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Burton George Shevelove (September 19, 1915 –
April 8, 1982) was an
American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director. Born in Newark...
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musical with
music and
lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt
Shevelove and
Larry Gelbart.
Inspired by the
farces of the
ancient Roman playwright...
- and a
large ensemble cast. The
screenplay was by
Larry Gelbart and Burt
Shevelove,
based on the 1889
novel The
Wrong Box by
Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd...
- baby pictures. You don't
touch up a baby picture—you're a baby!" Burt
Shevelove invited Sondheim to a
party where Sondheim arrived before him but knew...
- same name with
music and
lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim, and book by Burt
Shevelove and
Larry Gelbart. It
stars Zero
Mostel and Jack Gilford,
reprising their...
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saying it was just a joke.[citation needed] He
collaborated with Burt
Shevelove on the
screenplay for the 1966
British film The
Wrong Box.
Gelbart also...
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adapted into a
musical of the same name by
Stephen Sondheim and Burt
Shevelove. This
adaptation features the
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and...
- The
Frogs is a
musical "freely adapted" by
Stephen Sondheim and Burt
Shevelove from The Frogs, an
Ancient Gr****
comedy by Aristophanes. In the musical...
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revivals followed. A
Broadway revival in 1971, with the book
adapted by Burt
Shevelove, was a success,
running for 861 performances. A po****r myth
holds that...
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Broadway playing the role of
Pluto in The Frogs, the
Stephen Sondheim-Burt
Shevelove-Nathan Lane
adaptation which pla**** at the
Vivian Beaumont Theater at...
