1905 Birthday of lyricist and librettist Dorothy Fields (1905-1974), daughter of vaudeville star Lew Fields of Weber & Fields. Among her numerous credits over six decades from the 1920s to the 1970s: Blackbirds of 1928, Let's Face It! (book), Annie Get Your Gun (book), Redhead (book and lyrics), Sweet Charity (lyrics) and Seesaw (lyrics). She was nominated for three Tony Awards and won one, for her work on Re…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AM on July 15, 2011