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The play is an adaptation of Moss Hart's autobiography Act One. [6] The play, narrated by the older Moss Hart, traces his life from being poor in The Bronx to becoming famous and successful as a Broadway writer and director. The play depicts Hart's meeting and collaboration with George S. Kaufman.
Act One is a 1963 American film written and directed by Dore Schary, and starring George Hamilton. [2] It is the film version of the 1959 autobiographical book Act One by playwright Moss Hart . A play based on the book premiered on Broadway in 2014.
Act One is an autobiographical 1959 book by playwright Moss Hart. [1] [2] [3] ... The book was adapted into the film Act One (1963). James Lapine wrote a stage ...
Hart was born in New York City, the son of Lillian (Solomon) and Barnett Hart, a cigar maker. [1] [2] He had a younger brother, Bernard. [3]He grew up in relative poverty with his English-born Jewish immigrant parents in the Bronx and in Sea Gate, Brooklyn.
Light Up the Sky is a three-act play written by the American playwright Moss Hart.It is a character-driven satire with the fast pacing of a farce, a simple plot, medium-sized cast, and only one setting.
Directed by Moss Hart, the choreography was by Hanya Holm, scenic design by Oliver Smith, costume design by Adrian (who worked on the designs prior to his death in September 1959) and Tony Duquette, and lighting design by Abe Feder. It won four Tony Awards. The original cast album was America's top-selling mono LP record for 6 weeks. [25]
George S. Kaufman was born to Joseph S. Kaufman, a hatband manufacturer, [1] and Nettie Meyers [2] in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He had a younger sister, Ruth. [1] His other sister was Helen, nicknamed "Helse". Kaufman's family was Jewish. He graduated from high school in 1907 and studied law for three months.
He wrote a stage adaption of the Moss Hart autobiography Act One, which premiered on Broadway at the Lincoln Center Vivian Beaumont Theater in April 2014. [24] Lapine wrote the book for and directed the new musical Flying Over Sunset. A staged singing/reading was presented at the Vineyard Arts Project (Martha's Vineyard) in August 2015.