| Once in a Lifetime | |
|---|---|
&sq=albert einstein&lang=en&file=File:Once-in-a-lifetime.jpg) First edition book cover (Farrar & Rinehart 1930) | |
| Written by | Moss Hart George S. Kaufman |
| Date premiered | September 24, 1930 |
| Place premiered | Music Box Theatre New York City |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | Hollywood at the advent of talking pictures |
| Genre | Satirical comedy |
| Setting | A hotel room in New York City A Pullman car en route to California Herman Glogauer Studio, Hollywood |
Once in a Lifetime is a play by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman, the first of eight on which they collaborated in the 1930s.