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
The Last Session (musical) about a disturbing subject." The "Variety" review of the 1998 Los Angeles production called the musical "cathartic and often hilarious musical". The show continues to receive productions including such cities as Baltimore (1999); Rochester NY; Uptown Players at Trinity River Arts Center, Dallas in 2002(which also recorded a cast album); Omaha (1999); Denver, Chicago and Indianapolis (which also recorded their own cast album). Brochu and Schalchlin have created another musical, which, among other things, traces the history of "The Last Session" titled "The Big Voice: God or Merman?". The musical ran Off-Broadway in 2006. Composer Steve Schalchlin maintains his online