, Myrna Katz & Frommer, Harvey/It Happened on Broadway_ An Oral History of the Great White Way - Myrna Katz Frommer & Harvey Frommer.txt
- 34. Howard Kissel, review of Guys and Dolls , music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, directed by Billy Wilson, Broadway Theatre, Women’s Wear Daily , July 23, 1976.ebooks/Hoffman, Warren/Great White Way_ Race and the Broadway Musical, The - Warren Hoffman.txt
- 36. Charles Michener, “Almost-Nicely,” review of Guys and Dolls, music and lyrics by Frank Loesser, book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, directed by Billy Wilson, Broadway Theatre, New York, Newsweek , August 2, 1976.ebooks/Hoffman, Warren/Great White Way_ Race and the Broadway Musical, The - Warren Hoffman.txt
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