You have to transmit to them what it’s like being in the theater. And it has to come from somewhere inside you and not by being like what somebody did last year.
About Adolph Green
Adolph Greenwas an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood. Although they were not a romantic couple, they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge a six-decade-long partnership.
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We’ve managed to keep a spirit of fun, I guess, of urban satire and finding new and odd interesting angles to the ways of life to put on the stage.
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)
It never became an act in the sense of an act. It was always, no matter where we worked, little revues.
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)
I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today.
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)
We had a certain kind of really big prestige among, I suppose not just intellectual folk, but a sort of nice middle class intelligent folk of a very urban nature.
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)
It’s unfortunate we’ve never been just songwriters.
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)
As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won’t last.
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)
You have to transmit to them what it’s like being in the theater. And it has to come from somewhere inside you and not by being like what somebody did last year.
American lyricist and playwright (1914-2002)