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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.
Oct 9, 2014 · (which was still running when On the Town opened), it was also among the first musicals that aimed to integrate story, song, and dance into a unified whole. The result was a fresh, contemporary ...
Dec 16, 2019 · It all started with On the Town, a wartime romantic comedy about three sailors with 24 hours’ shore leave in New York City. Composed in 1944, it was Bernstein’s first composition for Broadway. Bernstein chose three of the show’s dance episodes for use as a concert suite: 1. Dance of the Great Lover (from the Dream Ballet, Act 2); 2.
On the Town, skedded for Broadway this fall will be written, produced and staged by 23 to 25 year-olds headed by Leonard Bernstein, who recently has forged to the front of the ranks of young symphonic composers and conductors. On the Town was an instant hit upon opening on Broadway in 1944.
Sep 3, 2014 · Sept. 3, 2014. By November 1944, the director, producer, playwright, sometime actor and full-time theater maestro George Abbott had already exerted his legendary control over Jimmy Durante ...
On the Town, which was based on a Broadway play, tells the adventures of three sailors—Gabey (played by Kelly), Chip (Sinatra), and Ozzie ( Jules Munshin)—during a hectic 24-hour shore leave in New York City. Over the course of the day, they meet and romance a dancer ( Vera-Ellen), a cab driver ( Betty Garrett ), and an anthropologist (Ann Miller).
Footloose is a 1984 American musical [4] drama film directed by Herbert Ross. It tells the story of Ren McCormack ( Kevin Bacon ), a teenager from Chicago who moves to a small town, where he attempts to overturn the ban on dancing instituted by the efforts of a local minister ( John Lithgow ).
