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Ken Ludwig

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Book Writer b. 1950

Ken Ludwig is an American playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose work has been performed in more than 30 countries in over 20 languages. He has had eight productions in London's West End and six productions on Broadway, and his 34 plays and musicals have been staged throughout the United Kingdom and the United States. He has been nominated for and won several awards including the Tony, the Olivier and the Drama Desk Awards.

Also credited on2 works

Crazy for You
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

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

  • Whatever Horchow wants, Horchow gets. Ken Ludwig, who’d had a recent Broadway hit with Lend Me a Tenor , came in. Danny became Bobby; Molly, Polly; Tess, Irene. Ludwig added the complication that Bobby holds title to the farm owned by Polly’s father, Everett Baker, and plans to foreclose to start his theater. That makes Polly hate him, of…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Book: Ken Ludwig; co-conceived by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent; inspired by material by Guy Bolton and John McGowanebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • For Crazy for You, Ken Ludwig (author of Lend Me a Tenor) and Mike Ockrent (director of Me and My Girl) used five numbers and part of a sixth (“Bidin’ My Time,” “Could You Use Me?,” “Embraceable You,” “I Got Rhythm,” “But Not For Me,” and part of “Bronco Busters”) from the 1930 score of Girl Crazy, and added a dozen more songs, of which t…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • LEND ME A TENOR By Ken Ludwig; Director, Jerry Zaks; Setting, Tony Walton; Costumes, William Ivey Long; Lighting, Paul Gallo; Sound, Aural Fixation; Hair, Angela Gari; Casting, Johnson-Liff & Zerman; Music Coordinator, Edward Strauss; Presented by Martin Starger and The Really Useful Theatre Co. (Bridget Hayward, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Keit…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt
  • Whitney Webster, Matt Zaeley. LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig; Director, Steven Beckler; Sets, Ron Kadri; Lighting, Michael Lincoln; Costumes, Jennifer Arnold. CAST: Patrick Quinn (Max), Kathryn Meisle (Maggie), David Sabin (Saunders), Bob Cuccioli (Tito), Judy Blazer (Maria), Jeff Brooks (Bellhop), Marsha Waterbury (Diana), Marian Haraldso…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1990-1991 Season, v. 47 (Willis).txt
  • CRAZY FOR YOU Music, George Gershwin; Lyrics, Ira Gershwin, Gus Kahn, Desmond Carter, Book, Ken Ludwig; Conception, Mr. Ludwig and Mike Ockrent, inspired by matenal by Guy Bolton and John McGowan; Director, Mr. Ockrent; Choreography Susm Stroman, Orchestrations, William D. Brohn, Sid Ramin; Musical Director, Paid Gemignani, Musical Consul…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1991-1992 season, v. 48 (Willis).txt

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