Robert Wright
Musical theatre, Composer
1914 – 2005
Who was Robert Wright?
Robert Craig Wright was an American composer-lyricist for Hollywood and the musical theatre best known for the Broadway musical and musical film Kismet, for which he and his professional partner George Forrest adapted themes by Alexander Borodin and added lyrics. Kismet was one of several Wright and Forrest creations that was commissioned by impresario Edwin Lester for the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. Song of Norway, Gypsy Lady, Magdalena, and their adaptation of The Great Waltz were also commissioned by Lester for the LACLO. The LACLO then exported most of these productions to Broadway.
Wright and Forrest had an affinity for adapting classical music themes and adding lyrics to these themes for Hollywood and the Broadway musical stage. Wright said that the music was usually a 50-50 "collaboration" between Wright and Forrest and the composer. While both men were credited equally as composer-lyricists, it was Forrest who worked with the music. Forrest and Wright won a Tony Award for their work on Kismet and in 1995 they were awarded the ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award.
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- Born
- Sep 25, 1914
Daytona Beach - Also known as
- Bob Wright
- Wright, Robert
- Robert Craig Wright
- Robert (Bob) Craig Wright
- Bob
- Wright Forrest
- Ethnicity
- Americans
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Jul 27, 2005
Miami
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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