Productions3 on Broadway
| 1953 | Winter Garden Theatre Original. February 25, 1953 · George Abbott (Jerome Robbins uncredited) | 559 performances · 1 Tony wins |
| 1986 | Transfer Theatre not recorded. | |
| 2003 | Revival Theatre not recorded. · Kathleen Marshall | 497 performances |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 5 albums held
Licensing 1 entry
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
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In the literature45 passages
Donald Saddler won two Tony Awards for his choreography for Wonderful Town (1953) and the 1971 revival of No, No, Nanette. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p22
As Gaynes, he created the role of Robert Baker in the 1953 production of Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green’s Wonderful Town , and introduced “A Quiet Girl” and, with Edie Adams, the duet “It’s Love.” book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p37
A few weeks before the original production of Wonderful Town went into rehearsal, the show’s lyricist Arnold B. Horwitt and composer Leroy Anderson left the musical because of artistic differences with the librettists. book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p311
the March 1958 Wonderful Town was followed later in the year by the television adaptation; book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p533
As of this writing, Wonderful Town has been revived on Broadway five times, including three productions by the New York City Center Light Opera Company in 1958, 1963, and 1967 (for more information about the musical, see entry for the original 1953 production). book:complete-book-of-1950s-broadway-musicals-the-dan-dietz#p694
Rosalind Russell triumphed in Wonderful Town, a brilliant musical by Leonard Bernstein, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p65
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