Russel Crouse

Russel Crouse
Russel Crouse (1893-1966) was a newspaperman, a press agent for the Theatre Guild, the author of several books and a librettist before partnering with Howard Lindsay. Lindsay and Crouse's partnership stands today as the longest collaboration of any writers in theatrical history, lasting for more than 28 years. The two men first joined forces in 1934, when the producer Vinton Freedley brought them together to rewrite the libretto for Anything Goes, which Lindsay directed. Two years later, they wrote another Cole Porter show, Red, Hot and Blue. Their first straight play, Life with Father, opened in 1936 and holds the record fir the longest running play on Broadway, at 3,224 performances. Among other shows, Lindsay and Crouse also wrote The Sound of Music (score by Rodgers and Hammerstein); the Pulitzer Prize winning State of the Union; Call Me Madam and Mr. President (scores by Irving Berlin); The Prescott Proposals and The Great Sebastians. They produced The Hasty Heart, Detective Storyand Arsenic and Old Lace. In addition to his work with Linday, Russel Crouse later reproduced, in collaboration with his wife, Anna Erskine Crouse, a son, the writer Timothy Crouse, and a daughter, the actress Lindsay Crouse.
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Call Me Madam
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyCall Me Madam
Irving Berlin , Howard Lindsay , Russel Crouse
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3f, 6m
Ambassador Sally Adams, with slim credentials, is sent off to administer in the tiny duchy of Lichtenburg. It's not long before her down-to-earth, typically undiplomatic manner has surprised and charmed the local gentry, especially the handsome Prime Minister.
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Mr. President
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyMr. President
Irving Berlin , Howard Lindsay , Russel Crouse
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3f, 6m
For his final Broadway score, Irving Berlin went straight to the top -- the exalted office of President of the United States -- to evoke the humanity within the First Family.
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Anything Goes (1962)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyAnything Goes (1962)
Cole Porter , Guy Bolton , P.G. Wodehouse , Howard Lindsay , Russel Crouse
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4f, 3m plus ensemble
It's Delightful, Delicious and De-Lovely! This version of Cole Porter's hilarious shipboard romp is based on the 1962 off-Broadway revival.
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The Sound of Music: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway...
Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
The Sound of Music: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway M...
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Call Me Madam
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyCall Me Madam
Irving Berlin , Howard Lindsay , Russel Crouse
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3f, 6m
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Mr. President
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyMr. President
Irving Berlin , Howard Lindsay , Russel Crouse
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 3f, 6m
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Anything Goes (1962)
Multiple Authors
Full-Length Musical, ComedyAnything Goes (1962)
Cole Porter , Guy Bolton , P.G. Wodehouse , Howard Lindsay , Russel Crouse
Full-Length Musical, Comedy / 4f, 3m plus ensemble
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