Burt Shevelove

{{Short description|American dramatist (1915–1982)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Burt Shevelove

| birth_name = Burton George Shevelove

| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|9|19}}

| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|4|8|1915|9|19}}

| death_place = London, England, UK

| education = Brown University {{small|(BA)}}
Yale University {{small|(MFA)}}

| occupation = Author, director, playwright, librettist

}}

Burton George Shevelove (September 19, 1915 – April 8, 1982) was an American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director.

Biography

Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Brown University and Yale (Master's degree). At Brown in 1935, he acted in the first ever Brownbrokers musical titled Something Bruin. After serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War II, he began working as a writer, director and producer for radio and television. At the time of his death he had lived in London for many years.{{cite news | author=Carol Lawson | title=Burt Shevelove Writer, 66, and Director, Dies| url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30814FF385D0C7A8CDDAD0894DA484D81 | work=The New York Times | date=9 April 1982| accessdate=2008-06-14}}

His Broadway career started in 1948 with writing material, co-producing and directing for the revue Small Wonder.{{cite web|author=Toby Simkin |title=Author Biography: Burt Shevelove |url=http://www.mtishows.com/bio.asp?bID=3240 |publisher=Music Theatre International |accessdate=2008-06-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928014813/http://www.mtishows.com/bio.asp?bID=3240 |archivedate=September 28, 2007 }} Among his successes were A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and No, No, Nanette, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical.

He died at his apartment in London, where he had been living for about 15 years, on April 8. 1982. He was survived by his mother and a sister.

Work

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