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...the second leads in the brightly colored, high energy film version of the Broadway musical, "Best Foot Forward" (1943), which also got [[June Allyson]] off an ...comedy (''"The Yellow Cab Man"'' 1950). Her best films in this period were musicals, as she gamely supported [[Gene Kelly]] and [[Judy Garland]] in ''"Summer S

...e major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics, as well as the music, for his songs. Porter's other musicals include ''Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes, Can-C

...eatre, Lansbury finally gained stardom for playing the leading role in the Broadway musical ''Mame'' (1966), which earned her her first ''Tony Award'' and esta ...earances throughout that decade. These included leading roles in the stage musicals ''Gypsy'', ''Sweeney Todd'', and ''The King and I'', as well as in the hit

...ng his lifetime, including the standards "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway", "The Yankee Doodle Boy" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". As a composer, he Known in the decade before World War I as "the man who owned Broadway", he is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and musi

Hart's first glimpse of Broadway came in 1919 when he was 14 years old. He later recounted exiting the subwa ...c Connelly and Edna Ferber. (Kaufman also performed in the play's original Broadway cast in the role of a frustrated [[playwright]] hired by Hollywood) and pro

...actress, singer, and dancer who first appeared in [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] musicals in the 1940s and 50s. With her soprano voice and girl-next-door image, Powe Powell returned to the stage in 2000, starring in an Off-Broadway production of ''Avow'' and ''Bounce''. In December 2007, she united with th

...and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical ''Grease'', and as Carol Traynor, the divor ...Could Do,’ the title of the song I sang as the original Rizzo in Grease on Broadway. The book is a copulation of stories from my career, and my life,” Barbea

...vaudeville for three years in the act, appearing with [[Eddie Cantor]] on Broadway in 1941's "<I>Banjo Eyes</I>". ...uently in B-movie westerns and adventure films. While she also appeared in musicals, Mayo's singing voice was always dubbed.

Montevecchi replaced Colette Brosset in the 1958 Broadway revue La Plume de Ma Tante. After some television work in series such as Pl ...ert version of Follies staged at Avery Fisher Hall, and she has starred in musicals such as Irma La Douce, Gigi and Hello Dolly!.

'''Bernard J. Taylor''' is the writer and composer of six stage musicals that have been produced around the world and translated into German, Romani ...f the Austen novel was considered to be closer to its source than the 1959 Broadway version (see ''VEFSM''), First Impressions (Austen's original title for th

...onal experience, he gave me a small role." Pidgeon made his first featured Broadway debut in Janis' 1925 revue, ''Puzzles of 1925''. ...dramatic roles. In 1935 he took a break from Hollywood and did a stint on Broadway, appearing in the plays ''Something Gay'', ''Night of January 16th'', and '

...Laine made her acting debut as a teenager with minor roles in the Broadway musicals ''Oklahoma!'' and ''The Pajama Game''. Following minor appearances as an un

...'', whom she married. She went on to star in several West End and Broadway musicals, including <I>"The Phantom of the Opera"</I>, where she originated the role

...-scale production musicals become the de rigueur of Broadway (and even Off-Broadway) productions, playwrights find it difficult to earn a living in the busines ...is the play that shows up on a producer's desk that gains any traction. On Broadway, this has happened with David Mamet's Race (2009) and Martin McDonagh's A B

...ce'' (1936), ''Broadway Melody of 1938'' (1937), ''Rosalie'' (1937), and ''Broadway Melody of 1940'' (1940). She retired from films in the mid-1940s and then b ...n) are credited with having suggested to Powell that she set her sights on Broadway.

...or two years when [[Universal Studios]] decided to sign her up. Though her musicals were obviously hep and had lots of pep, they were pretty much assembly-line

...heatre as a mimic and a comedian, finally making his professional debut on Broadway in 1923 as a chorus boy in a production of ''Little Nellie Kelly'' by [[Geo Oakie worked in various musicals and comedies on Broadway from 1923 to 1927, when he moved to Hollywood to work in movies at the end

...for his quick-witted humor and his work in burlesque and vaudeville and on Broadway. ...]. In 1939, he co-starred as Louis Blore alongside [[Ethel Merman]] in the Broadway production of ''DuBarry Was a Lady'', receiving acclaim.

Beginning her film career in 1929 and on Broadway in the early 1930s, Arden's first major role was in the [[RKO Radio Picture ...ead Actress in a Drama Series. She also played the school principal in the musicals ''Grease'' (1978) and ''Grease 2'' (1982).

...known for her 1925 comic novel, ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'', and her 1951 Broadway adaptation of Colette's novella ''Gigi''. ...e mourners with humorous anecdotes and Jule Styne played songs from Loos's musicals, including "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend".