Abe Burrows(1910-1985)
- Producer
- Writer
- Music Department
Songwriter, composer, writer, panelist, director, singer and pianist,
educated at City College of New York and New York University. He began
his writing career as a script writer for "Duffy's Taven" on radio, and
later, the Rudy Vallee program. He sang in his own radio shows , in
night clubs, and on television. He wrote the Broadway librettos for
"Guys and Dolls" and received a Tony award and a New York Drama Critics
award in 1951), and also directed "Happy Hunting", "Silk Stockings",
"First Impressions", "Can-Can", "Say, Darling", and "How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying" (earning a Pulizer Prize and a Tony and
New York Drama Critics awards). He directed "Two on the Aisle",
"Reclining Figure", "The Golden Fleecing", and "What Makes Sammy Run?".
He was also the playwright and director of "Cactus Flower". Joining
ASCAP in 1952, he composed the popular songs "The Girl With the Three
Blue Eyes" and "Leave Us Face It, We're in Love", and authored "The Abe
Burrows Song Book".
