GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED!
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WILLIAM PITKIN
SET DESIGNER
William Pitkin (1925-1990), a theatrical designer, designed sets and costumes for plays, operas, ballets and movies. He won an Emmy Award in 1978 for a televised production of the ballet Romeo and Juliet.
In addtion to Gentlemen, Be Seated! [1963] some of his other theatrical credits: 42 Seconds from Broadway [Broadway, 1973], Scenic Designer. Dear Oscar [Broadway, 1972], Scenic Designer. The Guide [Broadway, 1968], Scenic Designer. The Impossible Years [Broadway, 1965], Scenic Designer. The Beauty Part [Broadway, 1962], Lighting Designer, Scenic Designer. Seidman and Son [Broadway, 1962], Scenic Designer. Something About a Soldier [Broadway, 1962], Costume Designer, Scenic Designer. The Conquering Hero [Broadway, 1961], Scenic Designer. Invitation to a March [Broadway, 1960], Scenic Designer.
GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED!
THE COMPLETE VOCAL SCORE
Gentlemen, Be Seated! is an anti-war, anti-racist musical history of the War Between the States. Music was composed by Jerome Moross with lyrics by Edward Eager. It was completed in 1956 and produced and presented by New York City Opera in 1963. This is the complete vocal score.
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WINDFLOWERS: THE SONGS OF JEROME MOROSS
WINDFLOWERS offers delectable proof, with selections from his stage shows Ballet Ballads, The Golden Apple, Underworld, and Gentlemen, Be Seated! Alice Ripley, Richard Muenz, Jessica Molaskey, Philip Chaffin and Jenny Giering – five singers equally at home on Broadway, in cabaret and in the recording studio – celebrate an American original, in nineteen selections alternately playful and atmospheric, and always highly melodic.