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FRED EBB (1932 - 2004) |
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Nationality: USA Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: International Creative Management |
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Plays by Fred Ebb |
70, Girls, 70 | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadhurst Theater, New York | 1971 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #63506 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Fred Ebb and Norman L. Martin; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book adapted by Joe Masteroff; Based on the play "Breath of Spring" by Peter Coke | |||||
Synopsis: | The Sussex Arms - an hotel in New York for elderly actors. Ida Dodd decides to have a fling before she dies moves out and into the Waldorf. She is feeling unwell and goes to a drugstore but the assistant wont help as she has no money. She steals a thermometer and finds that having done that she feels well again. She starts a shoplifting spree. She returns to the Sussex Arms and her four close friends are amazed at how well she looks and how well dressed. One of the friends Eunice goes out and steals a fur coat - but she leaves her old coat in the store and it has her name sown into the lining. The five of them go to the store to try and steal back the incriminating coat | |||||
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Act, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Majestic Theater, New York | 1977 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York | ISBN/ASIN: | cdrg-6101 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: DRG (CDRG-6101) 1977 | doollee no | #63039 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by George Furth; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb | |||||
| Setting: Michelle Craig at the Hotel Las Vegas; her nightclub act and her memories | |||||
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Cabaret | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadhurst Theater, New York | 1966 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Columbia (SK 60533) 1966 | doollee no | #63507 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Joe Masteroff; Based on the play "I Am a Camera" by John Van Druten; Based on stories by Christopher Isherwood; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: Berlin, Germany. 1929-30. Before the start of the Third Reich | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Chicago | ||
| 1st Produced: | 46th Street Theater, New York, NY | 03 Jun 1975 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French Inc, New York, | ISBN/ASIN: | bc-3003 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Bay Cities (3003) 1975 | doollee no | #61857 | |||
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Genre: | 135 min Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 9 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Based on the play "Chicago" by Maurine Dallas Watkins | |||||
| Set in the Windy City in 1927, the show chronicles the exploits of a down-on-her-luck chorus girl as she goes on trial for murder, attracts a media circus, and parlays her dubious notoriety into fame and fortune. If all this sounds a bit like anything that could be found on Court TV today, chalk it up to creators Kander & Ebb and Bob Fosse for being way ahead of their time. | |||||
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Curtains | ||
| 1st Produced: | Al Hirschfeld Theatre, NY | 27 Feb 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | B000PC1QKQ | |||
| Music: | Manhattan Records 2007 | doollee no | #62872 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 12 actors | |||||
Notes: | Book by Rupert Holmes; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Original Book and Concept by Peter Stone; Additional lyrics by John Kander and Rupert Holmes | |||||
| Curtains unfolds backstage at Boston's Colonial Theatre in 1959, where a new musical could be a Broadway smash, were it not for the presence of its talent-free leading lady. When the hapless star dies on opening night during her curtain call, Lieutenant Frank Cioffi arrives on the scene to conduct an investigation. But the lure of the theatre proves irresistible and after an unexpected romance blooms for the stage-struck detective, he finds himself just as drawn toward making the show a hit as he is in solving the murder. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Flora, The Red Menace | ||
| 1st Produced: | Alvin Theater, New York | 1965 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | rca-60821 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (60821) | doollee no | #64556 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by George Abbott and Robert Russell; Based on the novel "Love Is Just Around the Corner" by Lester Atwell | |||||
| Is Flora a "Red menace" or just a girl in love? | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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From A to Z | ||
| 1st Produced: | Plymouth Theatre, NY | 1960 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #64557 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Woody Allen, Herbert Farjeon and Nina Warner Hook; Featuring songs by Jerry Herman, Jay Thompson, Dickson Hughes, Everett Sloane, Jack Holmes, Mary Rodgers, Paul Klein, Fred Ebb, Norman Martin, William Dyer and Charles Zwar; Featuring songs with lyrics by Jerry Herman, Jay Thompson, Dickson Hughes, Everett Sloane, Jack Holmes, Marshall Barer, Fred Ebb, Norman Martin, Don Parks, Lee Goldsmith and Alan Melville | |||||
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Happy Time, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Broadway Theatre, NY | 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Dramatists Play Service, NY, | ISBN/ASIN: | rca-61016 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (61016) 1968 | doollee no | #62907 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | 13 performers | |||||
Notes: | Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by N. Richard Nash; Based on the play by Samuel Taylor; Based on the book by Robert Fontaine | |||||
| Based on a play by Samuel Taylor, the musical tells the story of a French-Canadian family. The son, Bibi, a teenager, is having troubles at school; while the uncle that Bibi idolizes, Jacques, a photographer, has returned home after a long time away. Songs include "A Certain Girl" and "The Happy Time." | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Kiss Of The Spider Woman | ||
| 1st Produced: | Purchase, New York | 1990 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London, 1993 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #64558 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Terrence McNally; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Based on the novel by Manuel Puig | |||||
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Liza | ||
| 1st Produced: | Winter Garden Theatre, NY | 1974 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #64559 | |||
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Genre: | special Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by Fred Ebb | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Madwoman Of Central Park West, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Buffalo | 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | drg-5212 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: DRG (5212) 1979 | doollee no | #64560 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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 | |||||
| A woman tries to tidy up her bedroom whilst writing lists of things to do, having fights with her teenage daughter and reminiscing | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Minnelli On Minnelli | ||
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theatre, NY | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #64561 | |||
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Genre: | special Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Fred Ebb; Songs from the movies of Vincente Minnelli; Music arranged by Billy Stritch and Marvin Hamlisch | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Morning Sun | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1963 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #64562 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | with Klein | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
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Rink, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Martin Beck Theatre, NY | 1984 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1985 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #64563 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Terrence McNally; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: A roller rink somewhere on the Eastern seaboard. The 1970s | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Scottsboro Boys, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Vineyard Theatre, 108 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003 >>> | 10 Mar 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording Jay Records (1421) | doollee no | #110960 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 11 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book by David Thompson; music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb | |||||
| The Scottsboro Boys explores the infamous "Scottsboro" case of the 1930s when a group of African American teenagers were unjustly accused of attacking two white women-and the boys' attempts to prove their innocence. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Shirley MacLaine | ||
| 1st Produced: | Palace Theatre, NY | 1976 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #64564 | |||
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Genre: | special Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Written by Fred Ebb; Additional material by Bob Wells | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Steel Pier | ||
| 1st Produced: | Richard Rodgers Theatre, NY | 24 Apr 1997 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | rca-68878 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: RCA (68878) 1997 | doollee no | #64565 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by David Thompson; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson | |||||
| Stunt pilot Bill Kelly crashes but seemingly survives - he realises that he has been given a temporary reprieve of three weeks. He goes to a dance marathon where star turn Rita Racine will be one of the dancers. Rita is known as the Lindberg Lovebird as she kissed Lindbergh after he arrived back from his epic flight. Rita is secretly married to the marathon promoter - Mick - and he plans to have her win. Bill dances with Rita and they fall in love. One of the other dancers tells Rita that she has been having an affair with Mick. Mick has seen how Bill and Rita are around each other and hits on a publicity stunt - that Bill and Rita will get married whilst dancing in the marathon. But time has passed and Bill's three weeks are up. Alone Rita starts packing | |||||
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Visit, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68287 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Book by Terrence McNally, based on the play by Friedrich Durrenmatt (adapted by Maurice Valency); Music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb | |||||
Synopsis: | Though written in 1956, Durrenmatt's The Visit, heralded as a masterpiece of 20th century German-language literature, seems a cross between a 19th Century melodrama and a contemporary satire. Claire Zachanassian fled a mythical central-European town (in the original play, the town name translates as Manure). As a pregnant teen not only rejected by her lover but betrayed by the legal system from which she sought redress, Claire survived in spades, careening from prostitution through a succession of wealthy husbands to become the richest widow in the world. Her ex-lover/nemesis, Anton, abandoned her to marry the town shopkeeper's daughter and thereby secure his fortune. Flash forward roughly 40 years and Claire's agents have purchased virtually all property and economic enterprise in and surrounding her hometown. Claire secretly has pulled the financial carpet out from under such that all of her former townsfolk are now impoverished, and despondently so. Thus Claire's devil's bargain: kill Anton and she will endow the town collectively as well as each resident individually with wealth beyond their wildest dreams. Playwright Durrenmatt was known to represent the play as a comedy. Well, in a culture which invented the word 'schadenfreude,' this story is no doubt a barrel of laughs. Terrence McNally's adaptation is very faithful to the original, deliciously spiced with some delightful Bette Davis-like barbs for Claire to toss off. | |||||
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Woman Of The Year | ||
| 1st Produced: | Boston | 1981 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | bc-3008 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Bay Cities ( 3008) 1981 | doollee no | #64566 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Book by Peter Stone; Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Based on the MGM film by Ring Lardner, Jr. and Michael Kanin | |||||
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World Goes 'Round, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #62589 | |||
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Genre: | compilation musical Musical | |||||
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Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb; conceived by Susan Stroman, Scott Ellis and David Thompson | |||||
Synopsis: | This revue of material by the composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb began life in 1989, when it was first conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson. tion brims over with this cokound Three years later, after signi'ficant redevelopment, it reached its finished form | |||||
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Zorba | ||
| 1st Produced: | Imperial Theater, New York | 17 Nov 1968 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Hire only: musicals@samuelfrench.com, | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Capitol (92053) 1968 | doollee no | #64568 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by Joseph Stein; Adapated from "Zorba the Greek" by Nikos Kazantzakis | |||||
| A murder, a mine disaster and suicide. The carefree Zorba woos the courtesan Madame Hortense. His master and friend - the uptight Nikos woos a beautiful widow. And they dance | |||||
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