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On the 20th Century : a madcap musical comedy

Title
On the 20th Century : a madcap musical comedy / music by Cy Coleman ; book & lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green ; based on plays by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, and Bruce Millholland.
Author
Coleman, Cy
Publication
  • Bronxville, NY : PS Classics, [2015]
  • ℗2015

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Additional Authors
  • Comden, Betty
  • Green, Adolph
  • Chenoweth, Kristin
  • Gallagher, Peter, 1955-
  • Karl, Andy
  • Linn-Baker, Mark
  • McGrath, Michael, 1957-2023
  • Wilson, Mary Louise
  • Stites, Kevin
  • Hochman, Larry
  • Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964
  • Roundabout Theatre Company, performer
Description
2 audio discs : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
"It's nonstop laughs aboard the Twentieth Century, a luxury train traveling from Chicago to New York City. Luck, love and mischief collide when the bankrupt theater producer Oscar Jaffee (Golden Globe® winner Peter Gallagher) embarks on a madcap mission to cajole glamorous Hollywood starlet Lily Garland (Tony and Emmy®Award winner Kristin Chenoweth) into playing the lead in his new, non-existent epic drama. But is the train ride long enough to reignite the spark between these former lovers, create a play from scratch, and find the money to get it all the way to Broadway? " -- Roundabout Theatre Company website : http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/On-the-Twentieth-Century.aspx?gclid=COThlf3r4sUCFYqIfgod4KwATA.
Uniform Title
On the Twentieth Century
Alternative Title
On the Twentieth Century
Subject
  • Musicals
  • Railroad travel > Drama
  • Railroad travel
Genre/Form
  • Drama.
  • Original cast recordings.
  • Musicals.
Note
  • "New Broadway cast recording"--Sleeve.
  • Orchestrations by Larry Hochman.
  • Title from disc label.
  • Program notes by Patrick Pacheco, list of full cast and orchestra musicians, synopsis, and libretto (56 unnumbered pages : color portraits) included.
Language (note)
  • Sung in English.
Contents
Overture -- Stranded -- Saddle up the horse/On the Twentieth Century -- "Where's the high priest of the theatre?..." -- I rise again -- "An angel of deliverance..." -- Oscar Jaffee/Lily Garland -- Indian maiden's lament -- "What is your name, child?..." -- Veronique -- Veronique playoff -- I have written a play -- Together -- Never -- "Oscar Jaffee? He meant nothing to me..." -- Our private world -- Repent -- "Boys, I've got the play..." -- Mine -- I've got it all -- Entr'acte -- Life is like a train -- "I have my checkbook right here..." -- I have written a play -- Five zeros -- I have written a play -- "An anthology of womankind..." -- Sign, Lily, sign -- She's a nut -- Max Jacobs -- "My play by Somerset Maugham..." -- Babette -- Because of her -- Lily/Oscar -- "I had to do it to save you..." -- Finale ultimo.
Call Number
*LDC 76026
LCCN
  • 00803607153229
  • 803607153229
OCLC
907206742
Author
Coleman, Cy, composer.
Title
On the 20th Century : a madcap musical comedy / music by Cy Coleman ; book & lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green ; based on plays by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, and Bruce Millholland.
Publisher
Bronxville, NY : PS Classics, [2015]
Copyright Date
℗2015
Type of Content
performed music
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
audio disc
Digital File Characteristics
audio file CD audio
Performer
Kristin Chenoweth (Mildred Plotka/Lily Garland), Peter Gallagher (Oscar Jaffee), Andy Karl (Bruce Granit), Mark Linn-Baker (Oliver Webb), Michael McGrath (Owen O'Malley), Mary Louise Wilson (Letitia Peabody Primrose) ; with other members of the Roundabout Theatre Company ; orchestra ; Kevin Stites, conductor.
Event
Recorded 2015 March 23, MSR Studios, New York, NY.
Language
Sung in English.
Added Author
Comden, Betty, librettist, lyricist.
Green, Adolph, librettist, lyricist.
Chenoweth, Kristin, singer.
Gallagher, Peter, 1955- singer.
Karl, Andy, singer.
Linn-Baker, Mark, singer.
McGrath, Michael, 1957-2023, singer.
Wilson, Mary Louise, singer.
Stites, Kevin, conductor.
Hochman, Larry, arranger of music.
Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964. Twentieth Century.
Roundabout Theatre Company, performer.
Other Standard Identifier
00803607153229 gtin-14
803607153229
Publisher No.
PS-1532 PS Classics
Research Call Number
*LDC 76026
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