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Elliot Forbes (1917–2006) was an eminent musicologist, perhaps best known for revising
Thayer’s Life of Beethoven
.
         29 Francis C. Lawrance (?–2004) was president of J. S. Frelinghuysen Insurance Co. of New York.
         30 Sherwood Rollins (1919–82) formed his own executive search firm, Sherwood Rollins Company, in New York, and went on to write musical shows for charity benefits as a longtime member of the Tavern Club in Boston.
         31 Leroy Anderson (1908–75) was a major composer and conductor who specialized in “light” music.
         32 C. L. B., “Hasty Pudding Theatricals,”
Harvard Crimson
, March 28, 1939. (Accessed at http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1939/3/28/the-playgoer-pin-its-93rd-production/ on January 9, 2013.)
         33 “Revue Given Here by Harvard Group,”
New York Times
, April 9, 1939, G6.
         34 Edward C. Lilley (1896–1974) was active on Broadway as a director of musicals and operettas, especially in the 1930s.
         35 Actor and director Arthur Pierson (1901–75) was born in Norway but raised in Seattle and worked as both an actor and director on Broadway and in Hollywood. His appearances included playing Lorenzo in Hal Roach’s film
The Devil’s Brother
(1933) and Demetrius in Max Reinhardt’s famous production of
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(1937) on Broadway.
         36 “News of the Stage,”
New York Times
, October 6, 1939, 35.
         37 Lerner’s self-entry in the Harvard Class report of 1946 is quoted in Edward Jablonski,
Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography
(New York: Henry Holt, 1996), 13 .
         38 Lerner,
Street
, 27–28.
         39 Gene Lees usefully indicates some of the other versions in Inventing Champagne: The Worlds of Lerner and Loewe
(New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1990), 41–42 .
         40 Barry Conners (1882–1933) was an actor and writer of a number of successful plays, including
Hell’s Bells
(1925), which featured the Broadway debuts of Humphrey Bogart and Shirley Booth.
         41 “Revival Tonight for Capek’s R.U.R.,”
New York Times
, December 3, 1942, 34.
         42 “News and Gossip Picked Up on the Rialto,”
New York Times
, August 8, 1943, X2. Mark Warnow (1900–49) was a conductor and violinist.
What’s Up?
is his only Broadway credit, though he worked with success for CBS/Columbia, including as a conductor and arranger for Frank Sinatra.
         43 Sam Zolotow, “Warnow Musical Opening Tonight,”
New York Times
, November 11, 1943, 30.
         44 George Balanchine (1904–83) choreographed more than 400 ballets, including work with Rodgers and Hart on
On Your Toes
and
Babes in Arms
.
         45 Comedian Jimmy Savo (1895–1960) enjoyed success on Broadway in the original production of Rodgers and Hart’s
The Boys from Syracuse
(1938).
         46 “‘Land of Fame’ Will Open Sept. 21,”
New York Times
, August 9, 1943, 19. Sam Zolotow, “The Franken Play Coming to Royale,”
New York Times
, October 5, 1943, 30.
         47 Lewis Nichols, “A Group of Young People Sing and Dance the Measures of ‘What’s Up’ at the National,”
New York Times
, November 12, 1943, 24.
         48 Sam Zolotow, “Draper and Adler at the City Center,”
New York Times
, December 31, 1943, 18.
         49 “Ethel Barrymore May Return Dec. 4,”
New York Times
, November 18, 1944, 17.
         50 John C. Wilson (1899–1961) had a prolific career on Broadway as producer or director of
Kiss Me, Kate
(1948),
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
(1949), and
Make a Wish
(1951), among many plays and musicals.
         51 Sam Zolotow, “New Musical Play Due in September,”
New York Times
, April 27, 1945, 23.
         52 Sam Zolotow, “Rights to ‘Spring’ Sought by Metro,”
New York Times
, June 13, 1945, 28.
         53 Irene Dunne (1898–1990) was a film star whose hits included
Show Boat
(1936),
The Awful Truth
(1937), and
I Remember Mama
(1948).
         54 Lerner,
Street
, 33 and