Kenny Solms

Also credited on1 work

Lorelei

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature5 passages

• David Shire, Richard Maltby, Jr, Murray Grand, Paul Nassau, Hal Hackady, Alonzo Levister, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent, Gene P. Bissell, Carl Friberg, Fred Hellerman,More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin
• McWhinney, Michael Cohen, Tony Geiss, and Sidney Shaw sketches by Ronny Graham, Peter De Vries, William F. Brown, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent, Jack Sharkey, Robert Klein, and NormanMore Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin
• Field and creator Kenny Solms battled through the three-week preview period, with the latter finally yanking his name off the show. (Solms: “This experience hasn't soured me on the theatre. . . . My last Broadway show was Lorelei [1974]. Another winner,” he added wryly.) But despiteMore Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin
• LORELEI Book, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent; Music, Jule Styne; Lyrics, Betty Comden, Adolph Green; Based on "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" with Book by Anita Loos, Joseph Fields; Music, Jule Styne; Lyncs, Leo Robin; Staged by Joe Layton; Assistant Director, Evelyn Russell; Scenery, John Conklin; Costumes, Alvin Colt; Lighting, John Gleason; Miss…Theatre World, 1972-73 Season, v. 29 (Willis)
• "Gentlemen Still Prefer Blondes" Book, Anita Loos, Joseph Fields; New Book, Kenny Solms, Gail Parent; Music, Jule Styne; Lyrics, Leo Robin; New Music, Jule Styne; New Lyrics, Betty Comden, Adolph Green; Director, Robert Moore; Choreography, Ernest O. Flatt; Scenery, John Conklin; Cos-Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis)

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