ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Date: 1978
Theater: St. James
Performances: 460
Lyrics: Comden/Green
Book: Comden/Green
Music: Coleman, Cy
Other Contributors:
MUSICAL NUMBERS:
Babbette, Five Zeros, I Have Written A Play, I Rise Again, I've Got it All., The Legacy, Life Is Like A Train (entr'acte), Lily, Oscar, Mine, Never, On the Twentieth Century, Our Private World , Repent , Saddle Up the Horse, Sextet, She's A Nut, Stranded Again. Together, Veronique.
Quick Summary: Set on the legendary luxury train which ran from Chicago to New York in the 20's, a bankrupt producer tries to regain the cooperation of his ex-lover, now a star.
Some Cast Highlights: Madeline Kahn, John Cullum, Imogene Coca, Kevin Kline, Dean Dittman, George Coe.
Awards: Tony Awards: Actor (John Cullum). Featured Actor (Kevin Kline). Best Book. Best Score. Set (Robin Wagner). Tony Nominations: Actress (Madeline Kahn). Featured Actress (Imogene Coca). Best Musical. Director (Hal Prince)
Were there revivals? Yes -- Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, CT, 1999.
Is there an album available? Yes -- Original Broadway cast: Sony/Broadway, 1991.
Is there a video available? No.
Was there a TV broadcast? No.
RIGHTS
First Class Rights: Authors
Stock/Amateur:
Samuel French, Inc.
45 West 25th Street - Dept.W
New York, NY 10010
Phone (212) 206-8990
Fax (212) 206-1429
Foreign: Samuel French
Music Publishing: Betdolph, Notable & WB Music Corp.
Libretto Publishing: Samuel French.
MERCHANDISE
On The Twentieth Century
Comden, Green, Coleman
1978 Original Broadway Cast
Sony
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