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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.
Dec 28, 2010 · On the Town, which was lyricist Betty Comden's first hit when it opened on December 28, 1944, was also the first big success for her three.
Comden and Green's first Broadway show was in 1944, with On the Town, a musical about three sailors on leave in New York City that was an expansion of a ballet entitled Fancy Free on which Bernstein had been working with choreographer Jerome Robbins. Comden and Green wrote the book and lyrics, which included sizable parts for themselves (as ...
With a soaring score by Leonard Bernstein and humorous, highly intelligent lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, On the Town features the seductively upbeat “I Can Cook, Too”, the melancholically beautiful ballad “Lonely Town”, and that most iconic of tunes, “New York, New York.”
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Sep 3, 2014 · “On the Town” marked the Broadway debut of Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, a foursome known as “the kids.”
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Nov 8, 2014 · Provided to YouTube by Masterworks Broadway On The Town: Carried Away · Leonard Bernstein · On the Town Chorus & Orchestra · Betty Comden · Adolph Green The Bernstein Songbook ℗ 1961 Sony ...
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