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" (for which Bernstein also wrote the lyric), and "Some Other Time". The story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during World War II, 1944. Each of the three sailors meets and quickly connects with a woman.
On the Town was first produced on Broadway in 1944 and was made into a film in 1949, although the film replaced all but four of the original Broadway numbers with Hollywood-written substitutes. The show has enjoyed several major revivals. The musical integrates dance into its storytelling: Robbins made several ballets and extended dance sequences for the show, including the "Imaginary Coney Island" ballet.
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Performances at Keefe Center for the Arts
117 Elm Street, Nashua, NH
Edmund Keefe Auditorium
March 9-11, 2001
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MUSICAL NUMBERS
ACT I
Scene 1 Brooklyn Naval Yard / A Street in New York
“I Feel Like I’m Not Out of Bed Yet” Workmen
“New York, New York” Chip, Ozzie, Gabey
Scene 2 A Subway
Scene 3 A Street in New York
“Gabey’s Coming” Chip, Ozzie, Gabey & The Girls
Scene 4 Gabey’s Imagination
“Presentation of Miss Turnstiles” Announcer, Ivy, Ensemble
Scene 5 A Taxi-Cab
“Come Up to My Place” Chip and Hildy
Scene 6 Museum of Natural History
“Carried Away” Claire, Ozzie, Cave People
Scene 7 A Street
“Lonely Town” Gabey & Ensemble
Scene 8 A Corridor at Carnegie Hall / Madame Dilly’s Chambers
“Pavane” Ivy Smith, Madame Dilly, Singing Teachers
Scene 9 Claire’s Apartment
“Carried Away” (reprise) Ozzie & Claire
Scene 10 Hildy’s Apartment
“I Can Cook, Too” Hildy
Scene 11 Nedicks / Times Square
“Lucky to Be Me” Gabey & Ensemble
Times Square Ballet Ensemble
ACT II
Scene 1 A Night On The Town
“So Long, Baby” Diamond Eddy’s Girls
“I Wish I Was Dead” Diana Dream
“I Wish I Was Dead” Delores Delores
“Ya Got Me” Hildy, Chip, Claire, Ozzie
“I Understand” Pitkin
Scene 2 A Subway
“Coney Island Dream” Ensemble
Scene 3 The Subway, Later On
“Some Other Time” Chip, Hildy, Claire, Ozzie
Scene 4 Coney Island
“Rajah Bimmy’s Harem Scarem” Rajah Bimmy & Cooch Dancers
Scene 5 Brooklyn Naval Yard
“New York, New York” Finale Three New Sailors, Ensemble
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Produced by arrangement with, and the music and dialogue material furnished by
TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC.
