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Encyclopedia > Howard Lindsay

Howard Lindsay (March 29, 1888 - February 11, 1968) was a Broadway producer, playwright, librettist, director and actor, best known for his writing work as part of the collaboration of Lindsay and Crouse, and for his performance, with his wife Dorothy Stickney, in the long-running play Life with Father. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... In the entertainment industry, a producer is generally in charge of, or helps to coordinate, the financial, legal, administrative, technological, and artistic aspects of a production. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ... Libretto can also refer to a sub-notebook PC manufactured by Toshiba. ... Generally a director is a person or one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a government agency, company, corporation, group or project. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Life with Father is a 1947 comedy movie which tells the true story of a stockbroker who wants to be master of his house, but finds his wife and his children ignoring him, until they start making demands for him to change his own life. ...


The 1957 Rodgers and Hammerstein television musical, Cinderella, recently revived by PBS, featured Crouse and Stickney playing the roles of the King and Queen, one of the few times a Lindsay performance has been captured on film. 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Rodgers and Hammerstein is the songwriting team consisting of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Rodgers had previously been in a successful partnership with Lorenz Hart (see Rodgers and Hart). ... Cinderella is the name of a U.S. production broadcast live (except on the west coast) on March 31, 1957. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ...


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Howard Lindsay was married to actress Dorothy Hayes Stickney.
This was the first time that Lindsay and Crouse worked together, initiating a playwriting partnership that was destined to become one of the most successful in the American theatre, and built on the solid foundation of one of the outstanding musical comedies of the 1930s.
Howard Lindsay is also known for his collaboration with writing partner Russel Crouse in their book “The Sound of Music”, suggested by The Story Of Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp.
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