No Strings is a musical drama with a book by Samuel A. Taylor and words and music by Richard Rodgers, his only score written without a collaborator. The musical opened on Broadway in 1962 and ran for 580 performances. It received the nomination for Tony Award, Best Musical.
The musical opened on March 15, 1962 at the 54th Street Theatre, where it ran for slightly more than six months before transferring to the Broadhurst Theatre, where it continu...
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Samuel A. Taylor
Samuel A. Taylor (June 13, 1912–May 26, 2000) was an American playwright and screenwriter.
Born Samuel Albert Tanenbaum in Chicago, Illinois, Taylor made his Broadway debut as author of the play The Happy Time in 1950. He wrote the play Sabrina Fair in 1953 and co-wrote its film adaptation the...
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