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In August 1942 at the Lambs Club in New York City 24 year old American, Alan Jay Lerner and 41 year old Austrian, Frederick Loewe, officially met each other. As recounted by Lerner, the two met by chance when Loewe took a wrong turn on his way to the bathroom.
Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film.
Writer: An American in Paris. Playwright/lyricist Alan Jay Lerner was born into a wealthy New York City retailing family. His professional association with Frederick Loewe started in 1942 when they teamed up to write "Life of the Party".
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Jun 10, 2024 · Alan Jay Lerner was an American librettist and lyricist who collaborated with composer Frederick Loewe on the hit Broadway musicals Brigadoon (1947), Paint Your Wagon (1951), My Fair Lady (1956), and Camelot (1960) and the film Gigi (1958). Lerner, whose parents were prosperous retailers (Lerner.
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Links. The Foundation. Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, Oyster Bay NY, ca. 1960. Back to Photo Index.
American screenwriter, librettist, and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner ( b. New York City, August 31, 1918; d. New York City, June 14, 1986) was the creator, along with Austrian composer Frederick Loewe, of some of the most durable and beloved works of the American musical theatre in the twentieth century. With a total of three Oscars® (one for the ...
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Aug 17, 2016 · According to theater legend, Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) and Frederick Loewe (1901-1988) met at a party and three weeks later, their first collaboration, The Life of the Party went into production (it closed on the road). Their next two collaborations, What’s Up?
