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Abe Burrows

ABE BURROWS  (1910 - 1985)

 Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, LLC  


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 Betty         Cactus Flower         Can-Can         First Impressions         Four On A Garden         Guys And Dolls         Hellzapoppin         Holly Golightly         House Of Dunkelmayer         How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying         Make A Wish         Say, Darling         Silk Stockings         Swingers, The         Three Wishes For Jamie         Toreador

Betty

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Part of "Four On A Garden"

1st Produced:
Broadhurst, NY    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Play One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Cactus Flower

Abe Burrows
Philandering dentist and nurse in white starch uniform establish relationship.

Notes:
Based on A play by Pierre Barillet And Jean-Pierre Gredy

1st Produced:
Royale Theatre, NY    08 Dec 1965

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1966   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Romantic Comedy Comedy

Parts:
Male:  7            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Can-Can

Abe Burrows
1893 Paris La Môme Pistache owns a dance hall in Montmartre which is in danger of being closed down by a self righteous judge who is scandalised by the new dance that is being performed there - the can-can. He sends the police to arrest the dancers - but the policemen like the dancers and do not testify. So the judge decides to go himself and collect evidence. He meets La Môme and they fall in love but he still goes ahead and collects his evidence and has La Môme and her dancing girls arrested

Notes:
Music by Cole Porter; Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Abe Burrows

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre,    07 May 1953

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Tams-Witmark, 757 Third ave., New York, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: Capitol (92064) 1953

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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First Impressions

Abe Burrows
Mr Bennett has four daughters who get very excited when Mr Charles Bingley together with his friend Mr Darcy move into a nearby property for the summer

Notes:
Book by Abe Burrows; Based on the novel "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen; Based on the play by Helen Jerome; Music by Robert Goldman, Glenn Paxton And George Weiss; Lyrics by Robert Goldman, Glenn Paxton And George Weiss

1st Produced:
alvin Theater, New York    19 Mar 1959

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: DRG (19036) 1959

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Four On A Garden

Synopsis:
This production was composed of the following shows: House of Dunkelmayer; Betty; Toreador; The Swingers

Notes:
based on Quatre pieces sur jardin by Pierre Barillet And Jean-Pierre Gredy

1st Produced:
Broadway, New York    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY, 1973   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
adaptation

Parts:
Male:  6            Female:  4            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Guys And Dolls

Abe Burrows
Sky Masterston bets that he can take any girl out. Nathan Detroit says that he must date Sergeant Sarah Brown of the Salvation army

Notes:
Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book by Abe Burrows And Jo Swerling; Based on A Story And Characters by Damon Runyon

1st Produced:
46th Street Theater, New York, NY    24 Nov 1950

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Music Theatre International, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: MCa (10301) 1950

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
Theatre Record Volume XXXI (2011) Issue 06 Page 322

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Hellzapoppin

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
by Abe Burrows. Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Bill Heyer And Carolyn Leigh; book by Ed Bullins, Bill Heyer And Hank Beebe

1st Produced:
-    1976

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Holly Golightly

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music And lyrics by Bob Merrill; book by Abe Burrows. Based on the novel "Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Truman Capote. After previews Abe Burrows script was Abandoned And the show was rewritten by Edward Albee And retitled "Breakfast At Tiffany's"

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York    07 Nov 1966

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa Victor

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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House Of Dunkelmayer

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Part of "Four On A Garden"

1st Produced:
Broadhurst, NY    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Play One act

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  2            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Abe Burrows
Finch the window cleaner armed only with a copy of the book "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying" gets a job in the post room of the World Wide Wicket Company and rises up through the company becoming executive director and thinking of running for US President

Notes:
Book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock And Willie Gilbert; Music by Frank Loesser; Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Based on "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" by Shepherd Mead

1st Produced:
46th Street Theater, New York, NY    14 Oct 1961

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Music Theatre International, NY,    82876-56051-2

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (82876 56051 2) 1961

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  large cast

Further Reference:
-

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Make A Wish

Abe Burrows
Setting: The action takes place on the Left Bank of Paris

Notes:
Music by Hugh Martin; Lyrics by Hugh Martin; Book by Preston Sturges; (Uncredited) book by Abe Burrows; Based on "The Good Fairy" by Ferenc Molnar

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, NY    18 Apr 1951

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   rca-maw

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa 1951

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
-

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Say, Darling

Abe Burrows
Jack Jordan is brought to Broadway to help turn his best selling novel into a musical. We see the auditions, rewrites, fights among the cast all to get the next big thing on Broadway

Notes:
Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Betty Comden And Adolph Green; Book by Richard Bissell, Abe Burrows And Marian Bissell; Based on the best-selling novel by Richard Bissell

1st Produced:
aNTa Playhouse, NY    03 Apr 1958

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Tams-Witmark, 757 Third ave., New York, NY,    ocr-say-darling

Music:
-

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Genre:
comedy Play with Music

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Silk Stockings

Abe Burrows
Soviet pianist defects whilst in Paris. He is taken up by an American showbiz agent who wants him to compose movie music. Three Soviet agents are sent to bring him back to Moscow - but they are seduced by the charms of Paris and the West. Their superior Ninotchka is dispatched to bring all four back

Notes:
Music by Cole Porter; Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath And Abe Burrows; Suggested by "Ninotchka" by Melchior Lengyel

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre    24 Feb 1955

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Tams-Witmark, 757 Third ave., New York, NY, 1955   -

Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (1102) 1955

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Genre:
2 act musical comedy Musical

Parts:
Male:  8            Female:  3            Other:  extras

Further Reference:
-

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Swingers, The

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Part of "Four On A Garden"

1st Produced:
Broadhurst, NY    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Play One act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Three Wishes For Jamie

Abe Burrows
The Queen of the Fairies grants a young Irishman three wishes. He wishes for a wife, to travel and have a son who can speak Gaelic. The first two wishes are easily achieved but then it is discovered that the new wife cannot conceive. The boy they adopt is mute

Notes:
Music by Ralph Blane; Lyrics by Ralph Blane; Book by Charles O'Neal And Abe Burrows; Based on the novel by Charles O'Neal

1st Produced:
Mark Hellinger Theatre,    21 Mar 1952

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
Samuel French, NY,    -

Music:
Original cast recording: angel (64888) 1952

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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Toreador

Synopsis:
-

Notes:
Part of "Four On A Garden"

1st Produced:
Broadhurst, NY    1971

Organisations:
-

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Short Play One act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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