George Forrest (author) George Forrest (author) George Forrest (born George Forrest Chichester Jr., July 31, 1915 – October 10, 1999) was a writer of music and lyrics for musical theatre best known for the show "Kismet", adapted from the works of Alexander Borodin. He was also known professionally at times as Chet Forrest. Throughout his career Forrest worked exclusively with the composer-lyricist Robert Wright. The pair had an affinity for adapting classical music themes and adding lyrics to these themes for Hollywood and the Broadway musical stage. Wright said that the music was usually a 50-50 "collaboration" between Wright & Forrest and the
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (musical) a joke or sell a song than it switches gears and races on to another person or plot point or number that is, in turn, left incomplete." Broadway Production West End Production Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (musical) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a musical with music and lyrics by David Yazbek and a book by Jeffrey Lane. Based on the Pedro Almodóvar film "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (1988), the musical tells the tale of a group of women in late 20th-century Madrid whose relationships with men lead to