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Cabin in the Sky is a musical with music by Vernon Duke, book by Lynn Root, and lyrics by John Latouche. The musical opened on Broadway in 1940. The show is described as a "parable of Southern Negro Life with echoes of Ferenc Molnár's Liliom (which would be turned into the musical Carousel) and Marc Connelly's The Green Pastures."
Aug 13, 1997 · Lynn Root, 92, who wrote the important black-cast Broadway musical “Cabin in the Sky.”. Root began his career as a stage actor in New York in the 1920s, a protege who appeared in many ...
Lynn Root: software engineer in NYC.
Lynn Root (1905-1997) was a writer who worked on several films and TV shows, including Cabin in the Sky, The Golden Fleecing and Matinee Theatre. He was born in Minnesota, USA and died in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer
- April 11, 1905
- Lynn Root
- July 21, 1997
Jul 21, 1997 · We have a full Biography, Photos, Theatre Credits, TV and Movies, Videos and more! Check out Lynn Root's bio now including film and tv, as well as on stage.
Lynn Root is a Staff Engineer at Spotify, an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, and the Chair of the PyLadies Global Council. She will present on The Design of Everyday APIs at PyCon US 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Billed as "A Musical Play (Fantasy) in Two Acts, Nine Scenes," Cabin in the Sky opened on 25 October 1940 at New York's Martin Beck Theater. The playbill on opening night included the following credits: "Book by Lynn Root.
