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Kenny Solms

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Book Writer

Kenny Solms was an American comedy writer who, with Gail Parent, wrote the book for the Carol Channing vehicle Lorelei (1974); the pair were also longtime writers for The Carol Burnett Show.

Also credited on1 work

Lorelei

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 literature5 passages

  • David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr, Murray Grand, Paul Nassau, Hal Hackady, Alonzo Levister, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent, Gene P. Bissell, Carl Friberg, Fred Hellerman,theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • McWhinney, Michael Cohen, Tony Geiss, and Sidney Shaw sketches by Ronny Graham, Peter De Vries, William F. Brown, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent, Jack Sharkey, Robert Klein, and Normantheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • Field and creator Kenny Solms battled through the three-week preview period, with the latter finally yanking his name off the show. (Solms: “This experience hasn't soured me on the theatre. . . . My last Broadway show was Lorelei [1974]. Another winner,” he added wryly.) But despitetheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • LORELEI Book, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent; Music, Jule Styne; Lyrics, Betty Comden, Adolph Green; Based on "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" with Book by Anita Loos, Joseph Fields; Music, Jule Styne; Lyncs, Leo Robin; Staged by Joe Layton; Assistant Director, Evelyn Russell; Scenery, John Conklin; Costumes, Alvin Colt; Lighting, John Gleason; Miss…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis).txt
  • "Gentlemen Still Prefer Blondes" Book, Anita Loos, Joseph Fields; New Book, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent; Music, Jule Styne; Lyrics, Leo Robin; New Music, Jule Styne; New Lyrics, Betty Comden, Adolph Green; Director, Robert Moore; Choreography, Ernest O. Flatt; Scenery, John Conklin; Cos-theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis).txt

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