Shows · Michael Kanin
Michael Kanin (February 1, 1910 – March 12, 1993) was an American director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter who shared an Academy Award with Ring Lardner Jr. for writing the Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy film comedy Woman of the Year (1942). Born in Rochester, New York, his first job was writing and acting in Catskills resort shows with his brother Garson Kanin. In 1939 he was signed to a screenwriting contract at RKO. He married RKO co-worker Fay Mitchell in 1940 and collaborated with her on many projects including the Broadway play Goodbye, My Fancy (1948) and the western The Outrage (1964), based on the Japanese film Rashomon (1950). The couple received an Academy Award nominatio…
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The Gay Life
Woman of the Year
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- Woman of the Year (1981). Book: Peter Stone; lyrics: Fred Ebb; music: John Kander. Based on a film of the same name by Ring Lardner, Jr., and Michael Kanin. Musical comedy about the love/hate relationship of television news reporter Tess Harding and cartoonist SamMcGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N)
- based on the 1942 screenplay Woman of the Year by Ring Lardner Jr. and Michael KaninMore Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin
- RASHOMON By Fay and Michael Kanin; Director, Tito Shaw; Scenery and Lighting, T. Winberry; Costumes, Joyce Aysta; Fights Staged by R.Theatre World, 1973 74 Season, v. 30 (Willis)
- film by Ring Lardner, Jr., Michael Kanin; Music, John Kander; Lyrics, Fred Ebb; Director, Robert Moore; Musical Book, Peter Stone; Based on Staging, Tony Charmoli; Settings, Tony Walton; Costtimes, Theoni V. Aldredge; Lighting, Marilyn Rennagel; Sound, Abe Jacob; Musical Direction/Vocal Arrangements, Donald Pippin; Orchestrations, Michael…Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis)
- RASHOMON b> Fa\ and Michael Kanin; Director. Noel Craig; Scencr\. Richard Seger; Costumes. Lewis Brown; Lighting. Kent Dorsey; Original Music. Laurence Rosenthal; .Additional Music. Conrad Susa; Sound. Conrad Susa. Ton\ Tail; Fight Director. .Anthony DeLongis; Stage Manager. Douglas Pagliotti CAST; Jeffrey .Alan .Theatre World, 1984-85 Season, v. 41 (Willis)
- RASHOMON by Fay and Michael Kanin; Based on novellas by Ryunosuke Akutagawa; Director, Tisa Chang; Set, Kaori Akazawa; Costumes, Molly Reynolds; Lighting, Victor En Yu Tan; Music, Shigeko Suga, Tom Matsusaka; Fights, Michael G. Chin; Stage Manager, James W. Carringer Cast: Orville Mendoza (Priest), Ron Nakahara (Woodcutter), Les J. N.Theatre World, 2000-01 Season, v. 57 (Willis)
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