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Comden, Betty
Note: Variety obit is for husband of (Steven Kyle) (Source: 1)
cast, composer, librettist, lyricist, screenwriter, toy instrument, vocals, lyricist
| born: 03 May 1915 |
New York / city, USA |
Source: 2 |
| born: 03 May 1919 |
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| date of Variety obit: 31 Oct 1979 (see note above) |
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Index
The above item is part of :
Larkin, Colin
The encyclopedia of popular music
Third edition
New York: Macmillan, 1998, 8 v.
Number of People : 43,747
[Index of Names]
The above item is part of :
Bloom, Ken
American song
The complete musical theater companion: 1877-1995. Volume 2: T-Z and indexes
Second edition
New York: Schirmer Books, 1996, 2093 p.
Number of People : 24,881
[Artist Index]
The above item is part of :
Ruppli, Michel
The Decca labels. A discography. Volume 6
Record numerical listings & general artist index
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1996, 958 p.
Number of People : 10,351
Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Women composers and songwriters.
A concise biographical dictionary
Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 1996, 247 p.
Number of People : 994
Grattan, Virginia L.
American women songwriters
A biographical dictionary
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993, 279 p.
Tallmer, Jerry
Comden and Green
Playbill, Vol.11, no.7, April 30, 1993.
Flatow, Sheryl
On the Town. Stagebill for the Kennedy Center, October, 1992.
Larkin, Colin
The Guinness encyclopedia of popular music
Edited by Colin Larkin
Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing, 1992, 4V p.
Number of People : 5,680
Watt, Douglas
Review of "The Will Rogers Follies"
Gottfried, Martin
The Last American Musical?
Theatre Week, 7/8/1991. Gottfried discusses The Will Rogers Follies.
Wilk, Max
They're playing our song
The truth behind the words and music of three generations
Mount Kisco, New York & London: Moyer Bell Limited, 1991
Hischak, Thomas S.
Word Crazy : Broadway lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim
New York: Praeger, 1991, 241 p.
Suskin, Steven
Show Tunes, 1905-1991
New York: Limelight Editions, 1991.
Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991
Number of People : 8,916
Wilson, Edwin
Review of "The Will Rogers Follies"
Wall Street Journal, 5/8/1991.
Conrad, Jon Alan
Are "Candide"'s Adventures at an End?
New York Times August 18, 1991.
Candide
Note: Record review
Kroll, Jack
Review of "The Will Rogers Follies"
Candide
American Record Guide, November/December 1991, Vol.54, no.6.
Note: Record review
Mandelbaum, Ken
Not Since Carrie, 40 Years of Broadway Musical Flops
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
Chase, Anthony
Playing the Palace Theatre.
Stearns, David Patrick
Will Rogers
Kissel, Howard
Review of "The Will Rogers Follies"
New York Daily News, 5/2/1991
Stuart, Jan
Review of "The Will Rogers Follies"
New York Newsday, 5/2/1991.
Suskin, Steven
Opening Night on Broadway
New York: Schirmer Books, Macmillan, Inc., 1990.
Notable careers in the musical theatre
p. 741 In:
Channing, Carol
Suskin, Steven
Opening night on Broadway.
A critical quotebook of the golden era of the musical theatre, Oklahoma! (1943) to Fidler on the Roof (1964)
Steven Suskin
Foreword by Carol Channing
New York: Schirmer Books, 1990, 810 p.
Spindle, Les
Julie Andrews, a Bio Bibliography
Westport, Connecticut. Greenwood Press, 1989.
Ilson, Carol
Harold Prince : "From Pajama Game" to "Phantom of the Opera"
Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1989.
I Want to go Home
Note: Film review
Performer Index : Vocalists
p. 503-540 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.
Number of People : 2,094
Wilson, Edwin
Review of "Jerome Robbins' Broadway"
Wall Street Journal, 2/28/1989.
Variety Television Reviews. 15 Vols
New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1989-.
Kissel, Howard
Review of "Jerome Robbins' Broadway"
New York Daily News, 2/27/1989
Lynch, Richard Chigley
Movie Musicals on Record, a Directory of Recordings of Motion Picture Musicals, 1927-1987
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Inc., 1989.
Rich, Frank
Review of "Jerome Robbins' Broadway"
New York Times, 2/27/1989
Canby, Vincent
Film review of "Funny"
New York Times, 6/28/1989
Barnes, Clive
Review of "Jerome Robbins' Broadway"
Maslin, Janet
Film review of "Slaves of New York"
New York Times, 3/17/1989
Newman, Phyllis
Just in Time, Notes from My Life
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988.
Solomon, Aubrey
Twentieth Century-Fox
A Corporate and Financial History
Metuchen, N.J., and London: The Scarecrow Press, 1988.
Comden, Betty
Jerome Robbins gets a Little Help from his Friends
New York Times, 12/4/1988
Vinson, James (editor)
The International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers.
Vol. IV. Writers and Production Artists
Chicago and London: St. James Press, 1987.
Nash, Jay Robert
Ross, Stanley Ralph
The Motion Picture Guide
Evanston, Illinois: Cinebooks, Inc., 1987.
Morrow, Lee Alan
The Tony Award Book, Four Decades of Great American Theater
New York: Abbeville Press, 1987.
Ewen, David
American songwriters. An H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1987
Gradenwitz, Peter
Leonard Bernstein
Providence: Berg Publishers, 1987.
Peyser, Joan
Bernstein, a Biography
New York: Beach Tree Books, william Morrow, 1987.
Suskin, Steven
Show Tunes, the Songs, Shows and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers
Kelley, Kitty
His Way, the Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra.
New York, London: Bantam Books, 1986.
Clark, Randall
Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Vol. 44 : American Screenwriters, Second Series.
Ed. Randall Clark
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1986-1990.
Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.
Number of People : 3,993
Slide, Anthony (editor)
Selected Film Criticism, 1951-1960
Vol. 5
Metuchen, N.J., and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1985.
Harman ~, Carter
Review of Leonard Bernstein's Theatre Songs
Gill, Brendan
Review of "Singin' in the Rain"
Churcher, Susan
Still Kicking : Miracle on 51st Street
New York Magazine, 10/14/1985.
Lily in Love film
New York Times, 4/19/1985
Note: Review
Kasha, Al
Notes on Broadway
(conversations with the great songwriters)
Chicago: Books, Inc., 1985
Wilson, Edwin
Review of "Singin' in the Rain"
Wall Street Journal, 5/10/1985.
Hirschhorn, Joel
Kasha, Al
Notes on Broadway, Intimate Conversations with Broadway's Greatest Songwriters
New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1985, 1987.
Sinyard, Neil
Basic Movies.
Salem, N.H.: Salem House, 1985.
Barnes, Clive
Review of "Singin' in the Rain"
Rich, Frank
Review of "Singin' in the Rain"
Watt, Douglas
Review of "Singin' in the Rain"
Rich, Frank
Review of the concert version of "Follies"
Kroll, Jack
Review of "Singin' in the Rain"
Bordman, Gerald
American Musical Revue from the Passing Show to Sugar Babies
New York: Oxford University Press, 1985.
Croce, Arlene
Review of "Singin' in the Rain"
Zolotow, Sam
Skin of our Teeth Musical Dropped
Comden, Betty
So Eat Your Heart Out, Elizabeth Taylor
New York Times, 3/31/1985
Note: Betty Comden writes about her early acting career in grade school.
Barnes, Clive
Review of "Diamonds"
New York Post, 12/17/1984
Rich, Frank
Review of "Diamonds"
New York Times, 12/17/1984
Lyon, Christopher
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, The.
Vol. IV, Writers and Production Artists.
Ed. Christopher Lyon.
Chicago: St. James Press, 1984.
Kerr, Walter
Review of "Isn't it Romantic?"
New York Times, 2/26/1984
Watt, Douglas
Review of "Diamonds"
Lawrence, Carol
Broadway
Note: Betty Comden talks about appearing in Isn't It Romantic?.
Green, Adolph
Comden, Betty
"A Doll's Life", with music by Larry Grossman
New York: Samuel French, Inc., 1983.
Variety Film Reviews. 19 Vols
New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1983-.
Casper, Joseph Andrew
Stanley Donen
Metuchen, N.J., and London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1983.
Leonard, William Torbert
Broadway Bound
A Guide to Shows that Died Aborning.
Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1983.
Gill, Brendan
Review of "A Doll's Life"
Holtzman, Will
Judy Holliday
New York: Putnam Press, 1982.
Rich, Frank
Review of "A Doll's Life"
New York Times, 9/24/1982
Simon, John
Review of "A Doll's Life"
New York Magazine, 10/4/1982.
Carey, Gary
Judy Holliday, an Intimate Life Story
New York: Seaview Books, 1982.
Gilman, Richard
Review of "A Doll's Life"
Gerard, Jeremy
Will Ibsen's "Doll" Come to Life on the Musical Stage?
New York Times, 9/19/1982
Bordman, Gerald
American Musical Comedy from Adonis to Dreamgirls
New York: Oxford University Press, 1982.
Gerard, Jeremy
Hal Prince and the Poetry of Abstraction
Los Angeles Times, 6/13/1982.
Watt, Douglas
Review of "A Doll's Life"
Kissel, Howard
Review of "A Doll's Life"
Women's Wear Daily, 10/24/1982.
Kaplan, Mike (editor)
Variety, Major U.S. Showbusiness Awards
New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1982.
Bernstein, Leonard
Findings
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982.
Bernstein, Burton
Family Matters, Sam, Jennie, and the Kids
New York: Summit Books, 1982.
Magill, Frank N.
Magill's Survey of Cinema. English Language Films
Ed. Frank N. Magill
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Salem Press, 1981.
Note: Second Series, Four Vols.
Watts, Richard Jr
Review of "Subways Are for Sleeping"
New York Post, 12/28/1981
Green, Adolph
The Magic of Fred Astaire
American Film, April 1981.
Conversation with Comden and Green and Guare.
Dramatists Guild Quarterly, Summer 1981.
Wallach, Allan
Harold Prince.
Gordon, Max
Live at the Village Vanguard
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980.
Canby, Vincent
Film review of "Simon"
New York Times, 3/16/1980
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