Loesser hits get great treatment at the park

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  • Author(s): By:By ANDREW PATNER
  • Source:
    Chicago Sun-Times (IL), July 16, 2012 Features, p. 32 5pp
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    • Abstract:
      Frank Loesser's most commercially successful shows - 1950's "Guys and Dolls" and 1961's "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" - included heavy, and hilarious, representation of cynical characters on the make. The younger son of a Manhattan professional classical music family, Loesser (1910-1969) started out rejecting his heritage and working as a lyricist, mostly in Hollywood...