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He was married twice. His son, James Burrows, became an influential television director whose credits have included The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Cheers. His daughter, Laurie Burrows Grad, is the author of four cookbooks and host of her own cooking show on The Learning Channel. Abe Burrows died from Alzheimer's disease in his native New York City.
May 19, 1985 · Abe Burrows, the librettist, director, author and comic who wrote a score of shows for Broadway, including ''Guys and Dolls'' and ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,'' died of...
Oct 11, 2023 · Burrows, the recipient of an MFA from the Yale School of Drama and the son of “Guys and Dolls” librettist Abe Burrows, credits his stage background with helping him unpack the theatricality in ...
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Burrows was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles, California, the son of Ruth (Levinson) and Abe Burrows, a well-known composer, director and writer. James has one sister, Laurie Burrows Grad. When James was still a young child, his family moved to New York where James attended New York’s High School of Music & Art.
YearTitleNotes2021Executive producer; Television special2020Raised by WolvesExecutive producer20203 episodes2019Executive producer; Television special- 4
- 1965–present
- Television director
Apr 19, 2001 · Donated to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts by his son, the television director James Burrows, and his daughter Laurie Burrows Grad, the archive is a trove of letters, scripts ...
May 21, 1985 · Mr. Burrows's son, James, the director and producer of the television program ''Cheers,'' and his daughter, Laurie Burrows Grad, both of Los Angeles, spoke briefly, followed by Betty...
May 19, 1985 · May 19, 1985 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Abe Burrows, a bespectacled accountant whose witty love for words led him to a career as a pioneering radio writer and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author...
