Stone, Peter
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Stone, Peter (1930–2003), librettist. He was born in Los Angeles, the son of a writer‐movie producer, and educated at Bard College and Yale. Although he wrote a few plays and many television and film scripts, he is most known in theatre for his librettos for Broadway musicals. His credits include
Kean (1961),
Skyscraper (1965),
1776 (1969),
Two By Two (1970),
Sugar (1972),
Woman of the Year (1981),
The Will Rogers Follies (1991), and
Titanic (1997). Stone was also a reliable play doctor, rewriting such musicals as
My One and Only (1983) and
Grand Hotel (1989) and penning the revised libretto for
Annie Get Your Gun (1999).
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