• Abe Burrows (born Abram Solman Borowitz; December 18, 1910 – May 17, 1985) was an American humorist, author, and director for radio and the stage. He...
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  • musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure"...
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  • James Edward Burrows (born December 30, 1940), sometimes known as Jim "Jimmy" Burrows, is an American television director. Burrows has received numerous...
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  • Abe Burrows' Almanac is an American television series that aired on CBS from January 4, 1950, until March 29, 1950. The live program, hosted by Abe Burrows...
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  • Without Really Trying is a 1961 musical by Frank Loesser and book by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock, and Willie Gilbert, based on Shepherd Mead's 1952 book...
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  • L. Diamond from the 1965 Broadway play of the same name written by Abe Burrows, which in turn was based upon the French play Fleur de cactus by Pierre...
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  • composer and lyricist Frank Loesser, with a book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, which, in turn, was loosely based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown"...
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    produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television and was created by the team of James Burrows and Glen and Les...
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  • Cactus Flower is a farce by Abe Burrows. It played for years on Broadway before being adapted by I.A.L. Diamond into a 1969 feature film directed by Gene...
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    the panel (Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, Bennett Cerf, and Abe Burrows). Abe Burrows remarked at the end of the segment that "because she is so pretty...
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  • MacGrath were replaced by Abe Burrows. (According to Cecil Michener Smith and Glenn Litton, Kaufman became angry and quit.) Burrows re-wrote most of the book...
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  • Dowling Based on Cactus Flower by I. A. L. Diamond Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows Pierre Barillet Jean-Pierre Gredy Produced by Adam Sandler Jack Giarraputo...
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  • Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer, loosely based on the musical play by Abe Burrows. The music and lyrics were written by Cole Porter for the play, but for...
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  • Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows. The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during...
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  • Various artists Can-Can + film (1960) 1953 Broadway Cole Porter Porter Abe Burrows Notable song: "I Am in Love". Candide 1956 Broadway Leonard Bernstein...
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  • Dhawan Written by Sanjay Chhel Rumi Jaffery Story by Abe Burrows Based on Cactus Flower by Abe Burrows Produced by Sohail Khan Dhillin Mehta Starring Salman...
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    Harvard, Jones and Al Gore). In early 1971, he returned to Broadway in Abe Burrows' Four on a Garden where he shared the stage with Carol Channing and Sid...
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  • musical with music and lyrics by Bob Merrill and a book originally by Abe Burrows but rewritten during pre-Broadway tryouts by Edward Albee. It is based...
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  • a 1956 American comedy film directed by Richard Quine and written by Abe Burrows, Howard Teichmann, and George S. Kaufman. It was adapted from the hit...
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  • Say, Darling 1958 Broadway Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green Abe Burrows, Marian Bissell and Richard Bissell Say It with Songs 1929 Film Dave...
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  • Abe Burrows, who also directed the musical. It is based on Helen Jerome's 1935 stage adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. Abe Burrows...
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    Basil Langton, US and Australia 1978: Can-Can, musical by Cole Porter & Abe Burrows, director John Bishop, US and Canadian tour 1983: The rehearsal by Jean...
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  • situation comedy Cheers (co-created by James Burrows, the son of Duffy's Tavern co-creator Abe Burrows). Jackie Gleason's "Joe the Bartender" sketches...
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  • Joshua Logan, Rodgers and Hammerstein 1951 (5th) Guys and Dolls Book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling, Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser Cy Feuer & Ernest H...
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    Runyon's eclectic characters were at the core of Frank Loesser's and Abe Burrows' Guys and Dolls, (1950, 1,200 performances); and the Gold Rush was the...
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    a musician on such radio programs as School Days of the Air, and The Abe Burrows Show. One of his best-known tunes is an arrangement of the song "The...
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  • include The 20th Century Fox Hour and The Untouchables. Together with Abe Burrows, O'Neal adapted his 1949 novel The Three Wishes of Jamie McRuin for the...
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  • Jonathan Togo.[citation needed] Curtis appeared in Take Me Out at NYU's Abe Burrows Theatre, and in Alexander Klymko's 2011 film Spy. Curtis has made various...
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  • Danny Rubin 2017 Guys and Dolls 1950 Frank Loesser Loesser Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows 1951 It won all five Tonys for which it was nominated. The 1955 film...
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  • showcase the talents of Bert Lahr. After one preview, the show, directed by Abe Burrows, and choreographed by Ron Fletcher, opened on July 19, 1951 at the Mark...
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