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Lyrics, Ira Gershwin. Direction, Moss Hart. Musical sequences
staged by Hassard Short. Orchestration, Kurt Weill. Settings,
Harry Horner.
My Fair Lady. 1956. Music, Frederick Loewe. Book and lyrics, Alan
Jay Lerner. Direction, Moss Hart. Choreography, Hanya Holm.
Settings, Oliver Smith. Orchestration, Robert Russell Bennett
and Philip J. Lang. Dance music arrangements, Trude Rittman.
Libretto published together with Shaw’s Pygmalion(with scenes
from the film version) by Signet, 1980
Oklahoma!1943. Music, Richard Rodgers. Book and lyrics, Oscar
Hammerstein II. Direction, Rouben Mamoulian. Choreography,
Agnes de Mille. Settings, Lemuel Ayers. Orchestration, Robert
Russell Bennett. Libretto published by Random House, 1943.
Also available in a Modern Library edition, Six Plays by Rodgers
and Hammerstein.
On Your Toes. 1936. Music, Richard Rodgers. Book, George Abbott,
Lorenz Hart, and Richard Rodgers. Lyrics, Lorenz Hart. Di-
rection, Worthington Miner and George Abbott. Choreography,
Georges Balanchine. Settings, Jo Mielziner. Orchestration, Hans
Spialek.
Pacific Overtures. 1976. Music and lyrics, Stephen Sondheim. Book,
John Weideman. Additional material, Hugh Wheeler. Direction,
Hal Prince. Choreography, Patricia Birch. Settings, Boris Aron-
son. Orchestration, Jonathan Tunick. Libretto published by
Theatre Communications Group, 1991.
Phantom of the Opera. 1986. Music, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book,
Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics, Charles
Hart. Direction, Hal Prince. Choreography, Gillian Lynne. Set-
tings, Maria Bjornson. Orchestration, David Cullen and Andrew
Lloyd Webber. Libretto published in George Perry, The Com-
plete Phantom of the Opera(New York: Henry Holt, 1988).
Show Boat. 1927. Music, Jerome Kern. Book and lyrics, Oscar
Hammerstein II. Direction, Zeke Colvan and Oscar Hammer-
stein II. Choreography, Sammy Lee. Settings, Joseph Urban.
Orchestration, Robert Russell Bennett.
Sunday in the Park with George. 1984. Music and lyrics, Stephen
Sondheim. Book, James Lapine. Direction, James Lapine. Set-

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