Theatre Register

Nacio Herb Brown

Shows · Nacio Herb Brown

Composer 1896–1964

Ignacio Herbert "Nacio Herb" Brown (February 22, 1896 – September 28, 1964) was an American composer of popular songs, movie scores and Broadway theatre music in the 1920s through the early 1950s. Amongst his most enduring work is the score for the 1952 musical film Singin' in the Rain.

Also credited on1 work

Take A Chance

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 literature4 passages

  • “Broadway Melody”: Music by Nacio Herb Brown; lyrics by Arthur Freed. Copyright © 1929 (renewed) EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. All rights controlled by EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (publishing) and Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. (print). All rights reserved. Used by permission.ebooks/Lupone, Patti/Patti LuPone - Patti Lupone.txt
  • film; Screenplay and Adaptation by Betty Comden and Adolph Based on the Green; Songs, Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed: Directed and Choreographed by Twyla Tharp; With some original choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen; Scenery, Santo Loquasto; Costumes, Ann Roth; Lighting, Jennifer Tipton; Sound, Sound Associates; Film Sequences…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1985-86 Season, v. 42 (Willis).txt
  • SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN; Original Script/Adaptation, Betty Comden, Adolph Green; Songs. Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed; Director. Mark S. Hoebee; Choreography, Marc Robin CAST: Kelli Cramer, Deidre Dolan, Sarah Green, Don Forston, Stephen P. Full, William Akey, Angela Berra, Michael Cline, Rob Rahn, Mary Beth Dolan, Aaron Thielen, Scott Calca…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1996-97 Season, v. 53 (Willis).txt
  • Walter Donaldson and Howard Dietz, and Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed Choreographed by Seymour Felix, George Hale and Dave Gouldtheatre-pdfs/Thou Swell Thou Witty-The Life and Lyrics of Lorenz Hart - Hart, Dorothy.txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — composer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.