Shevelove, Burt

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 612 words | Copyright

Shevelove, Burt [on George] (1915–82), director and librettist. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, and began in the New York theatre in 1948, writing sketches and directing small musical revues. Shevelove found success as the co‐author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1961), scripted the Stephen Sondheim musical The Frogs (1974) at Yale, then stumbled badly with his libretto for the Cole Porter musical Happy New Year (1980). He was also a respected director who staged the Broadway musicals Hallelujah, Baby! (1967), No, No, Nanette (1971), and So Long, 174th Street (1980).

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