David Merrick collection 1956-1970 (bulk 1960-1969).

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David Merrick collection 1956-1970 (bulk 1960-1969).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71128325

This collection includes musical performance materials for fourteen Broadway musicals; prompt scripts for eighteen plays and musicals, many with lighting plots, property plots, and similar materials laid in; scripts for approximately 400 plays, musicals, and films submitted to Merrick for consideration. There are musical scores and/or parts for shows including Breakfast at Tiffany's, Carnival, Destry rides again, Fanny, I can get It for you wholesale, I do! I do!, Irma la Douce, Oliver, The roar of the greasepaint, and Take me along. There are prompt books for shows including Cactus flower, The entertainer, Philadelphia, here I come!, and A taste of honey. Collaborators such as Lionel Bart, Leslie Bricusse, Tom Jones, Bob Merrill, Harold Rome, Harvey Schmidt are featured.

96 linear ft. (20,000 items)

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Rome, Harold, 1908-1993

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Harold Jacob "Hecky" Rome (May 27, 1908 – October 26, 1993) was an American composer, lyricist, and writer for musical theater. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Hartford Public High School. Originally, he chose to go to Trinity College, but transferred because he felt like a "townie". Rome played piano in local dance bands such as Eddie Wittstein's and was already writing music while studying architecture and law at Yale University. While at Yale, he also pledged to Tau...

Merrick, David, 1911-2000

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David Merrick was a "noted and notorious" theatrical producer, responsible for the success of many Broadway musicals. From the description of David Merrick collection 1956-1970 (bulk 1960-1969). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128325 ...

Bricusse, Leslie.

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Schmidt, Harvey N.

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Harvey Schmidt (born September 12, 1929 in Dallas, Texas, U.S.) is an American writer of musical theatre, best known for composing the music for the longest running musical in history, The Fantasticks, which ran off-Broadway from 1960 - 2002 for a total of 17,162 performances at the Sullivan Street Playhouse. He also collaborated on the 2000 feature film adaptation.Biographical Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Schmidt , 2008. From the description of Harvey Schmidt Papers 1...

Merrill, Bob

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Bob Merrill, composer and lyricist. Michael Stewart, librettist. Helen Deutsch, author of source material. Wendy Wasserstein, adaptor. From the description of Carnival: typescript, 2002. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378611 ...

Jones, Tom, 1928-

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Bart, Lionel

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