Rex / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Sheldon Harnick ; book by Sherman Yellen ; orchestration by Irwin Kostal ; dance arrangements by David Baker. [1976?]

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

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Richard Rodgers, composer and producer, was born in New York on June 28, 1902. He composed his first song, My Auto Show Girl when he was fourteen years old. (This is included in the collection Box 16, Folder 6) In 1918 Rodgers met his first professional partner, Lorenz Hart. Together they presented their first hit show, The Garrick Gaieties in 1925. In 1929 Rodgers and Hart appeared in a two-reel autobiographical short, Masters of Melodyproduced by Paramount-Famous-Lasky Corp. and written and di...

Harnick, Sheldon

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Kostal, Irwin

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Irwin Kostal (1911-1994) was an American music conductor, orchestrator, and arranger during the twentieth century. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Kostal conducted and orchestrated music for a number of television programs between the 1940s and 1980s, including "Your Show of Shows" (1950-1954) and "The Jerry Lewis Show" (1963). He also conducted and orchestrated music for several television musicals between the 1950s and 1970s, including "Babes in Toyland" (1954) and "Chocolate Soldier" (1955). Kosta...

Baker, David Keith, 1926-

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Yellen, Sherman

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