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Burton George Shevelove (September 19, 1915 –
April 8, 1982) was an
American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director. Born in Newark...
- a
musical with
music and
lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt
Shevelove and
Larry Gelbart.
Inspired by the
farces of the
ancient Roman playwright...
- and a
large ensemble cast. The
screenplay was by
Larry Gelbart and Burt
Shevelove,
based on the 1889
novel The
Wrong Box by
Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd...
- baby pictures. You don't
touch up a baby picture—you're a baby!" Burt
Shevelove invited Sondheim to a
party where Sondheim arrived before him but knew...
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revivals followed. A
Broadway revival in 1971, with the book
adapted by Burt
Shevelove, was a success,
running for 861 performances. A po****r myth
holds that...
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saying it was just a joke.[citation needed] He
collaborated with Burt
Shevelove on the
screenplay for the 1966
British film The
Wrong Box.
Gelbart also...
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adapted into a
musical of the same name by
Stephen Sondheim and Burt
Shevelove. This
adaptation features the
English playwrights George Bernard Shaw...
- nudity, and
theatrical innovations. In 1974,
Stephen Sondheim and Burt
Shevelove adapted Aristophanes'
comedy The
Frogs into a
modern musical,
which hit...
- 964 performances), with a book
based on the
works of
Plautus by Burt
Shevelove and
Larry Gelbart,
starring Zero Mostel.
Sondheim moved the
musical beyond...
- same name with
music and
lyrics by
Stephen Sondheim, and book by Burt
Shevelove and
Larry Gelbart,
which was
inspired by the
farces of the
ancient Roman...
