Abe Burrows scores 1947-1949

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Abe Burrows scores 1947-1949

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Abe Burrows was a composer, librettist, director, author and comic. His career spanned decades, beginning in the 1930s. He worked in radio, television and the stage. He is best known for writing the book for and . Guys and Dolls How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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Swerling, Jo, 1897-1964

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Loesser, Frank, 1910-1969

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Abe Burrows, playwright, lyricist, director, screenwriter, comedian and play doctor was born Abram S. Burrows on December 18, 1910 in New York City to Louis and Julia Burrows. His father was in the paint and wallpaper business. He graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and attended City College and New York University first in a pre-med program and then studying accounting. In 1931 he was hired by a brokerage firm on Wall Street where he worked for three years. He then worked in his ...