Broadway Scenes Remembered: George Abbott Part II, The 1930s
…lished himself as a force in the theatre. How important a force he would become would eventually become evident as the decade progressed. Jumbo Jumbo was a BIG show. The 1935 musical Jumbo, which Abbott directed with John Murray Anderson, was big in everyway. The music was by Richard Rodgers, the lyrics by Lorenz Hart and the book by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. The circus musical was produced by Billy Rose and starred Jimmy Durante. The 5,000…