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On the Twentieth Century

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On the Twentieth Century
Lingua originaleinglese
StatoStati Uniti d'America
Anno1978
Prima rappr.10 gennaio 1978
Generemusical
RegiaHarold Prince
SoggettoBen Hecht, Charles MacArthur, Bruce Millholland
SceneggiaturaBetty Comden e Adolph Green
ProduzioneRobert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, James Cresson, Martin Richards
MusicheCy Coleman
TestiBetty Comden e Adolph Green
CoreografiaLarry Fuller
ScenografiaRobin Wagner
CostumiFlorence Klotz
Personaggi e attori

On the Twentieth Century è un musical con libretto e parole di Betty Comden e Adolph Green e colonna sonora di Cy Coleman, basato sul film Ventesimo secolo di Howard Hawks (1934)[1].

Ambientato su un lussuoso treno in viaggio per New York, il musical racconta del tentativo del geniale impresario Oscar Jaffee sull'orlo del disastro finanziario a riconquistare la simpatia e la collaborazione artistica della grande attrice da lui scoperta Lily Garland, sua vecchia fiamma.

Dopo l'anteprima al Colonial Theatre di Boston, On the Twentieth Century ha debuttato il 19 febbraio 1978 al St. James Theatre di Broadway per un totale di 449 repliche, per la regia di Harold Prince, le coreografie di Larry Fuller, con John Cullum, Madeline Kahn, Imogene Coca e Kevin Kline[2]. Dopo 9 settimane Madeline Kahn decise di abbandonare, convinta che stesse mettendo a rischio le corde vocali, e fu sostituita da Judy Kaye[3].

Numeri musicali

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Primo Atto
  • Stranded Again – Bishop, attori, cantanti
  • Saddle Up the Horse – Owen O'Malley & Oliver Webb
  • On the Twentieth Century – Porters, Letitia, Conductor, Flanagan, Rogers, passeggeri
  • I Rise Again – Oscar Jaffe, Owen & Oliver
  • Indian Maiden's Lament – Imelda & Mildred Plotka
  • Veronique – Lily Garland & attori
  • I Have Written a Play – Conductor Flanagan
  • Together – Poters & passeggeri, Oliver
  • Never – Lily, Owen, & Oliver
  • This Is The Day – Lily & Agnes (eliminata prima del debutto a Broadway)
  • Our Private World – Lily & Oscar
  • Repent – Letitia
  • Mine – Oscar & Bruce Granit
  • I've Got it All – Lily & Oscar
  • On the Twentieth Century (reprise) – Cast
Secondo Atto
  • Entr'acte: Life is Like a Train – Facchini
  • I Have Written a Play (Reprise 1) - Congressman Lockwood
  • Five Zeros – Owen, Oliver, Letitia, & Oscar
  • I Have Written a Play (Reprise 2) - Dr. Johnson
  • Sextet/Sign Lilly Sign – Owen, Oliver, Oscar, Letitia, Lily, Bruce
  • She's a Nut – Cast
  • Max Jacobs – Max
  • Babbette – Lily
  • The Legacy ("Because of Her" for 2015 revival) – Oscar
  • Lily, Oscar – Lily & Oscar
  • Finale - Cast
Broadway, 1978 Sostituzioni notevoli Londra, 1980 New York, 2005 Broadway, 2015
Lily Garland Madeline Kahn Judy Kaye Julia McKenzie Marin Mazzie Kristin Chenoweth
Oscar Jaffee John Cullum Keith Michell Douglas Sills Peter Gallagher
Letitia Primorose Imogene Coca Betty Comden Ann Beach Jo Anne Worley Mary Louise Wilson
Bruce Granit Kevin Kline Mark Wynter Christopher Sieber Andy Karl
Agnes Judy Kaye Christine Ebersole Chris Melville Mary Ann Hu Mamie Parris

Riconoscimenti

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  1. ^ (EN) On the Twentieth Century Revival, Starring Kristin Chenoweth, Extends on Broadway, su Playbill. URL consultato il 13 febbraio 2016.
  2. ^ (EN) On the Twentieth Century, 1978 ibdb.com
  3. ^ (EN) Madeline Kahn Leaves 'On Twentieth Century', su The New York Times, 25 aprile 1978.

Collegamenti esterni

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