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Rose, (William Samuel) Billy
Rose, [William Samuel] Billy [né Rosenberg] (1899–1966), producer and lyricist. The feisty, bantam, theatrical jack‐of‐many‐trades was born in New York and began his theatrical career as a lyricist writing the words for such hits as “A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich, and You” for Charlot's Revue of 1926 and the title song for Great Day (1929). Turning producer, he brought to Broadway Sweet and Low (1930) and a reworked version, Billy Rose's Crazy Quilt (1931), The Great Magoo (1932), Jumbo (1935), Carmen Jones (1943), and Seven Lively Arts (1944). Rose also owned the National Theatre, which he renamed the Billy Rose, and the Ziegfeld Theatre, which he eventually sold to developers. Besides regular theatre work, he ran “Aquacades” at the New York and San Francisco World's Fairs and several popular nightclubs. Biography: Only a Paper Moon: The Theatre of Billy Rose, Stephen Nelson, 1987.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Rose, (William Samuel) Billy." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Rose, (William Samuel) Billy." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-RoseWilliamSamuelBilly.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Rose, (William Samuel) Billy." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-RoseWilliamSamuelBilly.html |
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Rose, Billy." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Rose, Billy." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-RoseBilly.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Rose, Billy." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-RoseBilly.html |
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