Betty Comden and Adolph Green in the 1959 stage production A Party with Comden and Green NYPL


Actors Betty Comden and Adolph Green performing a number from the Lincoln Center concert revival

Betty Comden and Adolph Green, songwriting/playwright team ("On the Town," "Wonderful Town," etc.)Tape Dates:#112 January 29, 1997Copied: November 25, 2006


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Comden, Betty (1915—)American playwright, lyricist, screenwriter, and performer, best known for her work with Adolph Green, with whom she wrote the screenplay and lyrics for the movie classic Singin' in the Rain. Born Basya Astershinsky Simselyevitch-Simselyovitch Cohen on May 3, 1915, in Brooklyn, New York; daughter and one of two children of Leo (an attorney) and Rebecca (Sadvoransky.


1980 Award and Induction Ceremony Songwriters Hall of Fame

Two on the Aisle (1951) Wonderful Town (1953) Peter Pan (1954) Bells Are Ringing (1956) Say, Darling (1958) A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1958) Do Re Mi (1960) Subways Are for Sleeping (1961) Fade Out - Fade In (1964) Hallelujah, Baby! (1967) Applause (1970)


Book Review ‘They Made Us Happy Betty Comden & Adolph Green’s Musicals & Movies’

Betty Comden and Adolph Green After graduating with a degree in science, Betty Comden strove to find work as an actress. During this period, the late '30s, she met Adolph Green (b..


Songwriters Adolph Green and Betty Comden in a scene from the Broadway production of the musical

The team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the longest running creative partnership in theatre history, began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called "The Revuers," which included the late Judy Holliday.


Betty Comden And Adolph Green Comden And Green Perform Their Own Songs (1955, Vinyl) Discogs

Betty Comden and Adolph Green, (respectively, born May 3, 1917, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died November 23, 2006, Manhattan, New York; born December 2, 1915, Bronx, New York—died October 23, 2002, Manhattan, New York), American musical-comedy team who wrote scripts—and often the lyrics—for many Broadway shows and Hollywood film musicals.


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Betty Comden (Basya Cohen) was born in Brooklyn in 1917, New York, and Adolph Green was born in the Bronx in 1915. Their roots would certainly influence their ability to write about the people of New York, to create sophisticated gags, and to develop works that connected with a wide range of audiences.


Music History Monday The Word’s the Thing Betty Comden and Adolph Green Robert Greenberg

The legendary team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green were lifelong kids. The sassy lyricists and scriptwriters enjoyed equal success on Broadway (Bells are Ri.


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For six decades Adolph Green, who has died aged 87, worked with with Betty Comden, producing the lyrics for some of the most enduring of Broadway musicals including On The Town, Wonderful Town.


Betty Comden and Adolph Green during rehearsals for the stage production Applause. NYPL

Betty Comden (May 3, 1917 - November 23, 2006) was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter who contributed to numerous Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green spanned six decades: "the longest running creative partnership in theatre history." [1]


Betty Comden and Adolph Green, two of MGM's most prolific writers Youtube movies, Music radio

Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 - October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood.


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May 3, 1917-2006 by Alan Ackerman Broadway and Hollywood lyricist, Betty Comden (1917-2006). Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library. In Brief Betty Comden wrote lyrics and librettos for enduring and beloved musicals like Singin' in the Rain and Peter Pan, winning some of the industry's highest honors.


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Comden and Green first surfaced at the Village Gate in January of 1941, half of a night-club act called The Revuers. Alvin Hammer and Judy Tuvim completed the foursome who did Comden and.


Adolph Green and Betty Comden

By Robert Berkvist. Nov. 24, 2006. Betty Comden, who with her longtime collaborator Adolph Green wrote the lyrics and often the librettos for some of the most celebrated musicals of stage and.

Musical Collaborators BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN" Al Hirschfeld 1985 Photo at Amazon's

* Adolph Green was also the 1991 recipient of The Johnny Mercer Award, the SHOF's highest honor The team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, the longest running creative partnership in theatre history, began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called "The Revuers," which included the late Judy Holliday. They went onto collaborate with Leonard Bernstein and.


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