词条 | Michael Stewart (playwright) |
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| name = Michael Stewart | birth_name = Michael Stuart Rubin | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|8|1}} | birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1987|9|20|1924|8|1}} | death_place = New York City, New York, U.S. | occupation = Playwright, librettist | education = City University of New York, Queens {{small|(BA)}} Yale University {{small|(MFA)}} | period = 1955–1985 | genre = Musical theatre | notableworks = {{Unbulleted list | Bye Bye Birdie (1960) | Carnival! (1961) | Hello, Dolly! (1964) | George M! (1968) | Mack and Mabel (1974) | Barnum (1980) | 42nd Street (1980)}} | relatives = Francine Pascal (sister) John Pascal (brother-in-law) | awards = {{Unbulleted list | Tony Award for Best Musical | 1961 Bye Bye Birdie | 1964 Hello, Dolly! | Tony Award for Best Author | 1964 Hello, Dolly!}} }} Michael Stewart (August 1, 1924 – September 20, 1987) was an American playwright and librettist for the stage. Life and careerBorn Myron[1] Stuart Rubin in Manhattan, Stewart attended Queens College, and graduated from the Yale School of Drama with a Master of Fine Arts in 1953.[2][3] His early work was writing sketches for the revues The Shoestring Revue (1955),[4] The Littlest Revue (1956),[5] and Shoestring '57 (1956, Barbizon-Plaza, New York).[6] He then joined the staff writers of Sid Caesar's television program, Caesar's Hour.[2] He met Charles Strouse and Lee Adams in 1954, and several years after collaborated with them and Gower Champion on the 1960 Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie.[2] He worked again with Champion and Jerry Herman, with their musical Hello, Dolly! opening on Broadway in 1964.[2] Stewart died on September 20, 1987 in New York City. Jule Styne said of him: "He was an extremely talented and knowledgeable man of the theater. He was one of the great musical-theater writers, and his string of hits showed that."[2] Stewart's sister was writer Francine Pascal and brother Burt Rubin.[2][7] Theatre credits
Notes1. ^Mitchell Loebel, 1st cousin 2. ^1 2 3 4 5 Gerard, Jeremy. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5DE163AF932A1575AC0A961948260 "Michael Stewart Is Dead 63; Author of Broadway Musicals"] The New York Times, September 21, 1987, Section B, p.16 3. ^His name should be shown as "Myron Rubin" — edited by Mitchell Loebel, first cousin. 4. ^The Shoestring Revue. BroadWayWorld.com, accessed January 3, 2011 5. ^The Littlest Revue. BroadWayWorld.com, accessed January 3, 2011 6. ^Funke, Lewis. "Theatre: 'Shoestring '57': New Revue Arrives at the Barbizon-Plaza", The New York Times, November 6, 1956, p.31 7. ^Burt Rubin, son of William and Kate Rubin and brother to Michael Stewart. "Michael Stewart Is Dead 63; Author of Broadway Musicals", The New York Times, September 21, 1987, Section B, p.16 8. ^Rich, Frank."Stage:'Harrigan 'n Hart' Opens at the Longacre" The New York Times, February 1, 1985 External links
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