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Epilogue: Burt Shevelove
Provided to YouTube by First Night Records
Epilogue: Burt Shevelove ¡ Victor Spinetti
A Very Private Diary
â 1985 Exallshow Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. All rights reserved.
Composer: Victor Spinelli
Auto-generated by YouTube.
published: 16 Jul 2020
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No No Nanette- Tea for Two- Ed Dixon
Ed Dixon sings "Tea for Two" from No, No, Nanette (Ch.24 from Fifty Key Stage Musicals by Robert W. Schneider and Shannon Agnew) at 54 Below. MD: Michael Lavine
NO, NO NANETTE (1971)
COMPOSER: Vincent Youmans
LYRICIST: Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach
BOOK: Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel
DIRECTOR: Burt Shevelove
CHOREOGRAPHER: Donald Saddler
PRINCIPLE CAST: Ruby Keeler (Sue), Patsy Kelly (Pauline), Susan Watson (Nanette)
OPENING DATE: Jan 19, 1971
CLOSING DATE: Feb 03, 1973
PERFORMANCES: 861
SYNOPSIS: In 1920s New York, Nanette is betrothed to Tom but she has never really experienced life because of her strict guardian, Sue. Before Nanette gets married, with the help of her maid Pauline, she decides to sneak away to the lascivious world of Atlantic City for one last adventure before she says âI d...
published: 24 Nov 2023
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The Wrong Box (1966) Cast THEN AND NOW 2024, All cast died tragically! đ˘
The Wrong Box (1966) Cast THEN AND NOW 2024, All cast died tragically! đ˘
The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. It was made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
published: 24 Feb 2024
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart & Stephen Sondheim
John Lizzi website: http://mrjlizzi.wixsite.com/actor
John Lizzi as Marcus Lycus (1994)
Directed by Judi Stewart
Granada Theatre, Los Angeles, California
published: 28 Dec 2022
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable
It's more than comedy tonight in this weekâs Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable, as Michael Weber is joined by Anika Chapin (Goodspeed Musicals artistic associate and a NYC-based dramaturg and writer), Ross Lehman ("A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at the Goodman as well as Broadway's St. James Theatre) and Linda Madonia (music director for Porchlight Music Theatre's "A Funny Thing...," "A Chorus Line," "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder") to discuss Sondheim's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251â183 BC).
Join Porchlight Music Theatre for something familiar, something peculiar, something for ever...
published: 20 Dec 2020
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Sondheim's Wittiest Script: Twenty Funny Things from Funny Thing (SPOILERS)
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is Stephen Sondheim's funniest book. Here are 20 moments (spoilers!) from Forum that keep the laughter flowing. The book writers are Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
David Benkof, the Broadway Maven, has been teaching Broadway and American Jewish Culture online for more than four years. He aims to help students see the third time things they did not notice the first. His love for Broadway is triply expressed: his classes; his YouTube Channel; and MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast Substack newsletter. For more information, visit TheBroadwayMaven.com
#Broadway #musicaltheatre #Sondheim
For more information about The Broadway Maven and its classes, videos, and MARQUEE, visit TheBroadwayMaven.com.
MARQUEE has two plans: the FREE pl...
published: 04 Sep 2024
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Television Vanguard Legend: Larry Gelbart (interview w/Dick Cavett 3/10/86)
As we have done in years past, we want to pay tribute each year to a television performer/talent who has made a major contribution to the history and development of television.
This year, we pay tribute to M*A*S*H writer and producer Larry Gelbart and induct him into our YouTube-based virtual Television Vanguard Hall of Fame. Past inductees include Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (inducted 2015), Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard (2015), Jackie Gleason (2016), Sid Caesar (2016), Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin (2017) and Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (2017), among other fine performers also inducted over the past couple of years.
Mr. Gelbart began his television career back in the mid 1950s, working on the Sid Caesar Show until the late 1950s. In addition, he also wrote for the Colgate Comedy Hour ...
published: 30 Dec 2018
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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
published: 28 Nov 2021
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The Essential Musical Dramatist Who Taught Us to Hear
One of the greatest American composers, clearly the greatest lyricist â and, by virtue of those two rarely linked greatnesses, the essential musical dramatist of our time â wanted to talk about double acrostics. This was not quite what I expected when I met the man in 2004. But Stephen Sondheim, who died on Friday at 91, leaving a lifeâs outpouring of rapturous, hilarious, gorgeous and tortuous song in his wake, was, in my first interview with him, and in every interview since, uninterested in reputation. Thinking about âThe Frogs, â the 1974 musical he wrote to be performed at the Yale University swimming pool, and which he was in the process of revising for Lincoln Center Theater, he preferred to recall the fun heâd had with Burt Shevelove, his collaborator on that show as well on âA Fun...
published: 27 Nov 2021
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A Funny Thing...Forum at Broadway Rose Theatre
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumâ
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the plays of Plautus
August 4 - 21, 2016
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stephen Sondheimâs uproarious tribute to ancient Roman theatre and classic vaudeville, follows crafty slave Pseudolus as he seeks to win his freedom by helping his hapless master, Hero, woo the courtesan next door â who has, unfortunately, been promised to another suitor. Hysterium ensues (quite literally)!
A five-time Tony Award winner (including Best Musical and Best Book) filled with mistaken identities, clever wordplay, and slamming doors, Broadwayâs favorite musical farce has stood the test of time, combining fast-paced, ...
published: 06 Aug 2016
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Epilogue: Burt Shevelove
Provided to YouTube by First Night Records
Epilogue: Burt Shevelove ¡ Victor Spinetti
A Very Private Diary
â 1985 Exallshow Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company...
Provided to YouTube by First Night Records
Epilogue: Burt Shevelove ¡ Victor Spinetti
A Very Private Diary
â 1985 Exallshow Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. All rights reserved.
Composer: Victor Spinelli
Auto-generated by YouTube.
https://wn.com/Epilogue_Burt_Shevelove
Provided to YouTube by First Night Records
Epilogue: Burt Shevelove ¡ Victor Spinetti
A Very Private Diary
â 1985 Exallshow Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company. All rights reserved.
Composer: Victor Spinelli
Auto-generated by YouTube.
- published: 16 Jul 2020
- views: 68
12:22
No No Nanette- Tea for Two- Ed Dixon
Ed Dixon sings "Tea for Two" from No, No, Nanette (Ch.24 from Fifty Key Stage Musicals by Robert W. Schneider and Shannon Agnew) at 54 Below. MD: Michael Lavine...
Ed Dixon sings "Tea for Two" from No, No, Nanette (Ch.24 from Fifty Key Stage Musicals by Robert W. Schneider and Shannon Agnew) at 54 Below. MD: Michael Lavine
NO, NO NANETTE (1971)
COMPOSER: Vincent Youmans
LYRICIST: Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach
BOOK: Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel
DIRECTOR: Burt Shevelove
CHOREOGRAPHER: Donald Saddler
PRINCIPLE CAST: Ruby Keeler (Sue), Patsy Kelly (Pauline), Susan Watson (Nanette)
OPENING DATE: Jan 19, 1971
CLOSING DATE: Feb 03, 1973
PERFORMANCES: 861
SYNOPSIS: In 1920s New York, Nanette is betrothed to Tom but she has never really experienced life because of her strict guardian, Sue. Before Nanette gets married, with the help of her maid Pauline, she decides to sneak away to the lascivious world of Atlantic City for one last adventure before she says âI do.âÂ
The series illustrates the surprising success held by the 1971 revival of the 1925 musical comedy, No, No, Nanette. Amidst contemporary musicals whose scores and lyrics were specifically linked to the psyches of characters and whose narratives sought to challenge the collective perceptions of audiences, No, No, Nanetteâs subject matter seemed trite and its songs felt disconnected and superfluous. The aging Hollywood stars tied to the show, Busby Berkeley and Ruby Keeler, furthered the publicâs assumptions that this production would fail, and the Boston tryout led to major artistic changes. Upon opening, audiences and critics agreed that the show provided a welcome escape from the political turmoil of the day and it was a box office success. The financial victories of the production launched a craze of revivals adhering to director Burt Sheveloveâs traditionalist approach; honoring the original feel of the piece but tailoring its form for modern audiences. Conversely, this section dictates the tenets of revisionist revivals, which seek to reimagine existing works, and outlines other notable motives for reviving works on Broadway.
SOURCES
No, No, Nanette, Revival Cast Recording, Columbia (1971)
The Making of No, No, Nanette by Don Dunn, published by Citadel Press (1972)
No, No, Nanette starring Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray, directed by Clarence G Badger, First National Pictures (1930)
No, No, Nanette starring Anna Neagle and Zazu Pitts, directed by Herbert Wilcox, Suffolk Productions (1940)
https://wn.com/No_No_Nanette_Tea_For_Two_Ed_Dixon
Ed Dixon sings "Tea for Two" from No, No, Nanette (Ch.24 from Fifty Key Stage Musicals by Robert W. Schneider and Shannon Agnew) at 54 Below. MD: Michael Lavine
NO, NO NANETTE (1971)
COMPOSER: Vincent Youmans
LYRICIST: Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach
BOOK: Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel
DIRECTOR: Burt Shevelove
CHOREOGRAPHER: Donald Saddler
PRINCIPLE CAST: Ruby Keeler (Sue), Patsy Kelly (Pauline), Susan Watson (Nanette)
OPENING DATE: Jan 19, 1971
CLOSING DATE: Feb 03, 1973
PERFORMANCES: 861
SYNOPSIS: In 1920s New York, Nanette is betrothed to Tom but she has never really experienced life because of her strict guardian, Sue. Before Nanette gets married, with the help of her maid Pauline, she decides to sneak away to the lascivious world of Atlantic City for one last adventure before she says âI do.âÂ
The series illustrates the surprising success held by the 1971 revival of the 1925 musical comedy, No, No, Nanette. Amidst contemporary musicals whose scores and lyrics were specifically linked to the psyches of characters and whose narratives sought to challenge the collective perceptions of audiences, No, No, Nanetteâs subject matter seemed trite and its songs felt disconnected and superfluous. The aging Hollywood stars tied to the show, Busby Berkeley and Ruby Keeler, furthered the publicâs assumptions that this production would fail, and the Boston tryout led to major artistic changes. Upon opening, audiences and critics agreed that the show provided a welcome escape from the political turmoil of the day and it was a box office success. The financial victories of the production launched a craze of revivals adhering to director Burt Sheveloveâs traditionalist approach; honoring the original feel of the piece but tailoring its form for modern audiences. Conversely, this section dictates the tenets of revisionist revivals, which seek to reimagine existing works, and outlines other notable motives for reviving works on Broadway.
SOURCES
No, No, Nanette, Revival Cast Recording, Columbia (1971)
The Making of No, No, Nanette by Don Dunn, published by Citadel Press (1972)
No, No, Nanette starring Bernice Claire and Alexander Gray, directed by Clarence G Badger, First National Pictures (1930)
No, No, Nanette starring Anna Neagle and Zazu Pitts, directed by Herbert Wilcox, Suffolk Productions (1940)
- published: 24 Nov 2023
- views: 39
8:07
The Wrong Box (1966) Cast THEN AND NOW 2024, All cast died tragically! đ˘
The Wrong Box (1966) Cast THEN AND NOW 2024, All cast died tragically! đ˘
The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from ...
The Wrong Box (1966) Cast THEN AND NOW 2024, All cast died tragically! đ˘
The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. It was made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
https://wn.com/The_Wrong_Box_(1966)_Cast_Then_And_Now_2024,_All_Cast_Died_Tragically_đ˘
The Wrong Box (1966) Cast THEN AND NOW 2024, All cast died tragically! đ˘
The Wrong Box is a 1966 British comedy film produced and directed by Bryan Forbes from a screenplay by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove, based on the 1889 novel The Wrong Box by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. It was made by Salamander Film Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures.
- published: 24 Feb 2024
- views: 1369
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum by Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart & Stephen Sondheim
John Lizzi website: http://mrjlizzi.wixsite.com/actor
John Lizzi as Marcus Lycus (1994)
Directed by Judi Stewart
Granada Theatre, Los Angeles, California
John Lizzi website: http://mrjlizzi.wixsite.com/actor
John Lizzi as Marcus Lycus (1994)
Directed by Judi Stewart
Granada Theatre, Los Angeles, California
https://wn.com/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_On_The_Way_To_The_Forum_By_Burt_Shevelove,_Larry_Gelbart_Stephen_Sondheim
John Lizzi website: http://mrjlizzi.wixsite.com/actor
John Lizzi as Marcus Lycus (1994)
Directed by Judi Stewart
Granada Theatre, Los Angeles, California
- published: 28 Dec 2022
- views: 25
1:09:45
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable
It's more than comedy tonight in this weekâs Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable, as Michael Weber is joined by Anika Chapin (Goodspeed Musicals artistic associate and a N...
It's more than comedy tonight in this weekâs Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable, as Michael Weber is joined by Anika Chapin (Goodspeed Musicals artistic associate and a NYC-based dramaturg and writer), Ross Lehman ("A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at the Goodman as well as Broadway's St. James Theatre) and Linda Madonia (music director for Porchlight Music Theatre's "A Funny Thing...," "A Chorus Line," "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder") to discuss Sondheim's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251â183 BC).
Join Porchlight Music Theatre for something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone: Sondheim @ 90!
Edited by Daniel De LeĂłn
Also available on Spotify and all major podcast platforms: https://open.spotify.com/show/3KDJhlMFbr0Eicu1SlIUQx?si=K5nDqTN2TVOqPKjwBoUQxw
More from Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmRg3WE1vRnVSksxm9KnRlLBICaZYnvR4
More Online Offerings: https://porchlightmusictheatre.org/series/porchlight-online/
Donate: https://porchlightmusictheatre.secure.force.com/donate/?dfId=a0n46000003zajWAAQ
https://wn.com/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_On_The_Way_To_The_Forum_Sondheim_90_Roundtable
It's more than comedy tonight in this weekâs Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable, as Michael Weber is joined by Anika Chapin (Goodspeed Musicals artistic associate and a NYC-based dramaturg and writer), Ross Lehman ("A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" at the Goodman as well as Broadway's St. James Theatre) and Linda Madonia (music director for Porchlight Music Theatre's "A Funny Thing...," "A Chorus Line," "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder") to discuss Sondheim's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus (251â183 BC).
Join Porchlight Music Theatre for something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone: Sondheim @ 90!
Edited by Daniel De LeĂłn
Also available on Spotify and all major podcast platforms: https://open.spotify.com/show/3KDJhlMFbr0Eicu1SlIUQx?si=K5nDqTN2TVOqPKjwBoUQxw
More from Sondheim @ 90 Roundtable: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmRg3WE1vRnVSksxm9KnRlLBICaZYnvR4
More Online Offerings: https://porchlightmusictheatre.org/series/porchlight-online/
Donate: https://porchlightmusictheatre.secure.force.com/donate/?dfId=a0n46000003zajWAAQ
- published: 20 Dec 2020
- views: 2283
0:52
Sondheim's Wittiest Script: Twenty Funny Things from Funny Thing (SPOILERS)
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is Stephen Sondheim's funniest book. Here are 20 moments (spoilers!) from Forum that keep the laughter flowing....
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is Stephen Sondheim's funniest book. Here are 20 moments (spoilers!) from Forum that keep the laughter flowing. The book writers are Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
David Benkof, the Broadway Maven, has been teaching Broadway and American Jewish Culture online for more than four years. He aims to help students see the third time things they did not notice the first. His love for Broadway is triply expressed: his classes; his YouTube Channel; and MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast Substack newsletter. For more information, visit TheBroadwayMaven.com
#Broadway #musicaltheatre #Sondheim
For more information about The Broadway Maven and its classes, videos, and MARQUEE, visit TheBroadwayMaven.com.
MARQUEE has two plans: the FREE plan includes one article per week and one full issue per month. The Premium plan includes all articles and issues and is $5/month or $36/year. To sign up for the Weekly Blast, visit https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/
https://wn.com/Sondheim's_Wittiest_Script_Twenty_Funny_Things_From_Funny_Thing_(Spoilers)
"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" is Stephen Sondheim's funniest book. Here are 20 moments (spoilers!) from Forum that keep the laughter flowing. The book writers are Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
David Benkof, the Broadway Maven, has been teaching Broadway and American Jewish Culture online for more than four years. He aims to help students see the third time things they did not notice the first. His love for Broadway is triply expressed: his classes; his YouTube Channel; and MARQUEE: The Broadway Maven's Weekly Blast Substack newsletter. For more information, visit TheBroadwayMaven.com
#Broadway #musicaltheatre #Sondheim
For more information about The Broadway Maven and its classes, videos, and MARQUEE, visit TheBroadwayMaven.com.
MARQUEE has two plans: the FREE plan includes one article per week and one full issue per month. The Premium plan includes all articles and issues and is $5/month or $36/year. To sign up for the Weekly Blast, visit https://thebroadwaymaven.substack.com/
- published: 04 Sep 2024
- views: 673
1:59
Television Vanguard Legend: Larry Gelbart (interview w/Dick Cavett 3/10/86)
As we have done in years past, we want to pay tribute each year to a television performer/talent who has made a major contribution to the history and developmen...
As we have done in years past, we want to pay tribute each year to a television performer/talent who has made a major contribution to the history and development of television.
This year, we pay tribute to M*A*S*H writer and producer Larry Gelbart and induct him into our YouTube-based virtual Television Vanguard Hall of Fame. Past inductees include Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (inducted 2015), Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard (2015), Jackie Gleason (2016), Sid Caesar (2016), Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin (2017) and Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (2017), among other fine performers also inducted over the past couple of years.
Mr. Gelbart began his television career back in the mid 1950s, working on the Sid Caesar Show until the late 1950s. In addition, he also wrote for the Colgate Comedy Hour and the Dinah Shore Chevy Show. But Gelbart's writing career goes back even further, to the 1940s on radio, writing for Bob Hope and joined the writing staff of the radio show Duffy's Tavern.
Mr. Gelbart turned his attention to the theater in the 1960s, and along with writer Burt Shevelove, penned "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," which was one of Broadways greatest hit plays of the 1960s, and earned Gelbart and Shevelove a Tony award in 1962. The play moved to England, and Gelbart and family moved with it.
Gelbart moved back to the US and Los Angeles in the early 1970's, and would find his greatest career success. One of television's sharpest minds and quick wits, Gelbart would help create one of television premiere weekly comedy/drama series of the 1970s and early 1980s: M*A*S*H.
The show would win countless Emmy awards over its eleven year run, including Emmys for Mr. Gelbart. More about M*A*S*H in our next video clip.
Larry Gelbart was born in 1928, and passed away in Beverly Hills in 2009 at the age of 81. HIs career took him from the Golden Age of Television, to the stage, to feature films (wrote screenplays and/or story lines for movies such as Tootsie, Oh God!, Movie Movie, The Notorious Landlady and The Thrill of it All). A mega talent.
And so, we tip our cap in tribute to Larry Gelbart, truly one of television's great talents, a legend in the medium whose lasting contributions to television and the entertainment industry live on and we still enjoy to this day.
This video clip is from the Dick Cavett show, and was broadcast on March 8, 1986. The show also featured comedian/writer Pat McCormick, who is seated on the Cavett stage to Mr. Gelbart's right.
This video clip is presented here on YouTube for the entertainment and informational value of the viewer, and no copyright infringement intended.
Enjoy.
Coming right up... more on Larry Gelbart's television masterpiece, M*A*S*H.
We wrap up the year, 2018... and 1968, later this holiday extended week. Stay tuned.
https://wn.com/Television_Vanguard_Legend_Larry_Gelbart_(Interview_W_Dick_Cavett_3_10_86)
As we have done in years past, we want to pay tribute each year to a television performer/talent who has made a major contribution to the history and development of television.
This year, we pay tribute to M*A*S*H writer and producer Larry Gelbart and induct him into our YouTube-based virtual Television Vanguard Hall of Fame. Past inductees include Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (inducted 2015), Danny Thomas and Sheldon Leonard (2015), Jackie Gleason (2016), Sid Caesar (2016), Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin (2017) and Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (2017), among other fine performers also inducted over the past couple of years.
Mr. Gelbart began his television career back in the mid 1950s, working on the Sid Caesar Show until the late 1950s. In addition, he also wrote for the Colgate Comedy Hour and the Dinah Shore Chevy Show. But Gelbart's writing career goes back even further, to the 1940s on radio, writing for Bob Hope and joined the writing staff of the radio show Duffy's Tavern.
Mr. Gelbart turned his attention to the theater in the 1960s, and along with writer Burt Shevelove, penned "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," which was one of Broadways greatest hit plays of the 1960s, and earned Gelbart and Shevelove a Tony award in 1962. The play moved to England, and Gelbart and family moved with it.
Gelbart moved back to the US and Los Angeles in the early 1970's, and would find his greatest career success. One of television's sharpest minds and quick wits, Gelbart would help create one of television premiere weekly comedy/drama series of the 1970s and early 1980s: M*A*S*H.
The show would win countless Emmy awards over its eleven year run, including Emmys for Mr. Gelbart. More about M*A*S*H in our next video clip.
Larry Gelbart was born in 1928, and passed away in Beverly Hills in 2009 at the age of 81. HIs career took him from the Golden Age of Television, to the stage, to feature films (wrote screenplays and/or story lines for movies such as Tootsie, Oh God!, Movie Movie, The Notorious Landlady and The Thrill of it All). A mega talent.
And so, we tip our cap in tribute to Larry Gelbart, truly one of television's great talents, a legend in the medium whose lasting contributions to television and the entertainment industry live on and we still enjoy to this day.
This video clip is from the Dick Cavett show, and was broadcast on March 8, 1986. The show also featured comedian/writer Pat McCormick, who is seated on the Cavett stage to Mr. Gelbart's right.
This video clip is presented here on YouTube for the entertainment and informational value of the viewer, and no copyright infringement intended.
Enjoy.
Coming right up... more on Larry Gelbart's television masterpiece, M*A*S*H.
We wrap up the year, 2018... and 1968, later this holiday extended week. Stay tuned.
- published: 30 Dec 2018
- views: 324
1:46
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
https://wn.com/A_Funny_Thing_Happened_On_The_Way_To_The_Forum
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart.
- published: 28 Nov 2021
- views: 43
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The Essential Musical Dramatist Who Taught Us to Hear
One of the greatest American composers, clearly the greatest lyricist â and, by virtue of those two rarely linked greatnesses, the essential musical dramatist o...
One of the greatest American composers, clearly the greatest lyricist â and, by virtue of those two rarely linked greatnesses, the essential musical dramatist of our time â wanted to talk about double acrostics. This was not quite what I expected when I met the man in 2004. But Stephen Sondheim, who died on Friday at 91, leaving a lifeâs outpouring of rapturous, hilarious, gorgeous and tortuous song in his wake, was, in my first interview with him, and in every interview since, uninterested in reputation. Thinking about âThe Frogs, â the 1974 musical he wrote to be performed at the Yale University swimming pool, and which he was in the process of revising for Lincoln Center Theater, he preferred to recall the fun heâd had with Burt Shevelove, his collaborator on that show as well on âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. âBut double acrostics? How, I asked, could a man whose lyrics were trickier, deeper and more full of joy than even the most subversive puzzles â which heâd written plenty of in his youth â find pleasure in those drudgy Sunday morning time sucks?âNo, no, â he said. âYou donât understand. We did them out loud. No pens. No paper. â Which was like saying you could do needlepoint blindfolded. And of course thatâs essentially what he did: prick holes in the dark to form patterns of light. As he wrote of the painter Georges Seurat in âSunday in the Park With George, â he taught us âhow to see. âI have often thought of those double acrostics, their letters tossed through the air like shuttlecocks, in trying to understand how Mr. Sondheim managed to do what he did. Though he rejected the idea that lyrics were poetry, his lyrics nevertheless had both a greater density of meaning and a lighter footprint on their music than anyone elseâs. Though he was at first dismissed as a minor, âunhummableâ melodist, over the course of his 15 scores for the stage (and several in other mediums) he gradually retuned the ear of theatergoers until they were able to recognize the beauty in his harsh complexities. And though he graciously bowed to his book writers, it was he who elevated their plot points into drama by shaping them first into individual jewels of songs and then stringing them into chains. Underlying all these achievements â and his skill with double acrostics â was something I can only call computational brilliance: He had more brain cells constantly at work storing, sorting and recalling information than most of us. To find a rhyme for âpersonable, â it takes, to start, random access to an inventory of English sounds so vast that it beggars any thesaurus. (No rhyming dictionary could help him find, as he did in âCompany, â this astonishing solution: âcoercinâ a bull. â) But then, too, his ear had to hear beneath the shock of the rhyme to the shape of the sound, and set it on music that would mimic instead of fight it.
All data is taken from the source: http://nytimes.com
Article Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/remembering-stephen-sondheim.html
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One of the greatest American composers, clearly the greatest lyricist â and, by virtue of those two rarely linked greatnesses, the essential musical dramatist of our time â wanted to talk about double acrostics. This was not quite what I expected when I met the man in 2004. But Stephen Sondheim, who died on Friday at 91, leaving a lifeâs outpouring of rapturous, hilarious, gorgeous and tortuous song in his wake, was, in my first interview with him, and in every interview since, uninterested in reputation. Thinking about âThe Frogs, â the 1974 musical he wrote to be performed at the Yale University swimming pool, and which he was in the process of revising for Lincoln Center Theater, he preferred to recall the fun heâd had with Burt Shevelove, his collaborator on that show as well on âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. âBut double acrostics? How, I asked, could a man whose lyrics were trickier, deeper and more full of joy than even the most subversive puzzles â which heâd written plenty of in his youth â find pleasure in those drudgy Sunday morning time sucks?âNo, no, â he said. âYou donât understand. We did them out loud. No pens. No paper. â Which was like saying you could do needlepoint blindfolded. And of course thatâs essentially what he did: prick holes in the dark to form patterns of light. As he wrote of the painter Georges Seurat in âSunday in the Park With George, â he taught us âhow to see. âI have often thought of those double acrostics, their letters tossed through the air like shuttlecocks, in trying to understand how Mr. Sondheim managed to do what he did. Though he rejected the idea that lyrics were poetry, his lyrics nevertheless had both a greater density of meaning and a lighter footprint on their music than anyone elseâs. Though he was at first dismissed as a minor, âunhummableâ melodist, over the course of his 15 scores for the stage (and several in other mediums) he gradually retuned the ear of theatergoers until they were able to recognize the beauty in his harsh complexities. And though he graciously bowed to his book writers, it was he who elevated their plot points into drama by shaping them first into individual jewels of songs and then stringing them into chains. Underlying all these achievements â and his skill with double acrostics â was something I can only call computational brilliance: He had more brain cells constantly at work storing, sorting and recalling information than most of us. To find a rhyme for âpersonable, â it takes, to start, random access to an inventory of English sounds so vast that it beggars any thesaurus. (No rhyming dictionary could help him find, as he did in âCompany, â this astonishing solution: âcoercinâ a bull. â) But then, too, his ear had to hear beneath the shock of the rhyme to the shape of the sound, and set it on music that would mimic instead of fight it.
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Article Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/theater/remembering-stephen-sondheim.html
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A Funny Thing...Forum at Broadway Rose Theatre
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumâ
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Music and Lyrics by Stephen So...
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumâ
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the plays of Plautus
August 4 - 21, 2016
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stephen Sondheimâs uproarious tribute to ancient Roman theatre and classic vaudeville, follows crafty slave Pseudolus as he seeks to win his freedom by helping his hapless master, Hero, woo the courtesan next door â who has, unfortunately, been promised to another suitor. Hysterium ensues (quite literally)!
A five-time Tony Award winner (including Best Musical and Best Book) filled with mistaken identities, clever wordplay, and slamming doors, Broadwayâs favorite musical farce has stood the test of time, combining fast-paced, irreverent humor with witty, upbeat music to joyously deliver âsomething for everyone, a comedy tonight!â
Directed and Choreographed by Abe Reybold
Music Direction by Eric Nordin
Starring
Dan Murphy as Pseudolus
Ethan Crystal as Hero
Kaitlyn Sage as Philia
Joe Theissen as Hysterium
Mike Dederian as Senex
Emily Sahler as Domina
Colin Wood as Miles Gloriosus
Norman Wilson as Marcus Lycus
Kevin-Michael Moore as Erronius
Performances held at the Deb Fennell Auditorium, 9000 SW Durham Rd., Tigard, OR 97224
Learn more at www.broadwayrose.org/forum
https://wn.com/A_Funny_Thing...Forum_At_Broadway_Rose_Theatre
Broadway Rose Theatre Company presents âA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forumâ
Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the plays of Plautus
August 4 - 21, 2016
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Stephen Sondheimâs uproarious tribute to ancient Roman theatre and classic vaudeville, follows crafty slave Pseudolus as he seeks to win his freedom by helping his hapless master, Hero, woo the courtesan next door â who has, unfortunately, been promised to another suitor. Hysterium ensues (quite literally)!
A five-time Tony Award winner (including Best Musical and Best Book) filled with mistaken identities, clever wordplay, and slamming doors, Broadwayâs favorite musical farce has stood the test of time, combining fast-paced, irreverent humor with witty, upbeat music to joyously deliver âsomething for everyone, a comedy tonight!â
Directed and Choreographed by Abe Reybold
Music Direction by Eric Nordin
Starring
Dan Murphy as Pseudolus
Ethan Crystal as Hero
Kaitlyn Sage as Philia
Joe Theissen as Hysterium
Mike Dederian as Senex
Emily Sahler as Domina
Colin Wood as Miles Gloriosus
Norman Wilson as Marcus Lycus
Kevin-Michael Moore as Erronius
Performances held at the Deb Fennell Auditorium, 9000 SW Durham Rd., Tigard, OR 97224
Learn more at www.broadwayrose.org/forum
- published: 06 Aug 2016
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