Adolph Green

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lyricist person playwright screenwriter

Adolph Green was an American playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter best known for his long collaboration with Betty Comden on classic Broadway musicals and Hollywood films.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lyricist → person → playwright → screenwriter →
awardReceived	Kennedy Center Honors → Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical → Tony Award for Best Original Score →
birthDate	1914-12-02 →
collaboratedWith	Betty Comden →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	2002-10-23 →
ethnicGroup	Jewish American →
familyName	Green →
fieldOfWork	Broadway theater → surface form: "Broadway theatre" Hollywood film industry →
genre	film musical → musical theatre →
givenName	Adolph →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	On the Town → surface form: "Comden and Green"
name	Adolph Green →
notableWork	Applause (musical) → surface form: "Applause" Bells Are Ringing → Do Re Mi → On the Town → On the Twentieth Century → Singin' in the Rain → The Band Wagon → The Will Rogers Follies → Wonderful Town →
occupation	actor → librettist → lyricist → playwright → screenwriter →
placeOfBirth	New York City → The Bronx →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
spouse	Phyllis Newman →
workedOn	Applause (musical) → Bells Are Ringing → surface form: "Bells Are Ringing (1960 film)" Bells Are Ringing → surface form: "Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)" On the Town → surface form: "On the Town (1949 film)" On the Town → surface form: "On the Town (stage musical)" On the Twentieth Century → surface form: "On the Twentieth Century (musical)" Singin' in the Rain → surface form: "Singin' in the Rain (1952 film)" The Band Wagon → surface form: "The Band Wagon (1953 film)" The Will Rogers Follies → surface form: "The Will Rogers Follies (musical)" Wonderful Town → surface form: "Wonderful Town (musical)"
writingPartner	Betty Comden →

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

On the Town → bookWriter → Adolph Green →

Arthur Freed → collaboratedWith → Adolph Green →

Betty Comden → collaboratedWith → Adolph Green →

Cosmo Brown → createdBy → Adolph Green →

Don Lockwood → createdBy → Adolph Green →

Kathy Selden → createdBy → Adolph Green →

Lina Lamont → createdBy → Adolph Green →

On the Town → lyricist → Adolph Green →

Wonderful Town → lyricist → Adolph Green →

Adolph Green → name → Adolph Green →

Singin' in the Rain → screenwriter → Adolph Green →

The Band Wagon → screenwriter → Adolph Green →

The Barkleys of Broadway → screenwriter → Adolph Green →