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Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood. Although they were not a romantic couple, they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge a six ...
Comden and Green was a 60-year songwriting partnership, comprising Betty Comden (1917–2006) and Adolph Green (1914–2002). [1] They first worked together in 1941 at the Village Gate in New York City, as writers and performers in a nightclub act called The Revuers.
Oct 25, 2002 · Though they were close friends and creative partners, Comden and Green were never romantically involved. Green had been married to actress Phyllis Newman, his third wife, for nearly 43 years.
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In 1937, at a summer camp, he met the young Leonard Bernstein who was the music counselor, and they became life-long friends. In 1938, another decisive meeting occurred while making the rounds of theatrical agents he met Betty Comden.
Betty Comden and Adolph Green were an American musical-comedy team who wrote scripts—and often the lyrics—for many Broadway shows and Hollywood film musicals. They were paired together longer than any other writing team in the history of Broadway. Comden studied dramatics at New York University.
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Nov 24, 2006 · Betty Comden, who with her longtime collaborator Adolph Green wrote the lyrics and often the librettos for some of the most celebrated musicals of stage and screen, died yesterday in Manhattan.
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The duo worked for nearly six decades, ending their long writing career with The Will Rogers Follies in 1991 and remained the greatest of friends until Green’s death in 2002.
