Burt Shevelove (September 19, 1915 - April 8, 1982) was an American musical theater playwright, lyricist, librettist, and director. Born in Newark, New Jersey, he graduated from Brown University and Yale (Master's degree). At Brown in 1935, he acted in the first ever Brownbrokers musical titled Something Bruin. After serving as a volunteer ambulance driver in WWII, he began working as a writer, director and producer for radio and television. At the time of his death he had lived in London for many years.His Broadway career started in 1948 with writing material, co-producing and directing for the revue Small Wonder. Among his successes were A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and No, No, Nanette, for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical.
In 1963, won two Tony Awards: as Best Author (Musical) and as author of the book for the Best Musical winner, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum." This was followed with three nominations as Best Director (Musical): in 1968 for "Hallelujah, Baby!;" in 1971 for a revival of "No, No, Nanette;" "in 1972 for a revival of "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum."
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"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" was nominated for a Laurence Olivier award in 2000 (1999 season) for Outstanding Musical Production.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
That Was the Year That Was - 1976
1976
TV Movie executive producer
The Wrong Box
1966
co-producer
Beyond the Fringe
1964
TV Movie documentary supervising producer
The Bell Telephone Hour
1960-1964
TV Series producer - 14 episodes
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1962-1963
TV Series producer - 3 episodes
Judy and Her Guests, Phil Silvers and Robert Goulet
1963
TV Movie producer
Chevrolet Golden Anniversary
1961
TV Special producer
Art Carney Meets the Sorcerer's Apprentice
1959
TV Movie producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
ABC Stage 67
1966
TV Series writer - 1 episode
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
book
The Wrong Box
1966
written for the screen by
The Bell Telephone Hour
1960-1964
TV Series writer - 6 episodes
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV Series 1 episode, 1962 written by - 2 episodes, 1962 - 1963
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Great Performances
1974
TV Series 1 episode
The Right Man
1960
TV Movie
Hooray for Love
1960
TV Movie
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1960
TV Series 1 episode
The Best of Anything
1960
TV Movie
Art Carney Special
1959
TV Series 1 episode
Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf
1958
TV Movie
The Arthur Murray Party
1953
TV Series 1 episode
I'll Buy That
1953
TV Series
Known for movies
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966) as Writer
The Wrong Box (1966) as Producer
Art Carney Meets Peter and the Wolf (1958) as Director
$200,000
