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Mark Bramble

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Book Writer 1950–2019

Mark Bramble (December 7, 1950 – February 20, 2019) was an American theatre director, author, and producer. He was nominated for a Tony Award three times, for the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Barnum and 42nd Street (1981) and Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical, 42nd Street (2001).

Also credited on4 works

42nd Street
Barnum
The Grand Tour
42nd Street

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In the literature8 passages

  • On August 21, 1978, a revised version of the musical by Jerome Chodorov and Mark Bramble was produced in California for over five months. Titled Pal Joey ’78 , the revival starred Lena Horne and Clifton Davis and included songs from other Rodgers and Hart musicals.ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Suddenly he was sixty-eight years old, and his next show seemed frightfully old-fashioned: Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble’s adaptation of 42nd Street, using the Harry Warren–Al Dubin songs from the original movie and other properties, too. How could this succeed in the 1980s? Who’d care about star Dorothy Brock getting injured, with you…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • For Barnum in 1980, Coleman again worked with the now-experienced lyricist Michael Stewart and the not-very-experienced Mark Bramble as bookwriter. True, Stewart and Bramble were said to have been romantically linked, but even so, Coleman again showed his willingness to work with someone new.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
  • While 42nd Street ’s secondhand score wasn’t eligible, its book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble was. Originally producer David Merrick castrated their credit from “book by” to “lead-ins and crossovers by.” If the producer didn’t even consider their book a book, why should anyone vote for it?ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • 42 Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble, Pal Joey (1977-1978), Box 64: Series 23, Michael Stewart Papers, Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; David Payne-Carter, Gower Champion and the American Musical Theatre (Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1987; Ann Arbor: UMI, 1988; 88-01561), 415; Ahma…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • ————. and Mark Bramble. Pal Joey (1977-1978). Michael Stewart Papers, Series 23, Box 64. Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt

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