Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
About Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lernerwas an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world’s most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film.
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An Englishman’s way of speaking absolutely classifies him.
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
It’s not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
Why can’t a woman be more like a man?
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
With a little bit of luck, you’ll never work!
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
Men die but an idea does not.
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
A schedule so tight that it would only work if I didn’t sleep on Monday nights.
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
Coughing in the theater is not a respiratory ailment. It is a criticism.
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)
Back home everyone said I didn’t have any talent. They might be saying the same thing here but it sounds better in French.
American lyricist and librettist (1918-1986)