BETTY COMDEN (1915 - 2006)
| Nationality: | USA |
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Plays by Betty Comden
Applause |
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theater, New York | 1970 | ||||
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| Music: | Original cast recording: Decca (012159404-2) | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | Musical Play | Musical | Parts: | Male | 15 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Lee Adams; Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Based on the film "All About Eve" and the original story by Mary Orr | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: The present. In and around New York | |||||
Bells Are Ringing |
| 1st Produced: | Shubert Theater, New York | 1956 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Columbia (CK-2006) | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Music by Jule Styne | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: 1956. New York City | |||||
Billion Dollar Baby |
| 1st Produced: | Alvin Theater, New York | 1945 | ||||
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| Music: | Studio cast recording: Original Cast Records: (OC- 4304) | 2000 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Morton Gould; Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: 1928 - 1929. Staten Island and Atlantic City | |||||
Do Re Mi |
| 1st Produced: | St James Theater, New York | 1960 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
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| Music: | Original cast recoding: RCA 61994) | 1960 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Garson Kanin; Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. Now | |||||
Doll's Life |
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY | 1982 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original Broadway cast recording: Bayview: (BCD 3031) | - | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Music by Larry Grossman | |||||
| Synopsis: | the sights and sounds of 19th century Norway as Nora, Ibsen's heroine from A Doll's House, tries to make her way in a male dominated society after she slams the door on her former life | |||||
Fade Out - Fade In |
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY | 1964 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: Mid-1930s. New York and Hollywood | |||||
Ghost Goes West, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1967 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; lyrics by Betty Comden; lyrics by Adolph Green; book by Ernest Kinoy | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Hallelujah, Baby! |
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, NY | 1967 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden; Book by Arthur Laurents | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: America from the turn of the century until now | |||||
Lorelei |
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theater, New York | 1974 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; New lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; New book by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent; Based on the musical "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos and Joseph A. Fields; Lyrics by Leo Robin | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: The pier of the Ile de France; the deck of the Ile de France; Lorelei's suite on the Ile de France; the Eiffel Tower; Lorelei's suite at the Ritz Hotel, Paris; Pre-Catalin nightclub; a Paris street; the Central Park Casino, New York. | |||||
Madwoman Of Central Park West, The |
| 1st Produced: | Buffalo | 1979 | ||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | written with Phyllis Newman, music by Peter Allen, Leonard Bernstein and others, from play My Mother Was a Fortune Teller by Newman; Featuring songs with lyrics by Martin Charnin, Betty Comden, Fred Ebb, Adolph Green, Sheldon Harnick and Ed Kleban | |||||
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On The Town |
| 1st Produced: | Adelphi Theatre, NY | 1944 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Based on an idea by Jerome Robbins; Additional lyrics by Leonard Bernstein | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: New York City. 1944 - wartime, three sailors on shore leave embark on the biggest adventure of their lives with just 24 hours to find fun and romance in the world's most exciting city. . . | |||||
On the Twentieth Century |
| 1st Produced: | St James Theater, New York | 1978 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Music by Cy Coleman; Based on the play by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur and Bruce Milholland | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: Mainly on the Twentieth Century Limited from Chicago to New York. The early 1930's | |||||
Peter Pan |
| 1st Produced: | Winter Garden Theatre, NY | 1954 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Based on the play by James M. Barrie; Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh; Music by Mark Charlap; Additional music by Jule Styne; Additional lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Incidental music by Elmer Bernstein and Trude Rittman | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: The Nursery of the Darling Residence, Neverland, Marooner's Rock, The Home Underground, The Pirate Ship. | |||||
Say, Darling |
| 1st Produced: | ANTA Playhouse, NY | 1958 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Tams-Witmark, 757 Third Ave., New York, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | comedy | Play with Music | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: Airport in Corn County; Hackett & Snow's Office in the Big City; Stamford; Irene Lovelle's Apartment; New Haven; Idlewild Airport in New York | |||||
Singin' In The Rain |
| 1st Produced: | George Gershwin Theatre, NY | 1985 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Based on the film by MGM; Screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Book adapted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Music by Nacio Herb Brown; Lyrics by Arthur Freed | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: Hollywood in the Twenties | |||||
Subways Are For Sleeping |
| 1st Produced: | St James Theater, New York | 1961 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Suggested by the book by Edmund G. Love | |||||
| Synopsis: | One of David Merrick's notorious "flops," Subways Are For Sleeping tells the tale of a Angie, a lady reporter sent to get the scoop on a segment of NYC society that lives by their own rules. These carefree souls take up odd jobs to earn enough to get a place to sleep and food to eat, eschewing a drone-like existence. When Angie learns how the other half lives, she begins to see there might be another way to experience the world. | |||||
Two On The Aisle |
| 1st Produced: | Mark Hellinger Theatre, NY | 1951 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Sketches by Betty Comden and Adolph Green | |||||
| Synopsis: | - | |||||
Will Rogers Follies, The |
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theater, New York | 1991 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | - | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Book by Peter Stone; Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Music arranged by Cy Coleman; Inspired by the words of Will Rogers and Betty Rogers | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: Time: The Present. Place: The Palace Theatre | |||||
Wonderful Town |
| 1st Produced: | Winter Garden Theatre, NY | 1953 | ||||
| Company: | - | |||||
| 1st Published: | Tams-Wltmark, NY, | ISBN/ASIN | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: MCA (10050) | 1953 | ||||
| To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
| Genre: | - | Musical | Parts: | Male | - | Female | 0 |
| Parts Other: | - | |||||
| Notes: | Music by Leonard Bernstein; Book by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Based on "My Sister Eileen" by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Based on stories by Ruth McKenney | |||||
| Synopsis: | Setting: Greenwich Village in the '30s | |||||