Abe Burrows

Abe Burrows was born on Dec 18, 1910 in USA. Abe Burrows's big-screen debut came with Duffy's Tavern directed by Hal Walker in 1945. Abe Burrows is known for Fifty Years on Stage directed by Nicholas Hytner, Roger Allam stars as Werner Heisenberg (segment "Copenhagen") and Samuel Anderson as Crowther (segment "The History Boys"). The upcoming new movie Abe Burrows plays is Fifty Years on Stage which will be released on Nov 02, 2013.

Songwriter, composer, writer, panelist, director, singer and pianist, educated at City College of New York and New York University. He began his writing career as a script writer for "Duffy's Taven" on radio, and later, the Rudy Vallee program. He sang in his own radio shows , in night clubs, and on television. He wrote the Broadway librettos for "Guys and Dolls" and received a Tony award and a New York Drama Critics award in 1951), and also directed "Happy Hunting", "Silk Stockings", "First Impressions", "Can-Can", "Say, Darling", and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (earning a Pulizer Prize and a Tony and New York Drama Critics awards). He directed "Two on the Aisle", "Reclining Figure", "The Golden Fleecing", and "What Makes Sammy Run?". He was also the playwright and director of "Cactus Flower". Joining ASCAP in 1952, he composed the popular songs "The Girl With the Three Blue Eyes" and "Leave Us Face It, We're in Love", and authored "The Abe Burrows Song Book".