Wonderful Town

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Winter Garden Theatre , (2/25/1953 - 7/03/1954)

Category: Musical, Comedy, Original, Broadway

Setting: 1935. New York City.

Production Staff
Theatre Owned / Operated by J. J. Shubert
Produced by Robert Fryer
Music by Leonard Bernstein; Book by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Based on "My Sister Eileen" by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Based on stories by Ruth McKenney; Musical Director: Lehman Engel; Vocal arrangements by Lehman Engel; Music orchestrated by Don Walker; Assistant to Don Walker: Seymour Ginzler and Sid Ramin; Assistant to Lehman Engel: Bill Jonson
Directed by George Abbott; Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Donald Saddler; Uncredited show doctoring by Jerome Robbins
Scenic Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois; Costume Design by Raoul Pène Du Bois; Miss Russell's costumes designed by Mainbocher; Lighting Design by Peggy Clark; Assistant to Raoul Pene du Bois: Mason Arvold, Willa Kim and Waldo Angelo
General Manager: Charles Harris
Production Stage Manager: Robert Griffith; Stage Manager: Hal Prince; Assistant Stage Mgr: Edmund Balin
Music Contractor: Morris Stonzek; Copyist: Mathilde Pincus
Assistant to Donald Saddler: Albia Kavan; Press Representative: Phyllis Perlman and Marian Byram; Associate Press Representative: David Powers

Cast

Ruth Sherwood

Understudies: Delbert Anderson (Chick Clark), Geraldine Delaney (Helen), Warren Galjour (Speedy Valenti), Betty Gillette (Eileen Sherwood), Joe Layton (Wreck), Lee Papell (Appopolous), Hal Prince (Frank Lippencott), Helen Rice (Mrs. Wade) and Chris Robinson (Robert Baker)

1953 Tony Award^® Best Musical
	Book by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Music by Leonard Bernstein; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green; Produced by Robert Fryer [winner]
1953 Tony Award^® Best Actress in a Musical
	Rosalind Russell [winner]
1953 Tony Award^® Best Scenic Design
	Raoul Pène Du Bois [winner]
1953 Tony Award^® Choreographer
	Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by Donald Saddler [winner]
1953 Tony Award^® Conductor and Musical Director
	Musical Director: Lehman Engel [winner]
1953 Theatre World Award
	Edith Adams [winner]

ACT 1	Sung By
Christopher Street	Tour Guide and The Villagers
Ohio	Ruth Sherwood and Eileen Sherwood
Conquering New York	Ruth Sherwood, Eileen Sherwood, First Cadet, Violet and The Villagers
One Hundred Easy Ways	Ruth Sherwood
What a Waste	Robert Baker and Associate Editors
Ruth's Story Vignettes	Rexford, Mr. Mallory, Danny, Trent and Ruth Sherwood
A Little Bit in Love	Eileen Sherwood
Pass the Football	Wreck and The Villagers
Conversation Piece	Ruth Sherwood, Eileen Sherwood, Frank Lippencott, Robert Baker and Chick Clark
A Quiet Girl	Robert Baker
Conga!	Ruth Sherwood
ACT 2	Sung By
My Darlin' Eileen	Eileen Sherwood, Drunk and Policeman
Swing	Ruth Sherwood and Villagers
Ohio (Reprise)	Ruth Sherwood and Eileen Sherwood
It's Love (Reprise)	Robert Baker and The Villagers
Wrong Note Rag	Ruth Sherwood, Eileen Sherwood and The Villagers