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  1. Bella and Samuel Spewack. Bella (25 March 1899 – 27 April 1990) and Samuel Spewack (16 September 1899 – 14 October 1971) were a writing team. Samuel, who also directed many of their plays, was born in Bachmut, Ukraine. [1] He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City [2] and then received his degree from Columbia College.

  2. Jun 19, 2024 · Music and Lyrics: Cole Porter. Book: Sam and Bella Spewack. Director: Bartlett Sher. Cole Porter’s 1948 Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate, the first-ever recipient of a Tony Award for Best Musical ...

  3. Bella Spewack, in collaboration with her husband Sam, is known for writing some of the most memorable works of musical theater history, including Leave It to Me (1938) and Kiss Me Kate (1948). The Spewacks also wrote screenplays for several 1940s Hollywood hits, such as Weekend at the Waldorf. The couple contributed to many Jewish organizations and founded the Spewack Sports Club for the ...

  4. Jan 14, 2024 · Playbill - Sumter Little Theatre. Addeddate 2024-01-14 01:02:43 Identifier slt-1978-10-my-three-angels

  5. Jun 19, 2024 · Porter is on top form, complemented brilliantly by Sam and Bella Spewack’s book which adopts Shakespeare’s ‘play-within-a-play’ trick, taking its subterfuge to new heights. Both ‘Taming of the Shrew’ and ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ have gathered accusations of misogyny over time, but if you look deeper, the bard and the songsmith are, in fact, championing women’s rights.

  6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0818416Sam Spewack - IMDb

    IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Sam Spewack was born on 16 September 1899 in Bakhmut, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire. Sam was a writer and producer, known for My Favorite Wife (1940), Move Over, Darling (1963) and The Cat and the Fiddle (1934). Sam was married to Bella Spewack. Sam died on 14 October 1971 in New York City, New York, USA.

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  8. 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 ...

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