Arthur Whitelaw

Arthur Whitelaw (born 7 March 1940) was an American theatre producer. His most successful productions include You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown and Butterflies Are Free . In a 1970 interview he said "I try to give people what they want." ^[1]

Whitelaw was interested in theatre as a child and worked as a press agent. He started producing in his twenties. He returned to producing after a long break with Sweet Sue. ^[2]

Whitelaw also exhibited old films commercially. ^[3]

Select credits

• Best Foot Forward with Liza Minnelli
• Cabin in the Sky
• Baker Street (1965) - associate producer
• Ken Murray's Hollywood (1965)
• An Evening with Hildegarde
• You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1967–71)
• Butterflies Are Free (1969–72)
• Minnie's Boys (1970) ^[4]
• Children! Children! (1972)
• Snoopy!! (1975) - also book ^[5]
• 70, Girls, 70 (1971)
• Some of My Best Friends (1977)
• The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall (1979)
• Strider (1979–80)
• Sweet Sue (1987)

References

1. "Boy wonder". Des Moines Tribune. 10 June 1970. p. 11.
2. "New York Stage". The Star-Ledger. 4 January 1987. p. 10 Section4.
3. "Old Movies Mint a Mint". The Record. 22 September 1971. p. C20.
4. "Minnie's Boys failure laid to Shelley Winters". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2 September 1973. p. 59.
5. "Snoopy! is new comic strip musical". The Napa Valley Register. 22 November 1975. p. 13A.

External links

• Arthur Whitelaw at IBDB