Samuel Spewack
Samuel Spewack
Samuel Spewack (1899-1971) and Bella Spewack (1899-1990) met while working as journalists and married in 1922. Bella’s youth was chronicled in Streets: A Memoir of the Lower East Side (1995, Feminist Press). Their first play, Solitaire Man, premiered in 1926. Clear All Wires (1932) became Leave It To Me! (1938), their first collaboration with Cole Porter. They collaborated on 20 films, including My Favorite Wife (1940) and Weekend at the Waldorf (1945). Kiss Me, Kate (1948) won the Spewacks the first Tony® Award ever for the book of a musical. Their other theatre projects included Boy Meets Girl (1935), Two Blind Mice (1949), My Three Angels (1953), and Once There Was a Russian (1961).
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Kiss Me, Kate (Revised 1999)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyKiss Me, Kate (Revised 1999)
Cole Porter , Samuel Spewack , Bella Spewack
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 7m plus ensemble
The battle of the sexes takes center stage as former spouses feud onstage and off during a musical presentation of The Taming of the Shrew. Sophisticated, romantic and delightfully hilarious, Kiss Me, Kate boasts a sparkling Cole Porter score and a brilliant book from Sam and Bella Spewack.
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Kiss Me, Kate (Original 1948)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyKiss Me, Kate (Original 1948)
Cole Porter , Samuel Spewack , Bella Spewack
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 6m
The battle of the sexes takes center stage as former spouses feud onstage and off during a musical presentation of The Taming of the Shrew. Sophisticated, romantic and delightfully hilarious, Kiss Me, Kate boasts a sparkling Cole Porter score and a brilliant book from Sam and Bella Spewack.
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Kiss Me, Kate (Critical Edition)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyKiss Me, Kate (Critical Edition)
Cole Porter , Samuel Spewack , Bella Spewack ,David Charles Abell ,Seann Alderking
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 7m
The battle of the sexes takes center stage as former spouses feud onstage and off during a musical presentation of The Taming of the Shrew. Sophisticated, romantic and delightfully hilarious, Kiss Me, Kate boasts a sparkling Cole Porter score and a brilliant book from Sam and Bella Spewack.
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Leave It To Me!
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyLeave It To Me!
Bella Spewack , Samuel Spewack , Cole Porter
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 8w, 8m
This satirical musical comedy follows the antics of a reluctant American ambassador to Stalinist Russia just before the beginning of World War II.
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Kiss Me, Kate (Revised 1999)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyKiss Me, Kate (Revised 1999)
Cole Porter , Samuel Spewack , Bella Spewack
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 7m plus ensemble
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Kiss Me, Kate (Original 1948)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyKiss Me, Kate (Original 1948)
Cole Porter , Samuel Spewack , Bella Spewack
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 6m
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Kiss Me, Kate (Critical Edition)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyKiss Me, Kate (Critical Edition)
Cole Porter , Samuel Spewack , Bella Spewack ,David Charles Abell ,Seann Alderking
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3w, 7m
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Leave It To Me!
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyLeave It To Me!
Bella Spewack , Samuel Spewack , Cole Porter
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 8w, 8m
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