Moss Hart
(Playwright) Moss Hart become one of the reigning princes of Broadway during its golden era, the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, beginning with his brilliant debut at the age of 27, Once In A Lifetime, the first of several classic American comedies written with his long time collaborator George S. Kaufman. This preeminent team went on to write, Merrily We Roll Along, George Washington Slept Here, The Man Who Came To Dinner, and You Can’t Take It With You, which won them the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for drama. Jubilee, written with Cole Porter was not his only foray into musical theatre. He teamed with Irving Berlin on Face The Music, Miss Liberty, and As Thousands Cheer. He collaborated with Weill/Gershwin on the groundbreaking Lady In The Dark, as well as becoming an accomplished stage director with among others, My Fair Lady, for which he won a Tony Award, and Camelot. For the screen Hart wrote, Hans Christian Anderson, Gentleman’s Agreement, and A Star Is Born (with Judy Garland). His inspired memoir Act I, remains a classic theatre autobiagraphy.