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On the Town

Opened 1944

463 performances

Musical, Golden Age

Sono Osato, who was in the 1944 production.
Sono Osato, who was in the 1944 production. National Library of Australia from Canberra, Australia

On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music. The musical introduced several popular and classic songs, among them "New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "I Can Cook, Too", and "Some Other Time".

Music
Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics
Betty Comden & Adolph Green
Book
Betty Comden & Adolph Green

Productions5 productions: 4 on Broadway, 1 in the West End

1944
Adelphi TheatreBroadway Original, opened December 28, 1944, directed by George Abbott
462 performances
1963
Prince of Wales TheatreLondon
1971
Imperial TheatreBroadway Revival, opened October 31, 1971, directed by Ron Field
73 performances
1998
Gershwin TheatreBroadway Revival, opened November 19, 1998, directed by George C. Wolfe
69 performances
2014
Lyric TheatreBroadway Revival, opened October 16, 2014, directed by John Rando
368 performances

Songs7 songs

New York, New York, Come Up to My Place, I Get Carried Away, Lonely Town, Lucky to Be Me, Ya Got Me, Some Other Time

Recordings 7 recordings

1988
On the Town
On the Town Columbia CK 2038, released 1988
United States
1991
Candide • Facsimile • Fancy Free • On The Town EMI Classics 7 63905 2, released 1991
Europe
1996
On the Town Released 1996
1996
On the Town Jay Records, released October 29, 1996
1998
On The Town Columbia SK 60538; Legacy SK 60538; Sony Classical SK 60538, released 1998
Europe
1998
On the Town Columbia Broadway Masterworks SK 60538, released September 15, 1998
United States
2015
On the Town (New Broadway Cast Recording)
On the Town (New Broadway Cast Recording) PS Classics, released March 3, 2015

Licensing 1 entry

US Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark available

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