Russel Crouse
Russel Crouse ( born February 20, 1893 in Findlay, Ohio; † April 3, 1966 in New York City ) was an American playwright, actor and producer. He was primarily known for his writing collaboration with Howard Lindsay.
Russel Crouse was initially newspaper reporter, first in Cincinnati, then in New York City. In 1932 he became advertising manager of the Theatre Guild. During this time he has worked as an actor and writer for Broadway. 1934 began his 28 -year partnership with Howard Lindsay at work for the musical Anything Goes. You entered in order the books for very successful musicals: Red, Hot and Blue (music: Cole Porter, 1936), Hooray For What! (Music by Harold Arlen, 1937), Call Me Madam (music by Irving Berlin, 1950) and The Sound of Music ( Music: Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1959); and spectacles: Life with Father (1939 ) - the piece was almost eight years, making it the played the longest staging of non- musicals in the history of Broadway and State of the Union (1948 ) - for which they 1946 Pulitzer Prize won.