George Abbott

11 books

American Musicals 1927–1949: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics: Show Boat / As Thousands Cheer / Pal Joey / Oklahoma! / On the Town / Finian's Rainbow / Kiss Me, Kate / South Pacific by Adolph Green, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Samuel Spewack, Laurence Maslon, Burton Lane, John O’Hara, Fred Saidy, Joshua Logan, Lorenz Hart, E.Y. Harburg, Betty Comden, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Moss Hart, Bella Spewack, Richard Rodgers

American Musicals 1927–1949: The Complete Books & Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics: Show Boat / As Thousands Cheer / Pal Joey / Oklahoma! / On the Town / Finian's Rainbow / Kiss Me, Kate / South Pacific

Adolph Green, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Samuel Spewack, Laurence Maslon, Burton Lane, John O’Hara, Fred Saidy, Joshua Logan, Lorenz Hart, E.Y. Harburg, Betty Comden, Oscar Hammerstein II, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter, Moss Hart, Bella Spewack, Richard Rodgers

800 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

informative medium-paced
Damn Yankees by Jerry Ross, Richard Adler, George Abbott, Douglass Wallop

Damn Yankees

Jerry Ross, Richard Adler, George Abbott, Douglass Wallop

missing page info • first pub 1987 (editions)

fiction music play lighthearted slow-paced
Famous Plays of Crime and Detection:From Sherlock Holmes to Angel Street by Bayard Veiller, Van H. Cartmell, John Willard, William Gillette, Jeffrey Dell, George Abbott, Elmer Rice, Edward Chodorov, Bennett Cerf, Avery Hopwood, R.C. Megrue, Philip Dunning, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Patrick Hamilton, Emlyn Williams

Famous Plays of Crime and Detection:From Sherlock Holmes to Angel Street

Bayard Veiller, Van H. Cartmell, John Willard, William Gillette, Jeffrey Dell, George Abbott, Elmer Rice, Edward Chodorov, Bennett Cerf, Avery Hopwood, R.C. Megrue, Philip Dunning, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Patrick Hamilton, Emlyn Williams

910 pages • missing pub info (editions)

medium-paced
Fiorello! by George Abbott, Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock
Fiorello!
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George Abbott, Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock

Fiorello!

George Abbott, Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock

147 pages • first pub 1960 (editions)

fiction play funny lighthearted medium-paced
Mister Abbott by George Abbott

Mister Abbott

George Abbott

279 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

informative inspiring tense medium-paced
New Girl in Town: A New Musical by Bob Merrill, George Abbott

New Girl in Town: A New Musical

Bob Merrill, George Abbott

146 pages • missing pub info (editions)

challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Pajama Game by Jerry Ross, Joe Testa, Richard Allen
Pajama Game
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Jerry Ross, Joe Testa, Richard Allen

Pajama Game

Jerry Ross, Joe Testa, Richard Allen

missing page info • first pub 1995 (editions)

medium-paced
Tenderloin: A New Musical Comedy by Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock

Tenderloin: A New Musical Comedy

Sheldon Harnick, Jerome Weidman, Jerry Bock

156 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics literary
Three Men on a Horse: A Comedy in Three Acts by John Cecil Holm, George Abbott
Three Men on a Horse: A Comedy in Three Acts
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John Cecil Holm, George Abbott

Three Men on a Horse: A Comedy in Three Acts

John Cecil Holm, George Abbott

missing page info • first pub 1935 (editions)

funny lighthearted medium-paced
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Musical Play by Betty Smith
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Musical Play
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Betty Smith

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: A Musical Play

Betty Smith

179 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)