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John Latouche

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LyricistBook Writer 1914–1956

John Treville Latouche (La Touche) (November 13, 1914, Baltimore, Maryland – August 7, 1956, Calais, Vermont) was a lyricist and bookwriter in American musical theater.

Also credited on4 works

Cabin In The Sky
The Golden Apple
The Vamp
Banjo Eyes

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • Candide (1954–6; book: Lillian Hellman; lyrics: Richard Wilbur, John LaTouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman and Leonard Bernstein) (i) n104, (ii) , (iii) , (iv) , (v) , (vi) , (vii) , (viii) , (ix) , (x) , (xi) , (xii) , (xiii) , (xiv) , (xv) , (xvi) , (xvii) , (xviii) , (xix) , (xx) , (xxi) , (xxii) , (xxiii) n77, (xxiv) , (xxv) , (xx…ebooks/Bernstein, Leonard/Leonard Bernstein Letters, The - Leonard Bernstein.txt
  • Act Two: “Dance Hall Hostess” (Rhapsody in Black , 1931; lyric by Mann Holiner, music by Alberta Nichols); “Odd Moments” (music by Reginald Beane) (Reginald Beane); Jerome Kern Medley (Reginald Beane); “Taking a Chance on Love” (Cabin in the Sky , 1940; lyric by Ted Fetter and John LaTouche, music by Vernon Duke); “Somethin’ Told Me Not t…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • And while John LaTouche and James Mundy’s score was generally shrugged off by the seven New York critics, it’s notable that of the seventeen songs the reviewers singled out a total of eleven for praise. One suspects the score would have made a good cast album, which had actually been scheduled for recording by RCA Victor (LP # LOC-1022) a…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Lyrics : Richard Wilbur (additional lyrics by John LaTouche, Dorothy Parker, Lillian Hellman, and Leonard Bernstein)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • John LaTouche was to have been the lyricist for all the musical’s songs, but his untimely death necessitated the contributions of a number of lyricists, principally Richard Wilbur. According to the published script, the following is a break-down of who-wrote-what: Richard Wilbur (“Oh, Happy We,” “It Must Be So,” “It Must Be Me,” “Glitter…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • There have been other musicals inspired by The Beggar’s Opera , including Beggar’s Holiday (1946, lyrics by John LaTouche and music by Duke Ellington); Big Deal , which opened in Chicago in 1961 (book by Paul Sills, lyrics by David Shepherd, and music by William Mathieu); and the Off-Off-Broadway The Beggar’s Soap Opera in 1979 with book…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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