Dorothy Fields
Birth Place: USA
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[ 2024 ] written by: "Dig-A-Dig-A-Doo"
[ 2024 ] written by: "Dig-A-Dig-A-Doo"
Awards and Nominations
Dorothy Fields, Seesaw
Dorothy Fields, Sweet Charity
winner
Dorothy Fields, Redhead
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Dorothy Fields has written 38 shows including Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic [1929] (Lyricist), Cotton Club Show (Lyricist), Cotton Club Show (Lyricist), Cotton Club Show (Lyricist), Blackbirds of 1928 (Lyricist), Hello, Daddy (Lyricist), The International Review (Composer), International Review (Lyricist), The Vanderbilt Revue (Lyricist), Shoot the Works! (Lyricist), Singin' the Blues (Lyricist), Stars in Your Eyes (Lyricist), Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1939 (Lyricist), Reunion in New York (Lyricist), Let's Face It! (Bookwriter), Something for the Boys (Bookwriter), Mexican Hayride (Bookwriter), Up in Central Park (Bookwriter), Annie Get Your Gun (Bookwriter), Arms and the Girl (Bookwriter), A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Lyricist), By the Beautiful Sea (Bookwriter), Redhead (Bookwriter), Sweet Charity (Lyricist), The Harold Arlen Songbook (Lyricist), Seesaw (Lyricist), Ain't Misbehavin' (Lyricist), Sugar Babies (Lyricist), Big Deal (Lyricist), Lucky in the Rain (Lyricist), Fosse (Lyricist), Swing! (Composer/Lyricist), Never Gonna Dance (Lyricist), Barbara Cook's Broadway! (Lyricist), Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life (Lyricist), Stairway to Paradise (Sketches/Composer/Lyricist), Come Fly Away (Lyricist), After Midnight (Composer).
Dorothy Fields has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre for the musical "Seesaw." Additionally, she received a nomination for Best Conductor and Musical Director for the musical "Sweet Charity." Fields was also involved in the musical "Redhead," which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical.
Dorothy Fields has won the Tony Award for Best Musical for her work on "Redhead".
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