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George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. [1] He received numerous honors including six Tony Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1982. [2] [3] [4] the National Medal of Arts ...
George Abbott was an American theatrical director, producer, playwright, actor, and motion-picture director who staged some of the most popular Broadway productions from the 1920s to the ’60s. After graduating from the University of Rochester, N.Y., in 1911, Abbott began acting on Broadway in 1913.
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Feb 1, 1995 · George Francis Abbott, the cowboy, telegram deliverer, salesman and swimming coach who became the actor, director, producer and playwright of such epochal Broadway shows as “Pal Joey,”...
George Abbott changed the American theater in many ways. He was the first to produce musical shows that were serious dramas, not just light love stories. And he was the first producer to use ballet dancers in a musical show.
Abbott, George Francis (b. 25 June 1887 in Forestville, New York; d. 31 January 1995 in Miami, Florida), actor, playwright, producer, and director who contributed to more than 100 plays and musicals in his almost eighty-year-long career on the Broadway stage.
Jan 31, 1995 · One of the most important and admired men in the entire history of Broadway – indeed, some have said that he WAS the history of Broadway –, George Abbott (b. Forestville, NY, 25 June 1887; d. Miami Beach, FL, 31 January 1995) was a theater director and producer, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned ...
George Abbott. Writer: The Pajama Game. Legendary Broadway writer/producer/director George Abbott was born in 1887 in Forestville, New York. His father was mayor of Salamanca, New York, for two terms. In 1898 his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Abbott attended Kearney Military Academy.
