Word: schwartz
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Peter Arno's roughshod rides over the horsey set, the classic caricature never dared approach "Park Avenue" in naked triteness. Twenty years late, playwright George Kaufman and composer Arthur Schwartz are endeavoring to sell the public a brand of musical comedy that has long been by the way, and that must be hyper-professional to satisfy...
Back in the roaring pre-depression years, Arthur Schwartz produced "Dancing in the Dark" and later memorable scores for "Revenge With Music" and "At Home Abroad." Kaufman has hit pay-dirt consistently through two decades of the American tunitee;" and Leonora Corbett, the other-worldly bank on the smartness, sophistication, or schmaltz of another day, differently tempered--or perhaps the Messrs. Kaufman and Schwartz are, plainly and bluntly, "written out." Whatever the explanation, "Park Avenue" has tunes and situations that smack far too conspicuously of past playgoing...
...SCHWARTZ...
...Louis Schwartz...
...EARL SCHWARTZ...