Broadway History: The Magic of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
…great comic potential in the script and convinced Kesselring to make it a comedy. The comedy, Arsenic and Old Lace, ran for 1,444 performances. It also became a major hit comic film, directed by Frank Capra and starring Cary Grant. Of the dozen plays written by Kesselring, it was his most successful. In 1946, the writing team’s comedy, State of the Union, won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. They also created the book for the Tony-winning musical Th…