Editing Michael Stewart (playwright) (section)

==Life and career==
Born Myron<ref>Mitchell Loebel, 1st cousin</ref> Stuart Rubin in Manhattan, Stewart attended [[Queens College, City University of New York|Queens College]], and graduated from the [[Yale School of Drama]] with a [[Master of Fine Arts]] in 1953.<ref name=times>Gerard, Jeremy. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5DE163AF932A1575AC0A961948260 "Michael Stewart Is Dead 63; Author of Broadway Musicals"] ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 21, 1987, Section B, p.16</ref><ref>His name should be shown as "Myron Rubin"&nbsp;— edited by Mitchell Loebel, first cousin.</ref>

His early work was writing sketches for the revues ''The Shoestring Revue'' (1955),<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=8218 ''The Shoestring Revue'']. BroadWayWorld.com, accessed January 3, 2011</ref> ''The Littlest Revue'' (1956),<ref>[http://broadwayworld.com/shows/backstage.php?showid=329064 ''The Littlest Revue'']. BroadWayWorld.com, accessed January 3, 2011</ref> and ''Shoestring '57'' (1956, Barbizon-Plaza, New York).<ref>Funke, Lewis. "Theatre: 'Shoestring '57': New Revue Arrives at the Barbizon-Plaza", ''The New York Times'', November 6, 1956, p.31</ref> He then joined the staff writers of [[Sid Caesar]]'s television program, ''[[Caesar's Hour]]''.<ref name=times />

He met [[Charles Strouse]] and [[Lee Adams]] in 1954, and several years after collaborated with them and [[Gower Champion]] on the 1960 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] musical ''Bye Bye Birdie''.<ref name=times /> He worked again with Champion and [[Jerry Herman]], with their musical ''Hello, Dolly!'' opening on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1964.<ref name=times />

Stewart died on September 20, 1987, in New York City. [[Jule Styne]] said of him: "He was an extremely talented and knowledgeable man of the theater. He was one of the great musical-theater writers, and his string of hits showed that."<ref name=times />  Stewart's sister was writer [[Francine Pascal]] and brother Burt Rubin.<ref name="times" /><ref>Burt Rubin, son of William and Kate Rubin and brother to Michael Stewart. "Michael Stewart Is Dead 63; Author of Broadway Musicals", ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 21, 1987, Section B, p.16</ref>