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   Tony Award for Best Original Score. On the Twentieth Century is a musical with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Cy Coleman. Based partly on the 1932 play Twentieth Century and its 1934 film adaptation, the musical is part operetta, part farce and part screwball comedy. The story involves the behind-the-scenes ...

   • Author: Betty Comden, Adolph Green
   • Music: Cy Coleman

   • Publish Year: 1981

2. www.nytimes.com › 2015/03/16 › theaterReview: ‘On the Twentieth Century,’ With Kristin Chenoweth ...

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   Mar 16, 2015 · A revival of this 1978 musical, directed by Scott Ellis, about dueling megalomaniacs on a train journey, opened at the American Airlines Theater on Sunday night. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times ...

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   Feb 19, 2018 · On the Twentieth Century, which features music by Cy Coleman and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, premiered on Broadway February 19, 1978, under the direction of Harold Prince.The ...

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   Theater Review: A Little Engine Keeps On the Twentieth Century Moving. There are a million big reasons that On the Twentieth Century, the 1978 musical by Cy Coleman and Comden and Green, shouldn't ...

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   What was the first Broadway musical?

   • Works for the musical stage appeared in the United States prior to the twentieth century, thus establishing important precedents for the Broadway musical. Important genres included European-style opera, ballad opera, minstrel shows, and vaudeville. The first Broadway musical is generally acknowledged to be The Black Crook (1866).

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   Is 'twentieth century' based on a true story?

   • Based partly on the 1932 play Twentieth Century and its 1934 film adaptation, the musical is part operetta, part farce and part screwball comedy. The story involves the behind-the-scenes relationship between Lily, a temperamental actress and Oscar, a bankrupt theatre producer.

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   Why is the Broadway musical so popular?

   • The Broadway musical has contributed to both the popular music and film industries. Many songs from Broadway shows have gone on to achieve popularity outside of the theater. Broadway was tied closely to Tin Pan Alley (the American popular music style) until World War II.

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   When did Broadway musicals come out?

   • Film versions of Broadway musicals have appeared since the late 1920s. The Desert Song (1929, Warner Brothers) was the first of a long line of film adaptations which continued through the mid-century with a string of Rodgers and Hammerstein films, among others, to the end of the century with Evita (1996, Cinergi Pictures).

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7. www.theatlantic.com › magazine › archiveHow Broadway Conquered the World - The Atlantic

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   Whether on or off Broadway, most of the shows in the latter part of the 20th century went on dishing out the take-out melodies. But sitting above it all was Sondheim, doing stuff so elevated, it ...

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   Dec 19, 2021 · Broadway is a 13 mile street that runs through two of New York City's five boroughs- Manhattan and the Bronx. It technically continues far beyond city limits, eventually ending in Sleepy Hollow ...

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   The Musical. The American musical theater of the twentieth century is a widely diverse genre that encompasses a variety of styles. From traditional operettas and musical comedies by composers such as Sigmund Romberg and George Gershwin in the early part of the century, through mid-century dramatic works by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and their contemporaries, to shows that expand ...