Biography
Educated at Columbia University. He and his wife, Bella Spewack, were nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Open Air Theatre for Outstanding Musical Production of 1997. He and his wife, Bella, were awarded the 2001 London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Best Musical for Kiss Me Kate performed at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London, England. In 1949, won two Tony Awards for "Kiss Me, Kate" with his wife-collaborator Bella Spewack: as Best Authors (Musical) and for the book as part of the Best Musical Award. Date of Death: October 14, 1971 (age 72) in New York City, New York, USA
Wrote 26
2020s
- 2024
Kiss Me, Kate
Musical, Writer
2000s
- 2003
Kiss Me, Kate
Writer
1980s
- 1989
1960s
- 1964
Kiss Me, Kate
Writer
- 1963
Move Over, Darling
Story
1950s
- 1959
- 1958
Kiss Me, Kate
Book, Writer
- 1957
Mr. Broadway
Writer
- 1953
1940s
- 1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
Screenplay
- 1943
A Welcome to Britain
Writer
- 1942
- 1940
1930s
- 1938
Boy Meets Girl
Screenplay, Theatre Play
The Chaser
Screenplay
- 1937
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Writer
- 1935
Rendezvous
Adaptation
- 1934
The Gay Bride
Screenplay
The Cat and the Fiddle
Screenplay
- 1933
Should Ladies Behave
Writer
The Solitaire Man
Theatre Play
The Nuisance
Adaptation, Dialogue
Private Jones
Adaptation
Clear All Wires!
Adaptation, Theatre Play
- 1931
The Secret Witness
Novel, Screenplay
Other crew 1
1930s
- 1931
Caught
Additional Dialogue
Produced 1
1940s
- 1942