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Cast and Creative Team

Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Lyricist: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Librettist: Joseph A. Fields

Broadway Premiere
Theatre: Winter Garden Theatre
Opening Night: Feb 25, 1953
Total Performances: 559
Original Cast: Rosiland Russell, Edith Adams, Cris Alexander, Jordan Bentley, Dort Clark, George Gaynes, Henry Lascoe, Isabella Hoopes
Director: George Abbott
Choreographer: Donald Saddler
Producer: Robert Fryer
Musical Director: Lehman Engel
Orchestrations: Don Walker
Scenic and Costume Design: Raoul Pène Du Bois
Lighting Design: Peggy Clark

2003 Broadway Revival
Theatre: Al Hirschfeld Theatre
Opening Night: Nov 23, 2003
Total Performances: 497
Original Cast: Donna Murphy, Jennifer Westfeldt, Peter Benson, Gregg Edelman, David Margulies, Michael McGrath, Raymond Jaramillo McLeod
Director and Choreographer: Kathleen Marshall
Producer: Roger Berlind and Barry & Fran Weissler
Musical Director: Rob Fisher
Orchestrations: Don Walker
Scenic Design: John Lee Beatty
Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz
Lighting Design: Peter Kaczorowski

Wonderful Town Merchandise

Original Broadway Cast Album

2003 Broadway Revival Cast Album

Sheetmusic

Score Vocal Score

DVD Berlin Philharmonic DVD

Awards and Nominations

1953 Tony Award Nominations
Best Musical
Best Actress in a Musical - Rosalind Russell
Best Scenic Design
Best Choreographer
Best Conductor and Musical Director

1953 Theatre World Award Nominations
Edith Adams

2004 Tony Award Nominations
Best Choreography
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Actress in a Musical - Donna Murphy
Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Jennifer Westfeldt
Best Direction of a Musical

2004 Theatre World Award Nominations
Jennifer Westfeldt

2004 Drama Desk Award Nominations
Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Donna Murphy
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical - Raymond Jaramillo McLeod
Outstanding Director of a Musical
Outstanding Set Design of a Musical