| THE NERVOUS SET by Jay Landesman (Tiger of the Stripe, 2006) | ||
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Jay Landesman wrote his semi-autobiographical novel in 1952, based on the characters he'd met in New York. It remained unpublished at that time, but a few years later was reworked into a musical, with lyrics by his wife Fran and music by Tommy Wolf. It was a huge hit when performed in St. Louis in March 1959, and ran for a few weeks when it transferred to Broadway, New York, that May. | ||
| Character name: | Real name: | |
| Brad Blisberg | Jay Landesman | |
| Jan Blisberg | Fran Landesman | |
| Bummy Carwell | Jack Kerouac / John Clellon Holmes | |
| Sidney Jerrod | Robert Giroux | |
| Danny Schwartz | Allen Ginsberg / Anatole Broyard | |
| Yogi | Gershon Legman | |
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