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Moss Hart (October 24, 1904 – December 20, 1961) was an American playwright, librettist, and theater director.
May 30, 2012 · Moss Hart was one of Broadway’s most successful creators, penning such hits as You Can't Take It With You and The Man Who Came to Dinner, and directing Camelot. He counted Cole...
Moss Hart. Writer: You Can't Take It with You. Tony Award-winning American playwright/lyricist Moss Hart was born Oct. 24, 1904, in New York City to a poor Jewish family and raised in what he described as a "drab tenement" on 107th St. in the Bronx. He was educated in the city public school system.
Moss Hart (born Oct. 24, 1904, New York City—died Dec. 20, 1961, Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.) was one of the most successful U.S. playwrights of the 20th century. At 17 Hart obtained a job as office boy for the theatrical producer Augustus Pitou. He wrote his first play at 18, but it was a flop.
May 4, 2001 · Moss Hart blitzed Depression-era Broadway with smash-hit comedies, capturing a 1937 Pulitzer Prize for You Can’t Take It With You.
Oct 11, 2012 · Published in 1959, Moss Hart’s glorious memoir, Act One, has been a lasting inspiration for theater buffs, as well as a 1963 movie starring George Hamilton and Jason Robards. Now it’s being...
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Jun 11, 2018 · Hart, Moss (1904–61) US dramatist. He collaborated with George S. Kaufman on many comedies, including You Can't Take It With You (1936). His most successful musical was Lady in the Dark (1941), written with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin.
Apr 16, 2014 · Act One is based on the autobiography of famed playwright, director and storyteller Moss Hart, which chronicles his astonishing rise from poverty to his first Broadway hit (of many) in 1930....
Moss Hart. In 1959, at the peak of his career as one of Broadway's legendary playwright-directors, Moss Hart published his riveting autobiography Act One. A sensation upon its publication, Act One became an instant classic, remaining on The New York Times bestseller list for almost a year.
Hart became best known as a director during the 1940s and 1950s, directing Broadway hits such as Junior Miss (1941) and Dear Ruth (1944). His biggest success was Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s My Fair Lady (1956), which ran for over six years and won Hart the Tony Award for Best Director.