#WomanEmpowermentWednesday Betty Comden

• Graduated New York University in 1938 with a degree in drama
• Acted with the Washington Square Players
• Collaborated on stage/screenplays with creative partner Adolph Green for 6 decades and considered "the longest running creative partnership in theatre history."
• Performed on Broadway in the 1958 revue "A Party With Betty Comden and Adolph Green"
• Helped form cabaret act "The Revuers" with Judy Holliday, Adolph Green and two other friends. Leonard Bernstein would join them on some nights.
• First Broadway appearance was in co-penned "On the Town" in Ann Miller's anthropologist's role
• Won three Tony Awards and nominated for two Academy Awards for "The Band Wagon" and "It's Always Fair Weather"