Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1918, Aug. 31 | Born, New York City |
1920's | Attended Columbia Grammer School, New York City Attended Bedales School, Hampshire, England |
1930's | Attended Choate School, Wallingford, Connecticut |
1936-1940 | Attended Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
1936-1937 (summers) | Attended Juilliard School, New York |
1938, Mar. 29 | Premiere of So Proudly We Hail! |
1938, Apr. 8 | New York debut of Fair Enough |
1940, June 26 | Married Ruth Boyd (divorced 1947) |
1942, Oct. 8 | Life of the Party closed during tryout in Detroit (lyrics by Earle Crooker, book by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe) |
1943, Nov. 11 | What's Up opened on Broadway (lyrics by Lerner, book by Lerner and Arthur Pierson, music by Frederick Loewe) |
1945, Nov. 22 | The Day Before Spring opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe) |
1974, Mar. 13 | Brigadoon opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe) |
1947 Apr. | Severed collaboration with Frederick Loewe |
1947 July | Announced new collaboration with Kurt Weill |
1947 Sept. | Married Marion Bell (divorced 1949) |
1948, Oct. 7 | Love Life opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Kurt Weill) |
1950, Mar. 19 | Married Nancy Olson (divorced 1957) |
1950 May | Reunited with Frederick Loewe |
1951 Mar. | Royal Wedding (film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Burton Lane) |
1951 Oct. | An American in Paris (film) released (screenplay by Lerner) |
1951, Nov. 12 | Paint Your Wagon opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe) |
1951-1953 | Worked on screenplay and lyrics for Huckleberry Finn (never filmed) (music by Burton Lane) |
1952, Mar. 20 | Won Academy Award for An American in Paris screenplay |
1952 | Began working on My Fair Lady Considered writing musical version of Casablanca with Loewe Considered writing musical version of The Girl of the Golden West Abandoned My Fair Lady and severed collaboration with Loewe |
1953 Feb. | Started work on new songs for film version of Paint Your Wagon with Arthur Schwartz |
1953 Mar. | Signed contract to write muscial of Li'l Abner with Schwartz |
1953 Oct. | Started writing screenplay for Green Mansions (non-musical film) for MGM |
1953 Nov. | Ended collaboration with Schwartz; Burton Lane took over as composer of Li'l Abner |
1954 Aug. | Resumed work with Loewe on My Fair Lady Abandoned Li'l Abner |
1954 Sept. | Brigadoon (film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe) |
1955 Apr. | Planned musical adaptation of Saratoga Trunk |
1956, Mar. 15 | My Fair Lady opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe) |
1956 May | Began work on screenplay of Gigi without Loewe |
1957 Feb. | Loewe agreed to write score for Gigi Lerner directed rehearsals of national tour of My Fair Lady |
1957, Mar. 15 | World premiere at Carnegie Hall of songs dedicated to Harvard (music by Leonard Bernstein) |
1957 Apr. | My Fair Lady won six Tony Awards Lerner moved to Paris to work on Gigi |
1957 Oct. | Announced work on Father of the Bride with Loewe |
1957, Dec. 25 | Married Micheline Muselli Pozzo di Borgo (divorced 1965) |
1957 Dec. | Abandoned Father of the Bride |
1958 | World premiere of Gigi (film) (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe) Lerner and Loewe considered musical version of Life with Father |
1959 Feb. | Lerner and Loewe started working on Camelot |
1960, Feb. 18 | Elected president of Dramatists Guild |
1960, Oct. 4 | Hospitalized for bleeding ulcer |
1960, Oct. 14 | Took over direction of Camelot |
1960, Dec. 3 | Camelot opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe) |
1960 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (film) released (featuring four songs by Lerner and Lane) |
1961, Apr. 6 | Announced new collaboration with Richard Rodgers on On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
1963, May 23 | Produced birthday celebration for President Kennedy at the Waldorf-Astoria |
1963 July | Collaboration with Rodgers collapsed Burton Lane took over as composer of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
1963 | Lerner worked on screenplay of My Fair Lady |
1964 Jan. | Agreed to write screenplay and lyrics for Doctor Dolittle |
1964 Oct. | My Fair Lady (film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe) |
1965, Oct. 17 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Lane) |
1966 Jan. | Announced collaboration with André Previn on Coco |
1966, Nov. 15 | Married Karen Gundersen (divorced 1974) |
1967 Oct. | Camelot (film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe) |
1968 | Wrote new songs with Previn for film version of Paint your Wagon Wrote screenplay and lyrics for new songs for film of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
1969, Oct. 16 | Premiere of Paint your Wagon (film) (book and lyrics and produced by Lerner, music for additional songs by Previn) |
1969, Dec. 18 | Coco opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Previn) |
1970, June 17 | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Lane) |
1971, Mar. 15 | Lolita, My Love closed in Boston before reaching Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by John Barry) |
1971 | Lerner and Loewe wrote score for The Little Prince and revised Gigi for the stage |
1973, Nov. 13 | Gigi(stage version) opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe) |
1973 Nov. | Began working with Leonard Bernstein on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue |
1974, Nov. 7 | The Little Prince (film) released (screenplay and lyrics by Lerner, music by Loewe) |
1974, Dec. 10 | Married Sandra Payne (divorced 1976) |
1976, Mar. 25 | Anniversary revival of My Fair Lady opened on Broadway |
1976, May 4 | 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue opened on Broadway (book and lyrics by Lerner, music by Bernstein) |
1976 | Began work on Carmelina |
1977, May 30 | Married Nina Bushkin (divorced 1981) |
1978 | Published The Street Where I Live. New York: W.W. Norton |
1979, Apr. 8 | Carmelina opened on Broadway (lyrics by Lerner, book by Lerner and Joseph Stein, music by Lane) |
1979, May 14 | Tribute to Lerner and Loewe at Museum of the City of New York |
1979 Nov. | Directed major revival of My Fair Lady in London |
1979 | Discussed collaboration with Michel Legrand in Peru |
1980, July 8 | Revival of Camelot opened on Broadway |
1980, Oct. 16 | Revival of Brigadoon opened on Broadway |
1980 | Tribute(film) released (the song "It's All for the Best" written by Lerner and Jack Lemmon) |
1981 Apr. | Began work on film adaptation of The Merry Widow Worked briefly on Copperfield |
1981 May | Announced Dance a Little Closer with Charles Strouse |
1981, Aug. 18 | Married Liz Robertson Revival of My Fair Ladyopened on Broadway |
1982 | Agreed to direct Dance a Little Closer |
1983, May 11 | Dance a Little Closer opened on Broadway (book, lyrics and direction by Lerner, music by Strouse) |
1983 Aug. | Suffered injuries in a car accident |
1983 Aug.-Dec. | Researched history of the musical theater |
1984 Summer | Began work on London production of My Man Godfrey (unfinished) (lyrics by Lerner, music by Gerard Kenny and book by Kristi Kane) |
1984 Oct.-1985 Jan. | Revised Gigi for London stage premiere |
1985, Jan. | Joseph Stein took over revisions of Carmelina |
1985, Feb. 15 | Commissioned to write official lullaby for Prince Harry, entitled "Brocades and Coronets" (music by Gerard Kenny) |
1985 Mar. | My Man Godfrey announced to the press |
1985 Apr. | Completed some initial work on Teddy and Alice |
1985, Sept. 17 | Gigi premiered in London |
1985, Dec. 8 | Received Kennedy Center Honors award with Loewe |
1986 Jan. | Discussed collaborating with Andrew Lloyd Weber on Phantom of the Opera |
1986, Mar. 31 | Withdrew from Phantom of the Opera after diagnosis of lung cancer |
1986, June 14 | Died, New York City |