Complete book of the American musical theater
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| Abbott, George [Francis] (b. 1887) | director, librettist |
| Adamson, Harold (b. 1906 d. 1980) | lyricist, songwriter |
| Adler, Larry [Lawrence] (b. 1914) | cast, harmonica |
| Arlen, Harold (b. 1905 d. 1986) | cast, composer |
| Berlin, Irving (b. 1888 d. 1989) | cast, composer |
| Bernstein, Leonard (b. 1918 d. 1990) | composer, conductor |
| Blitzstein, Marc (b. 1905 d. 1964) | author, cast |
| Bolton, Guy (Reginald) (b. 1884 d. 1979) | librettist |
| Bond, Frank Heddon (b. 1875 d. 1948) | organ, composer |
| Braham, David (b. 1834 d. 1905) | composer, incidental music |
| Brown, Lew (b. 1893 d. 1958) | cast, composer |
| Buck, Gene [Eugene Edward] (b. 1885 d. 1957) | composer, librettist |
| Burrows, Abe (b. 1910 d. 1985) | composer, director |
| Cahn, Sammy (b. 1913 d. 1993) | cast, composer |
| Caryll, Ivan (b. 1861 d. 1921) | author, composer |
| Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942) | author, cast |
| Comden, Betty (b. 1915) | cast, composer |
| Cook, Kenneth John (b. 1926) | critic, editor |
| Coots, John Frederick (b. 1897 d. 1985) | piano, composer |
| Crickboom, Mathieu (b. 1871 d. 1947) | violin, Violine |
| Crouse, Russell (b. 1893 d. 1966) | author, librettist |
| Cunningham, George Dorrington (b. 1878 d. 1948) | organ |
| De Sylva, Buddy [George Card] (b. 1895 d. 1950) | lyricist, librettist |
| Dietz, Howard (b. 1896 d. 1983) | director, librettist |
| Duke, Vernon (b. 1903 d. 1969) | composer, lyricist |
| Englaender, Ludwig (b. 1859 d. 1914) | author, composer |
| Fain, Sammy (b. 1902 d. 1989) | author, cast |
| Fields, Dorothy (b. 1905 d. 1974) | cast, composer |
| Fields, Joseph (Albert) (b. 1895 d. 1966) | author, librettist |
| Forrest, George (b. 1915) | author, composer |
| Friml, Rudolf [Charles Rudolph] (b. 1879 d. 1972) | composer, librettist |
| Gershwin, George (b. 1898) | author, cast |
| Gershwin, Ira (b. 1896 d. 1983) | author, composer |
| Gill, Graham (b. 1898) | composer of light music |
| Gorney, Jay (b. 1896 d. 1990) | composer, librettist |
| Green, Adolph (b. 1915) | cast, librettist |
| Hammerstein, Oscar (Greeley Clendenning) (b. 1895 d. 1960) | cast, composer |
| Harbach, Otto Abels (b. 1878 d. 1963) | author, composer |
| Harburg, E.Y. [Edgar Yip] (b. 1898 d. 1981) | author, composer |
| Hart, Moss (b. 1904 d. 1961) | author, director |
| Henderson, Ray (b. 1896 d. 1970) | cast, composer |
| Herbert, Victor (August) (b. 1859 d. 1924) | composer, conductor |
| Hirsch, Louis Achille (b. 1887 d. 1924) | composer, director |
| Hoschna, Karl L. (b. 1877 d. 1911) | composer, oboe |
| Hubbell, Raymond (b. 1879 d. 1954) | composer, lyricist |
| Kahal, Irving (b. 1903 d. 1942) | lyricist, vocals |
| Kaufman, George Simon (b. 1889 d. 1961) | librettist, director |
| Kerker, Gustav Adolph (b. 1857 d. 1923) | author, composer |
| Kern, Jerome (David) (b. 1885 d. 1945) | cast, composer |
| Klein, Manuel (b. 1876 d. 1919) | composer, librettist |
| La Touche, John (Treville) (b. 1917 d. 1956) | lyricist |
| Lane, Burton (b. 1912) | composer, lyricist |
| Lerner, Alan Jay (b. 1918 d. 1986) | cast, composer |
| Lindsay, Howard (b. 1888 d. 1968) | author, cast |
| Loesser, Frank (Henry) (b. 1910 d. 1969) | songwriter, playwright |
| Loewe, Carl [Johann Carl Gottfried] (b. 1796 d. 1869) | composer, singer |
| Luders, Gustav (Carl) (b. 1865 d. 1913) | composer, music director |
| McHugh, Jimmy [James Francis] (b. 1894 d. 1969) | cast, composer |
| Porter, Cole (Albert) (b. 1891 d. 1964) | cast, composer |
| Rodgers, Richard (Charles) (b. 1902 d. 1979) | cast, composer |
| Romberg, Sigmund (b. 1887 d. 1951) | cast, composer |
| Rome, Harold (Jacob) (b. 1908 d. 1993) | composer, incidental music |
| Ruby, Harry (b. 1895 d. 1974) | author, cast |
| Ryskind, Morrie (b. 1895) | author, composer |
| Schwartz, Arthur (b. 1900 d. 1984) | cast, composer |
| Schwartz, Jean (b. 1878 d. 1956) | author, cast |
| Sloane, Alfred Baldwin (b. 1872) | composer, musician |
| Smith, Harry Bache (b. 1860 d. 1936) | librettist, lyricist |
| Stamper, David (b. 1883 d. 1963) | cast, composer |
| Stromberg, John [Honey] (b. 1853 d. 1902) | songwriter |
| Styne, Jule (b. 1905) | composer, director |
| Tierney, Harry (Austin) (b. 1890 d. 1965) | composer, lyricist |
| Weill, Kurt (Julian) (b. 1900 d. 1950) | author, composer |
| Whiting, Richard A. (b. 1891 d. 1938) | composer, lyricist |
| Wodehouse, P.G. [Pelham Grenville] (b. 1881 d. 1975) | author, librettist |
| Wright, Robert Craig (b. 1914) | author, cast |
| Youmans, Vincent (Millie) (b. 1898 d. 1946) | composer, musicisti |