"Fate"fully, Alexander Borodin won a 1954 Tony as composer of this musical-- even though he'd died in 1887!
Yet the event that was to prove axiomatic in turning him from 
an inspired musical... [DOC] [TLE] Kismet (musical) - Wikipedia [PAR] Kismet is a musical with lyrics and musical adaptation by Robert Wright and 
George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin, and a book by ...