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Marshall Barer

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LyricistBook Writer 1923–1998

Marshall Barer (born Marshall Louis Barer; February 19, 1923 in Astoria, Queens – August 25, 1998 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was a lyricist, librettist, singer, songwriter and director.

Also credited on3 works

Once Upon A Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress (2024 Revival)
The Broken Date

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

  • (*) “Hey, Chicago” (lyric by Marshall Barer, music by Dean Fuller) (staged by Nick Castle) (Beau: Alec Davis; Joe: Paul Jayson; Sailors: Kelly Brown, Bob Hamilton; Shore Patrol: Bernie West; Second Shore Patrol: Leon Tyler; Trombone Player: Conrad Janis; His Girl Friend: Joanne Larkin; Fancy Girls: Aileen Stanley Jr., Barbara Nichols, Lou…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Six months after Pleasure Dome closed down, its director David Tihmar and song writers Dean Fuller and Marshall Barer reunited for New Faces of 1956 ; Tihmar choreographed the new revue, and Fuller and Barer contributed a number of songs. Two of their numbers, “La Ronde” (“This Is Quite a Perfect Night”) and “Mustapha Abdullah Abu Ben Al…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Lyrics : Marshall Barer, Elisse Boyd, Michael Brown, June Carroll, Matt Dubey, Irvin Graham, Murray Grand, Leslie Julian-Jones, Richard Maury, Paul Nassau, John Rox, and Sid Silversebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Lyrics : Marshall Barer, Howard Dietz, Herman Hupfield, Jack Lawrence, Carolyn Leigh, Hupio Minucci, Colin Romoff, Larry Spier, and Tony Veloneebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Lyrics : Marshall Barer, Jack Barnett, Irving Berlin, Fred Ebb, Larry Holofcener, Biff Jones, Chuck Meyer, David Rogers, Joe Sherman, and Noel Shermanebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Once Upon a Mattress was first created as a one-act musical by Mary Rodgers (daughter of Richard Rodgers) and Marshall Barer at an adult summer camp. With Jay Thompson and Dean Fuller, they expanded the work, based on the fairy tale The Princess and the Pea, into a full evening’s entertainment. Carol Burnett made a notable stage debut in…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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