Burt Shevelove

Burt Shevelove (1915 – 8 April1981) was an American musical theater writer, lyricist, librettist, and director..

Libretti

• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – 1962, revived 1972, 1996
• No, No, Nanette – revisions made in 1971, from an original libretto by Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel
• The Frogs – adapted from Aristophanes' play in 1974; in 2004 Nathan Lane further adapted Shevelove's libretto for the work's Broadway premiere
• Happy New Year – 1980
• Jerome Robbins' Broadway – 1989; used some of Shevelove's Forum text

Directing

• Small Wonder – 1948
• Hallelujah, Baby! – 1967
• Rockefeller and the Red Indians – 1968
• No, No, Nanette – 1971
• A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum – 1972
• Sondheim: A Musical Tribute – 1973
• Rodgers & Hart – 1975
• So Long, 174th Street – 1976
• Happy New Year -1980

Lyrics

• Small Wonder – 1948