Catalog
WONDERFUL TOWN
Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Music by Leonard Bernstein
Book by Jerome Chodoroy and Joseph A. Fields
Opened on Broadway 2/25/1953 at Winter Garden
Ran for 559 performances
Synopsis
Based on "My Sister Eileen" by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Codoroy; Based on stories by Ruth McKenney
Original Cast Included Nathaniel Frey, Edith Adams, Cris Alexander, Albert Linville, Delbert Anderson, George Gaynes, Jordan Bentley, Rosalind Russell, Dort Clark, Ray Doria, Warren Guljour, Robert Kole, Lee Papell and Chris Robinson
Awards
Tony Award for Best Musical - 1953
Songs
CHRISTOPHER STREET
OHIO
CONQUERING THE CITY
ONE HUNDRED EASY WAYS
WHAT A WASTE
STORY VIGNETTES
A LITTLE BIT IN LOVE
PASS THAT FOOTBALL
CONVERSATION PIECE
A QUIET GIRL
CONGA!
MY DARLIN' EILEEN
SWING
IT'S LOVE
BALLET AT THE VILLAGE VORTEX
THE WRONG NOTE RAGE