Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Hugh Wheeler

Index Hugh Wheeler

Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987) was a British screenwriter, librettist, poet, and translator. [1]

35 relations: A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, A Little Night Music (film), Big Fish, Little Fish (play), Cabaret (1972 film), Candide (operetta), Comden and Green, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, Edgar Award, Evita (musical), Irene (musical), James Kirkwood Jr., John Guare, Libretto, Lortel Archives, Meet Me in St. Louis, Mel Shapiro, Mystery fiction, Mystery Writers of America, Nicholas Dante, Nijinsky (film), On the Twentieth Century, Pacific Overtures, Patrick Quentin, Pen name, Screenwriter, Something for Everyone, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, The Little Prince and the Aviator, Tim Rice, Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Travels with My Aunt (film), Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical), University of London, We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line is a musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and A Chorus Line · See more »

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and A Little Night Music · See more »

A Little Night Music (film)

A Little Night Music is a 1977 film adaptation of the musical A Little Night Music.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and A Little Night Music (film) · See more »

Big Fish, Little Fish (play)

Big Fish, Little Fish is a comedy in three acts by playwright Hugh Wheeler.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Big Fish, Little Fish (play) · See more »

Cabaret (1972 film)

Cabaret is a 1972 American musical drama film directed by Bob Fosse and starring Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Cabaret (1972 film) · See more »

Candide (operetta)

Candide is an operetta with music composed by Leonard Bernstein, based on the 1759 novella of the same name by Voltaire.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Candide (operetta) · See more »

Comden and Green

Comden and Green refers to the 60-year writing partnership of Betty Comden (1917–2006) and Adolph Green (1914–2002).

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Comden and Green · See more »

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical · See more »

Edgar Award

The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America, based in New York City.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Edgar Award · See more »

Evita (musical)

Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics and book by Tim Rice.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Evita (musical) · See more »

Irene (musical)

Irene is a musical with a book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and music by Harry Tierney.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Irene (musical) · See more »

James Kirkwood Jr.

James Kirkwood Jr. (August 22, 1924 – April 21, 1989) was an American playwright, author and actor.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and James Kirkwood Jr. · See more »

John Guare

John Guare (rhymes with "air"; born February 5, 1938) is an Irish American playwright.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and John Guare · See more »

Libretto

A libretto is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Libretto · See more »

Lortel Archives

The Lortel Archives, or the Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDb) is an online database that catalogues theatre productions shown off-Broadway.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Lortel Archives · See more »

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Meet Me in St. Louis · See more »

Mel Shapiro

Mel Shapiro is an American theatre director and writer, college professor, and author.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Mel Shapiro · See more »

Mystery fiction

Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction usually involving a mysterious death or a crime to be solved.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Mystery fiction · See more »

Mystery Writers of America

Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is an organization of mystery and crime writers, based in New York City.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Mystery Writers of America · See more »

Nicholas Dante

Nicholas Dante (November 22, 1941 – May 21, 1991 from New York Times, 22 May 1991) was an American dancer and writer, best known for having co-written the book of the musical A Chorus Line.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Nicholas Dante · See more »

Nijinsky (film)

Nijinsky is a 1980 American biographical film directed by Herbert Ross.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Nijinsky (film) · See more »

On the Twentieth Century

On the Twentieth Century is a musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and On the Twentieth Century · See more »

Pacific Overtures

Pacific Overtures is a musical written by Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Pacific Overtures · See more »

Patrick Quentin

Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Callingham Wheeler (19 March 1912 – 26 July 1987), Richard Wilson Webb (August 1901 – December 1966), Martha Mott Kelley (30 April 1906 – 2005) and Mary Louise White Aswell (3 June 1902 – 24 December 1984) wrote detective fiction.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Patrick Quentin · See more »

Pen name

A pen name (nom de plume, or literary double) is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their "real" name.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Pen name · See more »

Screenwriter

A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter for short), scriptwriter or scenarist is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, comics or video games, are based.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Screenwriter · See more »

Something for Everyone

Something for Everyone is a 1970 American black comedy film starring Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony Higgins, and Jane Carr.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Something for Everyone · See more »

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street · See more »

The Little Prince and the Aviator

The Little Prince and the Aviator is a musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Don Black, and music by John Barry.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and The Little Prince and the Aviator · See more »

Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Tim Rice · See more »

Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical

The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical · See more »

Travels with My Aunt (film)

Travels with My Aunt is a 1972 American comedy film directed by George Cukor and written Jay Presson Allen and Hugh Wheeler, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Graham Greene.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Travels with My Aunt (film) · See more »

Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical)

Two Gentlemen of Verona is a rock musical, with a book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare comedy of the same name.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and Two Gentlemen of Verona (musical) · See more »

University of London

The University of London (abbreviated as Lond. or more rarely Londin. in post-nominals) is a collegiate and a federal research university located in London, England.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and University of London · See more »

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a 1962 mystery novel by American author Shirley Jackson.

New!!: Hugh Wheeler and We Have Always Lived in the Castle · See more »

Redirects here:

Hugh Callingham Wheeler.

References

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

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »