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Howard Dietz

HOWARD DIETZ

  (1896 - 1983)
Nationality:    USA
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below is a list of Howard Dietz's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         At Home Abroad         Band Wagon         Between the Devil         Dancing In the Street         Dear Sir         Flying Colors         Fosse         Gay Life, The         Here Comes the Bride         Inside USA         Jackpot         Jennie         Keep Off the Grass         Little Show, The         Lovemusic         Merry-Go_Round         Revenge With Music         Sadie Thompson         Second Little Show, The         Show Is On         That's Entertainment         Three's A Crowd

At Home Abroad

Synopsis:
a whirlwind tour around the world from Japan to Paris, from the West Indies to the Balkans

Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Book by Howard Dietz

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, NY    1935

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Genre:
revue Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Band Wagon

Synopsis:
A washed up Hollywood star gets together with a classical director to put on a show

Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz; lyrics by Howard Dietz; new book by Douglas Carter Beane. Working title: "Dancing In The Dark" Based on the movie "The Band Wagon" by Betty Comden and Aldoph Green

1st Produced:
New Amsterdam Theater, New York    1931

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Music:
Original cast recording: Sepia (1056)

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revue Musical

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Between the Devil

Synopsis:
Setting: London and Paris

Notes:
Book by Howard Dietz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Music by Arthur Schwartz

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, NY    1937

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Genre:
comedy Musical

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Dancing In the Street

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Vernon Duke; lyrics by Howard Dietz; book by Howard Dietz, John Cecil Holm; Matt Taylor

1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, Boston    19 Mar 1943

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Musical

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Dear Sir

Synopsis:
Setting: New York City and Long Island

Notes:
Music by Jerome Kern; Book by edgar Selwyn; Lyrics by Howard Dietz

1st Produced:
Times Square Theatre, NY    1924

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Flying Colors

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz And Howard Dietz; Book by Howard Dietz And Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Arthur Schwartz And Howard Dietz

1st Produced:
Imperial Theatre, NY    1932

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Fosse

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Howard Dietz ("Dancing in the Dark"),

1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theatre, NY    1999

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Gay Life, The

Gay Life, The
anatol is a womanising playboy. He has decided it is time to marry and is due to marry Liesl. However of the morning of his wedding he is discovered in his bedroom with Magda an ex-mistress

Notes:
also known As "the High Life". Book by Fay Kanin And Michael Kanin; Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Suggested by "anatol" by Arthur Schnitzler

1st Produced:
Shubert Theater, New York    1961

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Music:
Original cast recording: DRG 1961

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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  21            Female:  14            Other:  doubling

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Here Comes the Bride

Synopsis:
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1st Produced:
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Genre:
Musical

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Inside USA

Inside USA
Sketch by Moss Hart - a maid unsettles the star of a Broadway production on opening night

Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Sketches by Arnold Auerbach, Moss Hart And Arnold B. Horwitt; Suggested by the book by John Gunther

1st Produced:
New Century Theatre, NY    30 Apr 1948

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Music:
Original cast recording: Sepia (1056) 1948

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Jackpot

Synopsis:
Setting: Turtle Beach, South Carolina

Notes:
Music by Vernon Duke; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Book by Guy Bolton, Sidney Sheldon And Ben Roberts

1st Produced:
Alvin Theatre, NY    1944

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Genre:
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Jennie

Jennie
1906. Jenny Malone and husband James O'Connor tour America putting on meloDramas. Jenny leaves her husband when offered a straight role by an english playwright

Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Book by Arnold Schulman; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Suggested by "Laurette" by Marguerite Courtney

1st Produced:
Majestic Theatre, NY    1963

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Music:
Original cast recording: RCa (60819) 1963

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Musical

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Keep Off the Grass

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by James McHugh; Lyrics by Al Dubin And Howard Dietz; Book by Mort Lewis, Parke Levy, Alan Lipscott, S. Jay Kaufman And Panama & Frank

1st Produced:
Broadhurst Theatre, NY    1940

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Little Show, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz

1st Produced:
Music Box Theatre, NY    1929

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Lovemusic

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Kurt Weill; Lyrics by Kurt Weill; Book by Alfred Uhry; Featuring songs with lyrics by Maxwell Anderson, Bertolt Brecht, Howard Dietz, Roger Fernay, Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Langston Hughes, Alan Jay Lerner, Maurice Magre, Ogden Nash And elmer Rice

1st Produced:
Biltmore Theatre, NY    2007

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Merry-Go_Round

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Henry Souvaine And Jay Gorney; Book by Morrie Ryskind And Howard Dietz; Lyrics by Morrie Ryskind And Howard Dietz

1st Produced:
Klaw Theatre, NY    1927

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Genre:
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Revenge With Music

Synopsis:
Setting: a township in andalusia, Spain. approximately 1800

Notes:
Book by Howard Dietz And Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz And Arthur Schwartz; Music by Howard Dietz And Arthur Schwartz; A variation on the old Spanish folk tale "el Sombrero de Tres Picos" by Pedro A. de Alarcon

1st Produced:
New Amsterdam Theater, New York    1934

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Musical

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Sadie Thompson

Sadie Thompson
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Notes:
Written by Howard Dietz And Rouben Mamoulian; Music by Vernon Duke; Lyrics by Howard Dietz; Based on the short story "Rain" by W. Somerset Maugham; Adapted from the play "Rain" by John Colton And Clemence Randolph

1st Produced:
Alvin Theatre, NY    16 Nov 1944

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Music:
Revival cast recording: OC (6042) [note mis-spelling of Vernon Duke's name] 2002

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Musical

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Second Little Show, The

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Book by Dwight Deere Wiman; Lyrics by Howard Dietz

1st Produced:
Royale Theatre, NY    1930

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Genre:
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Show Is On

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Sketches by David Freedman; "Mr. Gielgud Passes By" by Moss Hart; Music mostly by Vernon Duke; Lyrics mostly by Ted Fetter; Additional music by Hoagy Carmichael, Arthur Schwartz, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Herman Hupfeld, Will Irwin And Richard Rodgers; Additional lyrics by Stanley Adams, Howard Dietz, Ira Gershwin, e.Y. Harburg, Herman Hupfeld, Norman Zeno And Lorenz Hart

1st Produced:
Winter Garden Theatre, NY    1936

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That's Entertainment

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz

1st Produced:
Edison Theatre, NY    1972

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Three's A Crowd

Synopsis:
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Notes:
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Book by Howard Dietz; Lyrics by Howard Dietz

1st Produced:
Selwyn Theatre, NY    1930

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Genre:
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