Hayward, Leland

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 577 words | Copyright

Hayward, Leland (1902–71), producer. Born in Nebraska City, Nebraska, and educated at Princeton, he spent some years working in films before becoming a talent agent. In 1944 he produced A Bell for Adano and for the next two decades was one of New York's most successful producers. Among his other hits, produced alone or in collaboration, were State of the Union (1945), Mister Roberts (1948), Anne of the Thousand Days (1948), South Pacific (1949), Call Me Madam (1950), Point of No Return (1951), Wish You Were Here (1952), Gypsy (1959), and The Sound of Music (1959).

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