Fred EbbNationality:
American Birthdate:
04/08/1932 Birthplace:
New York, New York Death Date:
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biography
In the annals of theatrical collaborations, there have been many songwriting partnerships, including Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Bock and Harnick, Strouse and Adams and Kander and Ebb. For the last four decades, Kander and Ebb have been creating successful stage musicals with the dominant theme of entertainment, whether in the nightclubs of Weimar Germany ("Cabaret"), a court of law ("Chicago"), the imagination of a prisoner ("Kiss of the Spider Woman") or the dance marathons of the Depression ("Steel Pier"). The welding of Ebb's wry, witty and sometimes biting lyrics to
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
1960
Collaborated with Jerry Herman on songs for the revue "A to Z"
1962
Had first hit song, "My Coloring Book", with music by John Kander
1963
Wrote book and lyircs for the stage musical "Morning Sun"
1965
First stage musical written with Kander, "Flora, the Red Menace"; first collaboration with Liza Minnelli
1966
Had major theatrical success with "Cabaret", a musical based on the John Van Druten play "I Am the Camera", set in Nazi-era Germany; won Tony Award as Best Musical
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