Originally born Seymour Kaufman, who helped create the musical revue Diamonds?
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Diamonds (musical) Diamonds is a musical revue about baseball. The book and music were created by many writers, composers, and lyricists. Among them were Ellen Fitzhugh, Roy Blount, Jr., and John Weidman (book); and Larry Grossman, Comden and Green, Howard Ashman, and Cy Coleman, music.
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Cy Coleman Cy Coleman (born Seymour Kaufman; June 14, 1929 – November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist.
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The Telephone Girl The Telephone Girl is a farce musical comedy by C. M. S. McLellan (as Hugh Morton), with music by composer Gustave Kerker. The play made its New York debut at the Casino Theatre under the direction of George W. Lederer on December 27, 1897. Though not a favorite with the critics, "The Telephone Girl" would go on to have a successful run at the Casino and do well on subsequent road tours. The original New York cast starred Clara Lipman as ‘Estelle Cookoo’ and her real life husband, Louis Mann, as 'Hans Nix', roles assumed by Mabel Hite and Harry Hermsen two years later during an extensive road tour of North America.
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In Gay New York In Gay New York is a musical revue with a script by C. M. S. McLellan, under his pseudonym Hugh Morton, and music by Gustave Kerker. The story revolves around two newlyweds from Maine who come to New York City, do some sightseeing, and see bits from the 1895–96 season at the Casino satirized in vaudevillian action.
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Seymour I. Rubinstein Seymour Ivan Rubinstein (born 1934) is a pioneer of the PC software industry. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and after a six-year stint in New Hampshire, later moved to California. Programs developed partially or entirely under his direction include WordStar, HelpDesk, Quattro Pro, and WebSleuth, among others. WordStar was the first truly successful program for the personal computer (in a commercial sense) and gave reasonably priced access to word processing for the general population for the first time.
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Charlie Kaufman Charles Stuart Kaufman (born November 19, 1958) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and lyricist. He wrote the films "Being John Malkovich" (1999), "Adaptation" (2002), and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (2004). He made his directorial debut with "Synecdoche, New York" (2008), which was also well-received; film critic Roger Ebert named it "the best movie of the decade" in 2009. It was followed by "Anomalisa" (2015).
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The Rothschilds (musical) The Rothschilds is a musical with a book by Sherman Yellen, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock.
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Noble Sissle Noble Lee Sissle (July 10, 1889 – December 17, 1975) was an African-American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer, and playwright, best known for the Broadway musical "Shuffle Along" (1921), and its hit song "I'm Just Wild About Harry".
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Zipp! (musical) Zipp!, One Hundred Musicals for Less Than the Price of One, is a musical revue conceived by Gyles Brandreth and Stewart Nicholls. It opened in the West End's Duchess Theatre on February 4, 2003, following previews from January 24. It closed on April 19, 2003.
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Too Many Girls (musical) Too Many Girls is a Broadway musical comedy which was adapted for a 1940 film version starring Lucille Ball. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and the book was by George Marion, Jr.
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Show Me Where the Good Times Are Show Me Where the Good Times Are is a musical comedy with book by Leonora Thuna, music by Kenneth Jacobson, and lyrics by Rhoda Roberts. Inspired by Molière's "The Imaginary Invalid", the play transplants the setting to the Lower East Side in 1913.
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Irvin C. Miller Irvin Colloden Miller (February 19, 1884 – February 27, 1975) was an African-American actor, playwright and vaudeville show writer and producer. He was responsible for successful theater shows including "Broadway Rastus" (1921), "Liza" (1922), "Dinah" (1923), which introduced the wildly popular black bottom dance, and "Desires of 1927" starring Adelaide Hall. For thirty years he directed the popular review, "Brown Skin Models", influenced by the "Ziegfeld Follies" but exclusively using black performers. "In the 1920s and 1930s, he was arguably the most well-established and successful producer of black musical comedy."
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Lori Shannon Lori Shannon born Don Seymour McLean, (May 18, 1938 - February 13, 1984) was an openly gay female impersonator who was associated with the drag revues at Finocchio's club in San Francisco. He wrote an entertainment column for the "Bay Area Reporter".
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Andrew Kaufman Andrew Kaufman (born Wingham, Ontario) is a Canadian writer, film director, and radio producer.
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Louis Diamond Louis Klein Diamond (May 11, 1902 – June 14, 1999) was an American pediatrician, known as the "father of pediatric hematology".
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Mickey Katz Mickey Katz (June 15, 1909 – April 30, 1985) was an American comedian and musician who specialized in Jewish humor. He was the father of actor Joel Grey and grandfather of actress Jennifer Grey.
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A Doll's Life A Doll's Life is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Larry Grossman. It is among the most notorious flops in Broadway theatre history.
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Stubby Kaye Bernard Solomon Kotzin (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), known as Stubby Kaye, was an American comic actor known for his appearances in Broadway and film musicals.
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John Forster (musician) John Forster (born April 1, 1948) is an American cabaret musician, satirist, and record producer. He has released several solo and collaborative albums, and has also worked on several revues and musicals.
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Richard Adler Richard Adler (August 3, 1921 – June 21, 2012) was an American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows.
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Jim Kaufman Jim Kaufman is an American born record producer who is also a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, recording artist, mixer, film and television composer, mastering engineer and recording studio owner.
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Charles Gaynor Charles Beauclerk Gaynor (born April 3, 1907, Boston, Massachusetts – December 18, 1975, Washington, D.C.) was an American musical composer. His revues include "Lend an Ear" (1948) and "Show Girl" (1961), and he contributed songs to the 1973 revival of "Irene", and the London production "Sweeter and Lower".