"Party with BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN" 1961 Waldorf Astoria "Where" Magazine

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This is a rare "Where" Magazine, New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel's Weekly Guide to Entertainment for the week of February 4th, 1961 featuring
BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN
on the front cover. They were entertaining nightly in the Waldorf Astoria Empire Room, following their successful Broadway engagement of the
musical revue "A PARTY WITH COMDEN AND GREEN"
at the John Golden Theatre in New York City
. (The Original Broadway production opened December 23rd, 1958 and ran for 82 performances.) ..... Following a series of successful Monday night shows at the Off-Broadway Cherry Lane Theatre, the brilliant collaborating team of BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN were scheduled to play three weeks at the Golden Theatre, but due to overwhelming demand extended the engagement until May 23rd, 1959. Performing songs from their early Night Club Act ("The Revuers") as well as their successful Broadway shows, Comden and Green were accompanied by WARNER SHILKRET at the piano ..... Biographical note: The team of BETTY COMDEN (1917 - 2006) and ADOLPH GREEN (1915 - 2002) were the longest running creative partnership in theatre history. They began writing and performing their own satirical comic material in a group called "The Revuers", which included the late Judy Holliday. They went on to collaborate with Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins on what was the first Broadway show for all four, "On the Town". Also with Mr. Bernstein, they wrote the lyrics for "Wonderful Town" and with Jule Styne, the book and/or lyrics for "Bells Are Ringing", "Do Re Mi", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Fade Out - Fade In", "Hallelujah, Baby!" and others. They won five Tony Awards for the musicals "Wonderful Town", "Applause", "Hallelujah, Baby!" and "On the Twentieth Century". The Comden and Green film musicals include "Singin' in the Rain", "The Band Wagon", "On the Town", "Bells Are Ringing", "It's Always Fair Weather", "Good News", "Auntie Mame" and "The Barkleys of Broadway". "Singin' in the Rain" was recently voted as one of the ten best American movies ever made by a vote of international film critics conducted by the prestigious magazine "Sight and Sound". As performers, Comden and Green were members of the Original Broadway Cast of "On the Town", and later did an evening at New York's Golden Theatre, "A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green", comprised of material from their own shows and films as well as their act, "The Revuers". In 1977 they did a new version of "A Party" to unanimous acclaim at the Morosco Theatre and later toured throughout the country. (Source: Songwriters Hall of Fame) ..... CREDITS: Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN, JULE STYNE, ANDRE PREVIN, MORTON GOULD, ROGER EDENS and SAUL CHAPLIN; Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN ("On the Town", "Two On the Aisle", "Wonderful Town", "Bells Are Ringing", "Do Re Mi", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Fade Out - Fade In", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Lorelei", "Applause", "On the Twentieth Century", "A Doll's Life", "The Will Rogers Follies"); Sets designed by CHARLES EVANS; Originally Directed by GUS SCHIRMER, Jr.; Produced by ETHELYN R. THRASHER
..... DETAILS: The sixteen page magazine measures 8 1/2" X 11" inches and includes the entertainment listings for the week as well as many other cultural attractions and dining options in the New York area
..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this rare magazine is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.