Johnny Burke

On stage 1 production

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Also credited on1 work

Carnival in Flanders “A Musical Comedy”

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In the literature6 passages

• Direction : Preston Sturges; Producers : Paula Stone and Mike Sloane and Johnny Burke and James Van Heusen; Choreography : Helen Tamiris; Scenery : Oliver Smith; Costumes : Lucinda Ballard; Lighting : Uncredited; Musical Direction : Harold Hastingsebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Michael Leeds, who both wrote and directed Swinging on a Star: The Johnny Burke Musical (1995–1996), knew that character anonymity was one of the pitfalls of the celebrate-a-songwriter revue. So, for the most part, when chronicling the career of Johnny Burke (1908–1964), he not only gave his performers names, but characters to play, too.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
• Harold Arlen was to have written the score, but the task ultimately fell to James Van Heusen and Johnny Burke, who had collaborated on the disastrous Nellie Bly in 1946. The scenic production, inspired by Flemish painters like Breughel (Breughel’s son appeared in the script as the young romantic lead), was by Oliver Smith and Lucinda Ball…ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt
• SWINGING ON A STAR; Lyrics by Johnny Burke; Music, Mr. Burke, Erroll Garner, Robert Haggart, Arthur Johnston, James Monaco, Harold Spina, Jimmy Van Heusen; Conceived/Written/Directed by Michael Leeds; Choreography, Kathleen Marshall; Musical Director/Orchestra“tions, Barry Levitt; Costumes, Judy Dearing; Lighting, Richard Nelsontheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1994-95 Season, v. 51 (Willis).txt
• Lyrics, Johnny Burke; Music, Mr. Burke, Joe Bushkin, Erroll Garner, Robert Haggart, Arthur Johnston, James Monaco, Harold Spina, Jimmy Van Heusen; Writen/Directed by Michael Leeds; Choreography, Kathleen Marshall; Musical Director/Orchestrations/Vocal Arrangements, Barry Levitt; Sets, James Youmans; Costumes, Judy Dearing; Lighting, Richa…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis).txt
• Thirty-second Season Excutive Director, Michael P. Price; Associate Producer, Sue Frost; Casting Director, Warren Pincus; General Manager, Howard Sherman; Director of Marketing/Public Relations, Jennifer Wislocki. SWINGING ON A STAR; Lyrics, Johnny Burke; Music, Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner, Robert Haggart, Arthur Johnston, James Monaco, H…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis).txt

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What this page does not know

• What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
• Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
• Which of the credits above the roles on this record — lyricist — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.