Description
This is a rare February 18th, 1963 playbill (with two original ticket stubs) from the New York City Center revival of the LEONARD BERNSTEIN, BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN musical comedy hit "WONDERFUL TOWN" at the New York City Center Theatre in New York City. (The production opened February 13th, 1963 and ran for a limited engagement of only 16 performances.) ..... The musical starred KAYE BALLARD and featured JACQUELYN McKEEVER, PHIL LEEDS, JIM KIRKWOOD, ROBERT KAYE, GABRIEL DELL, STEWART ROSE, PAULA TRUEMAN, TED BENIADES, PAT TURNER, REID SHELTON and BETTY HYATT LINTON ..... CREDITS: Book by JOSEPH FIELDS and JEROME CHODOROV based on their play "My Sister Eileen"; Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN ("On the Town", "Wonderful Town", "Candide", "Peter Pan", "West Side Story", "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"); Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN ("On the Town", "Two on the Aisle", "Wonderful Town", "Peter Pan", "Bells Are Ringing", "Say, Darling", "Do Re Mi", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Applause", "A Doll's Life", "On the Twentieth Century", "The Will Rogers Follies"); Sets designed by RAOUL PENE DU BOIS; Costumes designed by RUTH MORLEY; Choreographed by RALPH BEAUMONT; Directed by GUS SCHIRMER, Jr.; Produced by THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER LIGHT OPERA COMPANY ..... DETAILS: The 42 page playbill measures 6" X 9" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and bios of each of the leading actors, but no cast photos. Includes two ticket stubs from the February 21st, 1963 evening performance stapled to the top right corner of the cover. Also includes two clipped newspaper reviews, one from the "New York Times" ..... CONDITION: With the exception of slight discoloration to the title page from the newspaper clippings, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
