Philip Rose
Philip Rose · Arts & Literature
Tony Award — Best Book of a Musical
1921, New York City, United States — 2011, Englewood, New Jersey, United States
United States
Philip Rose is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Tony Award — Best Book of a Musical
Rose was a Broadway producer and director who in 1959 staged Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun — the first Broadway play by a Black woman — and later won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Purlie (1970). He championed socially progressive theatre against long odds. Born Philip Rosenberg on Manhattan's Lower East Side to Russian Jewish parents, he shortened his name while pursuing singing.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Book of a Musical
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Tony Award — Best Book of a Musical
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for Best Book of a Musical
