Moss Hart

Moss Hart (1904-1961) was a playwright involved in musical theater. His youth and early career are detailed in his autobiography, Act One. Hart was also a successful director. He directed the original Broadway productions of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's My Fair Lady and Camelot. He was married to Kitty Carlisle.

• George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart plays:
  • 1930 Once in a Lifetime (won a Pulitzer Prize)
  • 1934 Merrily We Roll Along
  • 1936 You Can't Take It With You
  • 1937 I'd Rather Be Right
  • 1939 The Man Who Came to Dinner
  • 1940 George Washington Slept Here

• Other plays by Hart:
  • 1941 Lady in the Dark, with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin
  • 1943 Winged Victory, with Irving Berlin and Cole Porter