Journalist Dorothy Kilgallen and her husband Dick Kollmar, co-produced the short-run musical, along with Albert W. Selden.
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Kilgallen, known primarily at the time for her appearances as a panelist on TV's What's My Line, and her fellow panelists made mention of The Body Beautiful on various episodes of the game show during this time period.
The Bold and the Beautiful | America the Beautiful | The Body Shop | body double | The Beautiful South | Quasi-judicial body | Life Is Beautiful | Beautiful | Jennifer's Body | Electronic body music | body | This Beautiful City | My Beautiful Laundrette | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | I Sing the Body Electro | House Beautiful | Fisher Body | Body of Proof | Beautiful Future | You Can't Hide Beautiful | The Beautiful Girls | Rock Your Body | electronic body music | Body of Christ | Body art | Beautiful (Christina Aguilera song) | Bath & Body Works | The Beautiful Country | Need New Body | It's A Beautiful Day |
The two went on to collaborate on Mrs. Gibbons' Boys, Alive and Kicking, Mr. Wonderful, The Body Beautiful, and Plain and Fancy, which proved to be their biggest success, garnering a Tony nomination for Best Musical.
Other artists whose songs were written and produced by Cooper include Salt n Pepa's hit "I Am the Body Beautiful" from the soundtrack of the motion picture To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar; Paula Abdul's "Missing You", from Head over Heels; and a song for Bette Midler's Diva Las Vegas, "I Look Good" and many other artist and soundtracks.