WONDERFUL TOWN
 


 This show follows Ruth and Eileen as they try to make it in the big city as a writer and an actress, overcoming hurdle after hurdle to end on top.

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

1953 Theatre World Award
Edith Adams

2004 Tony Award
Best Choreography

2004 Theatre World Award
Jennifer Westfeldt

2004 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
(Donna Murphy)
Outstanding Choreography

BROADWAY PREMIERE
February 25, 1953, played 559 performances

REVIVAL
November 23, 2003, played 497 performances
 
COMPOSER
Leonard Bernstein

LYRICIST
Betty Comden and Adolph Green

LIBRETTIST
Joseph A. Fields
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Rosiland Russell, Edith Adams, Cris Alexander, Jordan Bentley, Dort Clark, George Gaynes, Henry Lascoe, and Isabella Hoopes

DIRECTOR
George Abbott

CHOREOGRAPHER
Donald Saddler
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Tams Witmark

LYRICS
leonardbernstein.com
 
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