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Moose Charlap

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Composer 1928–1974

Morris Isaac "Moose" Charlap (né Charlip; December 19, 1928 – July 8, 1974) was an American Broadway composer best known for Peter Pan (1954), for which Carolyn Leigh wrote the lyrics. The idea for the show came from Jerome Robbins, who planned to have a few songs by Charlap and Leigh. It evolved into a full musical, with additional songs by Jule Styne and Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The original run of Peter Pan on Broadway starred Mary Martin as Peter Pan and Cyril Ritchard as Captain Hook.

Also credited on5 works

Kelly
Peter Pan
The Conquering Hero
Whoop-Up
Jerome Robbins’ Broadway

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

  • Moose Charlap and Eddie Lawrence attended every rehearsal, both of them pacing nervously up and down the aisles, watching their play from different angles. They had written Kelly five years before, in nine days and nine nights of fierce inspiration. They had been unable to get it performed, however, because the producers to whom they brou…ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt
  • By the time the curtain fell, he was fuming. When he caught sight of a bald, bespectacled man—composer Moose Charlap, Fosse was sure—coming up the aisle, he grabbed the man by the lapel and held him against the back wall of the theater.ebooks/Wasson, Sam/Fosse - Sam Wasson.txt
  • “Our aim is for an entertainment closer to The Threepenny Opera than Do Re Mi.” So said Moose Charlap, composer of the hapless Whoop-Up (1958)theatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • Music, Moose Charlap, Jule Styne; Lyrics, Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden, Adolph Green; From the play by James M. Barrie; Director, Fran Soeder; Choreography, Marilyn Magness; Original Direction, Choreography and Conception by Jerome Robbins; Musical Supervision/Direction, Kevin Farrell; Flying by Foy; Costumes, Mariann Verheyen; Lighting, N…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1990-1991 Season, v. 47 (Willis).txt
  • JEROME ROBBINS’ BROADWAY By James M. Barrie, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Jerry Bock, Sammy Cahn, Moose Charlap, Betty Comden, Larry Gelbart, Morton Gould, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Arthur Laurents, Carolyn Leigh, Stephen Longstreet, Hugh Martin, Jerome Robbins, Richard Rodgers, Burt Shevelove, Stephen Sond…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1990-1991 Season, v. 47 (Willis).txt
  • PETER PAN Music, Moose Charlap, Jule Styne; Lyrics, Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Adapted from the play by Sir James M. Barrie; Director, Fran Soeder; Restaging, Bill Bateman; Original Conception/Direction/Choreography, Jerome Robbins; Musical Director, Brian Tidwell; Musical Supervisor, Kevin Farrell; Orchestrations, Albe…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1991-1992 season, v. 48 (Willis).txt

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