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ON THE TOWN [musical show]
- Title
- ON THE TOWN [musical show]
- Opening Date
- December 28, 1944
- Genre
- musical show
- Production and Recordings Information
- 1945 album. Orchestra of orig prod cond by Leonard Bernstein, composer: Ballet music, incl "Lonely Town," "Times Square," "Dance of the Great Lover," "Dream in the Subway" Victor Chorale cond by Robert Shaw: "I Feel Like I'm Not Our of Bed Yet/New York, New York," "Lonely Town," "Some Other Time," "Lucky to Be Me" (78/Vic album DM-995; ALB-1839. Ballet music only: 45/Camden CAE-203; ALB-617, ALB-2368.)
- 1945 studio recordings. MUSIC: Leonard Bernstein. WORDS: Betty Comden, Adolph Green. COND: Lyn Murray, Tutti Camarata, Leonard Joy. CAST: Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, & Adolph Green of orig cast; Mary Martin. (78/Dec album 416; Dec 8030, with Lute Song; ALB-1839; CD/Naxos(E) 8.120889 (ALB-2368). More complete: CD/MCA MCAD-10280, with Fancy Free; CD/Dec 440-014-602-2, with Wonderful Town. Excerpts: Walker: "I Can Cook Too" (ALB-1703, ALB-1755) "Ya Got Me" (ALB-1782) Comden, Green: "Carried Away" (ALB-1548, ALB-1703) Martin: "Lucky to Be Me" (ALB-1963, ALB-2250) "Lonely Town" (ALB-1963).)
- 1949 film soundtrack, with addl songs by Roger Edens, Betty Comden, Adolph Green. ORCH: mostly Conrad Salinger. COND: Lennie Hayton. CAST: Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, Jules Munshin, Ann Miller, Betty Garrett, Vera-Ellen, Alice Pearce. (CD/Blue Moon(Spain) BMCD-7007, with Anchors Aweigh; Caliban 6023, with Dancing Co-Ed; Show Biz 5603. Excerpts: Sinatra, Kelly, Munshin, chorus: "New York, New York" (ALB-1704, ALB-2065, ALB-2247) "Pearl of the Persian Sea" Sinatra, Garrett: "Come Up to My Place," "You're Awful" Sinatra, Munshin, Miller, Garrett, Pearce: "Count on Me," "On the Town" (ALB-2065) Kelly: "Main Street" (ALB-1670, ALB-1699).)
- 1956 records by Nancy Walker of orig cast. "I Can Cook Too" (ALB-293, ALB-2270) "Some Other Time" (ALB-293, ALB-2270, ALB-2368)
- 1959 studio prod, incl songs of the 1949 film prod. COND: Geoff Love. CAST: Fred Lucas, Dennis Lotis, Lionel Blair, Shane Rimmer, Noele Gordon, Stella Tanner. (Col(E) SCX-3281; Stet DS-15029.)
- 1960 studio prod. COND: Leonard Bernstein. CAST: Nancy Walker, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, & Cris Alexander of orig cast; John Reardon, George Gaynes, Michael Kermoyan, Leonard Bernstein ("Randel Striboneen"). (Col OS-2028. More complete: CD/Col CK-2038, CD/Sony SK-60538 (ALB-1865), with addl material. Excerpts: Green, Reardon, Alexander, chorus: "New York, New York" (ALB-830, ALB-1180, ALB-2181) Walker: "I Can Cook, Too" (ALB-830, ALB-1548) Reardon: "Lucky to Be Me" (ALB-1110) "Lonely Town" (ALB-2205) Comden, Green, Walker, Alexander: "Some Other Time" (ALB-1548).)
- 1963 London prod. COND: Lawrence Leonard. CAST: Elliott Gould, Don McKay, Franklin Kiser, Carol Arthur, Gillian Lewis, Meg Walter. (CBS(E) APG-60005)
- 1992 London concert prod, rec live. ORCH: Hershy Kay, Don Walker, others. COND: Michael Tilson Thomas. CAST: Frederica von Stade, Tyne Daly, Marie McLaughlin, Thomas Hampson, Kurt Ollmann, David Garrison, Samuel Ramey, Evelyn Lear, Cleo Laine. (CD/Deutsche Grammophon 437516-2. Excerpts on promo CD: "New York, New York," "Lonely Town," "I Can Cook Too," "Lucky to Be Me" (CD/Deutsche Grammophon 437814-2).)
- 1995 studio prod. COND: John Owen Edwards. CAST: Gregg Edelman, Tim Flavin, Ethan Freeman, Kim Criswell, Judy Kaye, Valerie Masterson, Michael Bauer, Tinuke Olafimihan. (CD/Jay 2-1231)
- Records by Betty Comden & Adolph Green, lyricists & members of orig cast. "New York, New York," "Lonely Town" (1955: ALB-359) (1958: ALB-170) (1977: ALB-489) "Some Other Time," "I Get Carried Away" (1955: ALB-359, ALB-2308) (1958: ALB-170) (1977: ALB-489) "Taxi Song" (1955: ALB-359, ALB-2308) "Lucky to Be Me" (1977: ALB-489)
- Note
- From: Show Music on Record by Jack Raymond
- DigitalID
- loc.natlib.smor.19441228
Last Updated: 08-23-2012