Burt Shevelove - Definition and Overview

Burt Shevelove (1915 - 8 April1981) was an American musical theater writer, lyricist, librettist, and director..

Libretti

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 1962, revived 1972, 1996
• No, No, Nanette - revisions made in 1971, from an original libretto by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel
• The Frogs - adapted from Aristophanes' play in 1974; in 2004 Nathan Lane further adapted Shevelove's libretto for the work's Broadway premiere
• Happy New Year - 1980
• Jerome Robbins' Broadway - 1989; used some of Shevelove's Forum text

Directing

• Small Wonder - 1948
• Hallelujah, Baby! - 1967
• Rockefeller and the Red Indians - 1968
• No, No, Nanette - 1971
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - 1972
• Sondheim: A Musical Tribute - 1973
• Rodgers & Hart - 1975
• So Long, 174th Street - 1976
• Happy New Year -1980

Lyrics

• Small Wonder - 1948