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	Burt Shevelove - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Burt Shevelove (1915 - 8 April 1981) was an American musical theater writer, lyricist, librettist, and director..
		The Frogs - adapted from Aristophanes' play in 1974; in 2004 Nathan Lane further adapted Shevelove's libretto for the work's Broadway premiere
		Jerome Robbins' Broadway - 1989; used some of Shevelove's Forum text
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burt_Shevelove (121 words)

	'Frogs' They Would A-Swimming Go
		Shevelove wasn't proposing a tired replay of a Busby Berkeley cavalcade; or a revival of "Wish You Were Here," which brought a pea-sized pool to Broadway a decade or so ago; or a floating operetta at the Jones Beach Marine Stadium.
		This was a distinguished play in a distinctive situation: a classic Greek comedy, seldom staged anywhere, let alone in the Yale exhibition pool; an intellectual farce by the Mack Sennett of his day, in which the titular frogs symbolize all the philistines who mock the pursuit of poetry and passion.
		Shevelove, who co-wrote, directed and appeared in the 1940's revue, "Small Wonder," was never a Top Banana.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/98/07/19/specials/sondheim-frogs.html (1528 words)

	Burt Kwouk - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Burt Kwouk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Burt Kwouk (born July 18, 1930) is an actor who was born in Manchester, England.
		He has appeared in an enormous number of films and TV programmes over the years and is perhaps most famous for playing Cato, Inspector Clouseau's man-servant in the Pink Panther films.
		Having appeared for many years in virtually any UK production that called for a man of East Asian appearance, Kwouk is much loved in the UK and is a bit of a cult figure for children of the 1970s—hence his appearances in Harry Hill's TV programme as himself.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Burt-Kwouk.html (178 words)

	Burt Hooton - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Burt Hooton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Burt Hooton - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Burt Hooton.
		Burt Carlton Hooton (born February 7, 1950 in Greenville, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs (1971-75), Los Angeles Dodgers (1975-84) and Texas Rangers (1985).
		Hooton assisted University of Texas at Austin and made his major league debut in 1971.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Burt-Hooton.html (188 words)

	Playbill News: ON THE RECORD: A New Recording of Sondheim's The Frogs
		Burton Shevelove's clever conceit, which he was able to pull off, was to have the title characters played by the Yale swimming team, in Yale's Olympic-sized pool.
		Shevelove went on to an up-and-down career along Broadway, making his debut in 1948 as director of the revue Small Wonder.
		Eight years later, Shevelove was called in to salvage a revival of one of those ill-assembled, creaky old Broadway musicals.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/91023.html (1822 words)

	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
		Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart and Stephen Sondheim had become disgruntled with the fact that Broadway’s musical comedies where proficient on show stopping tunes, but inept when it came to humour.
		Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart deliberately plagiarised from the ancient Roman playwright Titus Maccius Plautus.
		Furious at the time, he later credited Shevelove and Gelbart with the success of the show, saying that he had, after all, granted the former's request to write, as Meryle Secrest put it in her biography, "songs that could be removed without making the slightest difference".
	www.ipollard.demon.co.uk /PQContinuum/SondheimsFunny.html (11864 words)

	eastbayexpress.com \| \| Theater \| Yes, Yes, Nanette! \| 2002-10-16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This awkward choice was made by director Burt Shevelove for the 1971 production because his Sue, Ruby Keeler, couldn't remember lines.
		And the part of Pauline the maid seems doomed to be played by a comedienne directed to let her antics overwhelm the acting around her.
		The raciest moment has to be when Lucille sings that before she wised up and got married, "[boys] ate my candy, then they'd go." As Shevelove told his cast on the first day of rehearsals (he was stalling for time, as he had no script for them), "The world today is not a pretty place.
	www.eastbayexpress.com /issues/2002-10-16/theater.html (1289 words)

	Encyclopedia: Stephen Sondheim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States.
		The Frogs (2004) (revised book by Nathan Lane), from Burt Shevelove's 1974 book.
		West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stephen-Sondheim (4444 words)

	Burt Shevelove -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Burt Shevelove -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Burt Shevelove (1915 - 8 April1981) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American musical theater writer, lyricist, librettist, and director..
		Jerome Robbins' Broadway - 1989; used some of Shevelove's (A public facility to meet for open discussion) Forum text
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/B/Bu/Burt_Shevelove.htm (287 words)

	Alibris: Stephen Burt
		Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Introduction by Larry Gelbart "This brazenly retro Broadway musical, inspired by Plautus, is as timeless as comedy itself." - Vincent Canby, The New York Times * "The most urbane and literate musical comedy text ever conceived." - John Simon, New York Magazine
		Using a geographical perspective and stressing the fundamental importance of the drainage basin as the primary unit for water quality control, the second section deals with nitrate transport patterns.
		"In this beautiful debut volume, Stephen Burt, in poetic actions that range with unusual ease from prose to sonnets and free verse, explores the sensation of selfhood as it presents itself, in all its fractured pans, for reformation.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Burt,Stephen (656 words)

	The Stephen Sondheim Society - News Articles
		Kattan, who was a regular on the NBC late-night comedy series for seven years, will join Nathan Lane in The Frogs, the Stephen Sondheim musical opening July 15 at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at the Lincoln Centre in June.
		The musical, freely adapted from Aristophanes' comedy by Burt Shevelove, has been further rewritten by Lane, who will star as the Greek god Dionysos.
		Sondheim said, and Burt Shevelove's book has been updated by Nathan Lane, who also stars.
	www.sondheim.org /php/news.php?id=1466 (390 words)

	The Stephen Sondheim Society - News Articles
		Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove's adaption of Aristophanes' The Frogs premiered in 1974 featuring students of the Yale Drama School in a university swimming pool.
		Shevelove's adaptation into a full-length work, switching the setting from a swimming pool to the Beaumont stage
		Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, freely adapted from Aristophanes by Burt Shevelove and even more freely adapted by Nathan Lane, directed and choreographed by Susan Stroman.
	www.sondheim.org /php/news.php?id=1614 (185 words)

	A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
		It took Larry and Burt eleven complete and distinct separate drafts, and everybody thinks that it was whipped up over a weekend because it plays so easily.
		I first saw FORUM when it was revived on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre with Larry Blyden as the producer and Burt Shevelove as director.
		Burt Shevelove was nominated for Best Direction of a Musical but lost to Harold Prince and Michael Bennett for FOLLIES.
	www.bestweb.net /~foosie/forum.htm (3290 words)

	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Something for Every-Bawdy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Burt Shevelove collaborated with Gelbart on the libretto for the play back in 1962?
		Before venturing into such a project with the likes of George Abbott (director) and Hal Prince (producer), Burt Shevelove wrote and directed for the Broadway stage.
		Gelbart and Shevelove borrowed generously from the plays of Roman comedy writer, Plautus (circa 254184 B.C.), borrowing openly from two of his plays, Miles Gloriosus and Pseudolus.
	www.bard.org /Education/Other/forumbawdy.html (1073 words)

	Read about Burt Shevelove at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Burt Shevelove and learn about Burt Shevelove here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Research Burt Shevelove and learn about Burt Shevelove here!
		Aristophanes' play in 1974; in 2004 Nathan Lane further adapted Shevelove's libretto for the work's Broadway premiere
		Jerome Robbins' Broadway - 1989; used some of Shevelove's
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Burt_Shevelove (132 words)

	Entertainment News \| Roger Bart Now in 'The Frogs' at Lincoln Center
		Bart plays the role of Xanthias, the sidekick to Dionysos, played Nathan Lane, who rewrote the Burt Shevelove libretto, which was inspired by Aristophanes.
		Bart was Tony-nominated for the role of Carmen Ghia in the Mel Brooks musical, after having previously won the award for You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown.
		The story was updated to feature a debate between William Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw and has traditionally required elaborate special effects, a large cast of actors skilled in both acting and swimming and an exhibition pool in which they perform.
	www.entertainment-news.org /breaking/1462/roger-bart-now-in-the-frogs-at-lincoln-center.html (644 words)

	Sondheim.com - Putting it together since 1994.
		Sondheim thought it would be "merely a dinner," but it was actually a full-scale production with 33 performers and a 30-piece orchestra, staged on the set of the then-running A Little Night Music at the Shubert Theatre.
		The director, Burt Shevelove, divided the show into four segments: Sondheim as lyricist, cut songs, comedy numbers and songs for women.
		Most of the cast had been associated with Sondheim at some point in their careers.
	www.sondheim.com /shows/a_musical_tribute (357 words)

	Sondheim.com - Putting it together since 1994.
		Based on the plays of Plautus, this musical with a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart reveled in "low comedy" without playing off anachronisms.
		The plot concerned a young hero, named Hero, who has fallen in love with a courtesan from next door.
		All Sondheim completists are sure to now own the first complete recording of The Frogs coupled with Evening Primrose.
	www.sondheim.com /shows/a_funny_thing_happened (353 words)

	June Moon @ Filmbug
		As the young man begins to become successful, he, not surprisingly, finds Eileen (Sarandon) far more exciting than his sweet girlfriend from the train (Meredith), though Eileen, not surprisingly, is taking him for every penny she can get her hands on.
		Though it would be possible to play this show broadly as a spoof or as a satire, this production, directed by Burt Shevelove and Kirk Browning, plays it straight.
		Written by George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner, for whom this show was his only Broadway success, the production's brightest spot is the appearance of a very young Stephen Sondheim in a minor role as a wise-cracking pianist.
	www.filmbug.com /asin/B0000640TE (625 words)

	Burt Shevelove Pics - Burt Shevelove News - Burt Shevelove Information
		Original musical version of the Oscar Wilde story with music and lyrics by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick.
		The house is reputed to be haunted by the ghost of Sir Simon Canterville but the Otis family doesn't believe it-even after the Ghost appears.
		Tell the world what you think of Burt Shevelove.
	www.tv.com /burt-shevelove/person/173121/summary.html (99 words)

	Green Room Online
		Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
		The result is a non-stop laugh-fest in which a crafty slave (Pseudolus) struggles to win the hand of a beautiful but slow-witted courtesan (Philia) for his young master (Hero), in exchange for freedom.
		With its unforgettable zany characters, an hysterical, perfectly constructed book by Larry Gelbart (of MASH and City Of Angels fame) and Burt Shevelove, and witty Stephen Sondheim songs which are modest in their vocal demands, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum allows a brilliant ensemble of comedic actors to shine.
	www.greenroomonline.org /civic/forum.htm (224 words)

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	DigiGuide : Burt Shevelove
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	"Forum" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Book by Larry Gelbart ("M.A.S.H.") and Burt Shevelove
		The first five lines of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" tell everything.
		The seller of the contract panics, the wife panics, everyone panics, and pandemonium ensues.
	www.starlighters.org /forum.html (163 words)

	Author Biography: Music Theatre International - MTI - Musical Theatre Broadway Shows Available for Licensing
		Burt Shevelove was born in Newark, New Jersey, graduated from Brown University and received a Master's degree in theater from Yale.
		While at Yale, he wrote lyrics for a musical version of Plautus's Mostellaria and later became the resident director for the Yale Dramatic Association.
		The following shows by Burt Shevelove are available at MTI:
	www.mtishows.com /bio.asp?bID=3240 (380 words)

	Alley Theatre -
		Burt Shevelove made an auspicious Broadway debut in 1948 as the director, co-author and co-producer of the successful revue Small Wonder.
		He contributed prodigiously to television, producing, directing and writing hundreds of shows starring, among others, Jack Benny, Art Carney, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and Barbara Streisand and winning many awards, including the Emmy and Peabody.
		Shevelove's last Broadway show was the musical Happy New Year, which he adapted from Philip Barry's play Holiday, and also directed.
	www.alleytheatre.org /Alley/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=58&SnID=475817592&FullStoryArea=NEWSFULLSTORY (1495 words)

	Playbill News: Sondheim, Lane and Stroman's The Frogs Finds a Lily Pad at Lincoln Center Beginning June 22
		The Frogs, the newly revamped version of Stephen Sondheim and Burt Shevelove's Aristophanes-inspired 1974 musical oddity, will leap to life June 22, when previews begin at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
		Susan Stroman directs and choreographs the show, which will feature a half-dozen new songs by Sondheim and mark star Lane's first attempt at writing a musical theatre libretto.
		Lane approached the composer about taking a new crack at the script after a successful May 22, 2002, concert version of the show.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/86919.html (853 words)

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		"It's Comedy Tonight!" That's what Pseudolus (as Prologus) promises in the prologue right from the start, and that is what Larry Gelbart, Burt Shevelove, and Stephan Sondheim deliver.
		The seed for this classic farce came from playwright Burt Shevelove's studies of Plautus while a graduate student at
		Playwrights Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove also continued to have vital careers after
	www.hartnell.cc.ca.us /westernstage/press_releases/FORUM_RELEASE.htm (783 words)

	Find in a Library: Four by Sondheim, Wheeler, Lapine, Shevelove and Gelbart.
		Find in a Library: Four by Sondheim, Wheeler, Lapine, Shevelove and Gelbart.
		Four by Sondheim, Wheeler, Lapine, Shevelove and Gelbart.
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	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/d64193a3cde89e90a19afeb4da09e526.html (60 words)

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