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Jan 1, 2007 · Photo; Business; Culture; Planet; Global; Books; ... Opting for Wit Over Sincerity. Betty Comden (1917–2006) ... The bleakly honest account of the loss of a child was a rare glimpse of a Betty ...
The late lyricist and librettist was a Broadway poet who arrived "Just in Time."
Nov 24, 2006 · Betty Comden was born Elizabeth Cohen on May 3, 1917, in Brooklyn. Her father, Leo, was a lawyer, her mother, Rebecca, a teacher. She attended Erasmus Hall High School and studied drama at New ...
Great Women Salute a Great Woman: Betty Comden — in the words of Comden and Green was the title of the Sept. 18 tribute to the late lyricist and librettist Betty Comden.
Betty Comden wrote lyrics and librettos for enduring and beloved musicals like Singin’ in the Rain and Peter Pan, winning some of the industry’s highest honors. Comden worked with her writing partner, Adolph Green for almost fifty years on different musicals, winning their final Tony Award together for The Will Rogers Follies in 1991.
Betty Comden, the award-winning lyricist and librettist who — with writing partner Adolph Green — created such iconic New York musicals as Bells Are Ringing, Wonderful Town and On the Town ...
Nov 27, 2006 · Many thought the two were married; in fact, Comden was married to Siegfried Schutzmann, whom she had met on a tennis court in 1942. He died in 1979. She is survived by their daughter, Susanna ...
