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Billion Dollar Baby

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Billion Dollar Baby is a musical with the book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and the score by Morton Gould. [1]

30 relations: Adolph Green, Atlantic City, New Jersey, Betty Comden, Broadway theatre, Charleston (dance), Danny Daniels, David Burns (actor), Debbie Gravitte, Dream ballet, Funeral procession, George Abbott, Helen Gallagher, James Mitchell (actor), Jerome Robbins, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, Joan McCracken, Kristin Chenoweth, Marc Kudisch, Max Goberman, Mitzi Green, Morton Gould, Musical theatre, Neil Simon Theatre, On the Town (musical), Prohibition, Richard B. Shull, Staten Island, Virginia Gibson, William Tabbert, York Theatre.

Adolph Green

Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freed's production unit at Metro Goldwyn Mayer, during the genre's heyday.

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City is a resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches.

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Betty Comden

Betty Comden (born Basya Cohen, May 3, 1917 November 23, 2006) was one-half of the musical-comedy duo Comden and Green, who provided lyrics, libretti, and screenplays to some of the most beloved and successful Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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Charleston (dance)

The Charleston is a dance named for the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina.

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Danny Daniels

Daniel Giagni Jr., (October 25, 1924 – July 7, 2017), known as Danny Daniels, was an American choreographer, tap dancer, and teacher.

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David Burns (actor)

David Burns (June 22, 1902 – March 12, 1971) was an American Broadway theatre and motion picture actor and singer.

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Debbie Gravitte

Debbie Shapiro Gravitte (born September 29, 1954) is an American actress and singer.

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Dream ballet

A dream ballet, in musical theater, is an all-dance, no-singing production number that reflects the themes of the production.

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Funeral procession

A funeral procession is a procession, usually in motor vehicles or by foot, from a funeral home or place of worship to the cemetery or crematorium.

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George Abbott

George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned nine decades.

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Helen Gallagher

Helen Gallagher (born July 19, 1926) is an American actress, dancer, and singer.

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James Mitchell (actor)

James Mitchell (February 29, 1920 – January 22, 2010) was an American actor and dancer.

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Jerome Robbins

Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American choreographer, director, dancer, and theater producer who worked in classical ballet, on Broadway, and in films and television.

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Jerome Robbins' Broadway

Jerome Robbins' Broadway is an anthology comprising musical numbers from shows that were either directed or choreographed by Jerome Robbins.

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Joan McCracken

Joan Hume McCracken (December 31, 1917 – November 1, 1961) was an American dancer, actress, and comedian who became famous for her role as Sylvie ("The Girl Who Falls Down") in the original 1943 production of Oklahoma! She also was noted for her performances in the Broadway shows Bloomer Girl (1944), Billion Dollar Baby (1945) and Dance Me a Song (1950), and the films Hollywood Canteen (1945) and Good News (1947).

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Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Dawn Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth, July 24, 1968), The Biography Channel A&E Networks, accessed December 1, 2014; according to her autobiography, she was named Kristi Dawn Chenoweth upon her adoption five days after her birth.

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Marc Kudisch

Marc Kudisch (born September 22, 1966) is an American stage actor, who is best known for his musical theatre roles on Broadway.

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Max Goberman

Max Goberman (191131 December 1962) was an American conductor.

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Mitzi Green

Mitzi Green (born Elizabeth Keno; October 22, 1920 – May 24, 1969) was an American child actress for Paramount and RKO, in the early talkie era.

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Morton Gould

Morton Gould (December 10, 1913February 21, 1996) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, and pianist.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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Neil Simon Theatre

The Neil Simon Theatre, formerly the Alvin Theatre, is a Broadway venue built in 1927 and located at 250 West 52nd Street in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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On the Town (musical)

On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music.

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Prohibition

Prohibition is the illegality of the manufacturing, storage in barrels or bottles, transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcohol including alcoholic beverages, or a period of time during which such illegality was enforced.

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Richard B. Shull

Richard Bruce Shull (February 24, 1929 – October 14, 1999) was an American character actor.

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Staten Island

Staten Island is the southernmost and westernmost of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York.

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Virginia Gibson

Virginia Gibson (born Virginia Gorski; April 9, 1925 – April 25, 2013) was an American dancer, singer and actress of film, television and musical theatre.

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William Tabbert

William “Bill” Tabbert (October 5, 1919 – October 18, 1974) was an American actor and singer primarily remembered as Lieutenant Joseph Cable in the original Broadway production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical South Pacific.

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York Theatre

York Theatre is an Off-Broadway theatre company based in East Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_Dollar_Baby

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