"A Party with BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN" (Signed) 1976 Cleveland Playbill

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This is a rare autographed playbill from the Pre-Broadway engagement of the musical revue "A PARTY WITH COMDEN AND GREEN" at the Cleveland Playhouse in Cleveland, Ohio. (Following an extensive tour, the revival opened February 10th, 1977 at New York's Morosco Theatre and ran for 92 performances.) ..... Following a series of successful Monday night shows at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre in 1958, the brilliant collaborating team of BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN took their show to New York's Golden Theatre, where a planned three-week engagement was extended from December 23rd, 1958 through May 23rd, 1959 due to overwhelming demand. Performing songs from their early Night Club Act ("The Revuers") as well as their successful Broadway shows, this revised edition also starred Comden and Green who were accompanied by PAUL TRUEBLOOD at the piano ..... Note: Both BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN signed the front cover ..... Biographical note: The team of BETTY COMDEN (
1917 - 2006) and
ADOLPH GREEN
(1915 - 2002) were the longest running creative partnership in theatre history. They began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called "The Revuers", which included the late Judy Holliday. They went on to collaborate with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins on what was the first Broadway show for all four, "On the Town". Also with Mr. Bernstein, they wrote the lyrics for "Wonderful Town"
and with Jule Styne, the book and/or lyrics for "Bells Are Ringing", "Do Re Mi", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Fade Out - Fade In", "Hallelujah, Baby!" and others. They won five Tony Awards for the musicals "Wonderful Town", "Applause", "Hallelujah, Baby!" and "On the Twentieth Century". The Comden and Green film musicals include "Singin' in the Rain", "The Band Wagon", "On the Town", "Bells Are Ringing", "It's Always Fair Weather", "Good News", "Auntie Mame" and "The Barkleys of Broadway". "Singin' in the Rain" was recently voted as one of the ten best American movies ever made by a vote of international film critics conducted by the prestigious magazine "Sight and Sound". As performers, Comden and Green were members of the Original Broadway Cast of "On the Town", and later did an evening at New York's Golden Theatre, "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green", comprised of material from their own shows and films as well as their act, "The Revuers". In 1977 they did a new version of "A Party" to unanimous acclaim at the Morosco Theatre and later toured throughout the country. (Source: Songwriters Hall of Fame) ..... CREDITS: Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN, JULE STYNE, ANDRE PREVIN, MORTON GOULD, ROGER EDENS and SAUL CHAPLIN (Note: The song credits are not listed in the playbill); Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN ("On the Town", "Two On the Aisle", "Wonderful Town", "Bells Are Ringing", "Do Re Mi", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Fade Out - Fade In", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Lorelei", "Applause", "On the Twentieth Century", "A Doll's Life", "The Will Rogers Follies") ..... DETAILS: The four page playbill measures 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" inches and includes bios of Comden and Green and promotional text but with the exception of the front cover, no cast photos ..... CONDITION: This playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard ..... SHIPPING DISCOUNTS: Check my "Other Items" for additional rare Broadway playbills and other theatre related memorabilia. Shipping discounts are available for multiple purchases when all items are combined into a single payment. Please wait for a revised invoice before sending payment ..... THANKS !!!
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