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Read the inside scoop on Wonderful Town in
an exclusive interview with Comden and Green.
"the most uproarious and original musical carnival we have had since Guy and
Dolls appeared in this neighborhood."
"fresh and pertinent lyrics, with a little acid mixed into them, are post-graduate work."
-- Brooks Atkinson (New York Times, March 8, 1953)
WONDERFUL TOWN
Date: 1953
Theater: Winter Garden
Performances: 559
Lyrics: Comden/Green
Book: Fields/Chodorov
Music: Bernstein, Leonard
Other Contributors:
MUSICAL NUMBERS:
Christopher Street, Conga!, Conversation, Piece, It's Love, A Little Bit In Love, My Darlin' Eileen, Ohio, One Hundred Easy Ways, Pass The Football, A Quiet Girl, Swing!, What A Waste, Wrong Note Rag, The Story of My Life.
Quick Summary: Two girls from Columbus, Ohio move to New York City in the mid-1930's to seek fame and fortune.
Some Cast Highlights: Rosalind Russell, Edie Adams, George Gaynes
Awards: Tony Awards: Actress (Rosalind Russel). Best Musical. Producer- Musical (Robert Fryer). Authors (Chodorov, Fields). Composer (Bernstein). Scenic Designer (Raoul Pene Du Bois). Choreographer (Donald Saddler). Musical Director (Lehman Engel).
Were there revivals? Yes. City Center Encores! Spring 2000 starring Donna Murphy.
Is there an album available? Yes - Original Broadway cast: MCA Classics, 1990. London Cast: First Night/Relativity, 1986. CBS Television cast: Sony/Broadway, 1986.
Is there a video available? Yes - Goodspeed Opera House, 1988. Also a video made from a Kinescope of the original 1953 production, (BRTC).
Was there a TV broadcast? Yes - CBS, 11/30/58
RIGHTS
First Class Rights: Amberson, Inc.
25 Central Park West
Suite 1-Y
New York, NY 10023
fax: 212-315-0643
Stock/Amateur: Tams Witmark
560 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 212-688-2525
Fax: 212-688-3232
Foreign:
Boosey & Hawkes (except Britain 1st Class) until 1998.
Fax: 212-358-5303
Music Publishing: Warner Chappell.
Full Score - Boosey & Hawkes.
Libretto Publishing: Applause Books, 1997.
MERCHANDISE
Wonderful Town
Comden, Green, Bernstein
1999 Studio Cast
Emd/Emi Classics
Wonderful Town
Comden, Green, Bernstein
1998 Studio Cast
Jay Records (UK)
Wonderful Town
Comden, Green, Bernstein
Original London Cast Album
First Night Records
Wonderful Town
Comden, Green, Bernstein
1958 Television Cast
Sony/Columbia
Wonderful Town
Comden, Green, Bernstein
Original Broadway Cast
Mca Special Markets
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