Robert Lewis

On stage 13 productions, 60 years

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Worked with more than once12 names

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Also credited on4 works

Brigadoon
Jamaica
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Kwamina

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In the literature8 passages

• Direction : Robert Lewis; Producer : Cheryl Crawford; Choreography : Agnes de Mille; Scenery : Oliver Smith; Costumes : David Ffolkes; Lighting : Peggy Clark; Musical Direction : Ignace Strasfogelebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Direction : Robert Lewis; Producer : The New York City Opera Company; Choreography : John Butler; Scenery : Horace Armistead; Costumes : Aline Bernstein; Lighting : Jean Rosenthal; Musical Direction : Julius Rudelebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Direction : Robert Lewis; Producer : Cheryl Crawford; Choreography : Hanya Holm; Scenery , Costumes , and Lighting : William and Jean Eckart; Musical Direction : Samuel Krachmalnickebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• Direction : Robert Lewis; Producer : David Merrick; Choreography : Jack Cole; Scenery : Oliver Smith; Costumes : Miles White; Lighting : Jean Rosenthal; Musical Direction : Lehman Engelebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
• One morning, during the tryout in Philadelphia, Judd Mathison, Robert Lewis's assistant, went to have breakfast in a deli near the theater. When he entered the restaurant, Merrick came toward him and began shouting all sorts of questions he was evidently too afraid to ask Lewis. "When is Bobby going to do X? Why hasn't Bobby done Y?" Math…ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt
• The book, based on Robert Lewis Taylor’s novel Professor Fodorski, was by Mel Brooks, who, it is said, never got around to writing the second act, which was pieced together by the rest of the creative staff. The score was the work of Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, their second show after the triumphant Bye Bye Birdie, and Birdie ’s produc…ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt

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