Fred Ebb

"We have a rhythm of working though we're entirely different people. He's a Midwestern gentleman. He had the edges filed down ... I'm outspoken, quick and nervous. Things that terrify me don't terrify him." --Ebb on his working relationship with John Kander in USA Today, April 23, 1997.

Sources vary on Mr. Ebb's year of birth: some list 1932, others 1933, while others 1936.

In 1991, Kander and Ebb were inducted into the Theatre Hall.

Kander and Ebb have the dubious distinction of having created the only two musicals nominated for 11 Tony Awards which did not win a single award: the 1975 production of "Chicago" and 1997's "Steel Pier".