A decade passed before Rigby returned to Broadway, this time as a production associate for The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Edward Albee's adaptation of the Carson McCullers story. In 1971, he was the driving force behind the hit revival of No, No, Nanette, which lured both Ruby Keeler and Busby Berkeley out of retirement and started the nostalgia craze on Broadway. His acrimonious relationship with fellow producer Cyma Rubin led to a lawsuit that resulted in his credit being reduced to "Revival originally conceived for production by Harry Rigby," but insiders claimed he deserved full credit for the show's success. Undaunted by the experience, he revived the 1919 hit Irene, for which he helped adapt a new book, with Debbie Reynolds two years later.
harry, rigby, producer, harry, rigby, 1925, january, 1985, american, theatre, producer, writer, harry, rigbyborn1925pittsburgh, pennsylvaniadiedjanuary, 1985, aged, york, city, yorkoccupation, theatre, producer, writerborn, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, rigby, joi. Harry Rigby c 1925 January 17 1985 was an American theatre producer and writer 1 Harry RigbyBorn1925Pittsburgh PennsylvaniaDiedJanuary 17 1985 aged 59 60 New York City New YorkOccupation s Theatre producer writerBorn in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Rigby joined forces with Jule Styne and Alexander H Cohen to produce the short lived 1951 Hugh Martin musical Make a Wish as his first Broadway outing Two years later he enjoyed greater success when he joined forces with Stanley Gilkey and Michael P Grace II to produce John Murray Anderson s Almanac a revue with an eclectic cast that included Harry Belafonte Polly Bergen Hermione Gingold Billy Wolfe Orson Bean Kay Medford Larry Kert and Tina Louise A decade passed before Rigby returned to Broadway this time as a production associate for The Ballad of the Sad Cafe Edward Albee s adaptation of the Carson McCullers story In 1971 he was the driving force behind the hit revival of No No Nanette which lured both Ruby Keeler and Busby Berkeley out of retirement and started the nostalgia craze on Broadway His acrimonious relationship with fellow producer Cyma Rubin led to a lawsuit that resulted in his credit being reduced to Revival originally conceived for production by Harry Rigby but insiders claimed he deserved full credit for the show s success Undaunted by the experience he revived the 1919 hit Irene for which he helped adapt a new book with Debbie Reynolds two years later Rigby died in New York City Contents 1 Additional Broadway credits 2 Awards and nominations 3 Further reading 4 References 5 External linksAdditional Broadway credits editSugar Babies 1979 1 Very Good Eddie 1980 I Love My Wife 1977 Good News 1974 Hallelujah Baby 1967 Awards and nominations edit1980 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Sugar Babies nominee 1980 Tony Award for Best Musical Sugar Babies nominee 1977 Tony Award for Best Musical I Love My Wife nominee 1977 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical I Love My Wife nominee 1976 Tony Award for Best Play Knock Knock nominee 1968 Tony Award for Best Musical Hallelujah Baby winner 1968 Tony Award for Best Producer of a Musical Hallelujah Baby winner Further reading editThe Making of No No Nanette by Don Dunn published by Citadel Press 1972References edit a b Berger Joseph January 18 1985 HARRY RIGBY DEAD PRODUCER ORIGINATED SUGAR BABIES SHOW The New York Times External links editHarry Rigby at the Internet Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harry Rigby producer amp oldid 1178179367, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
