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On the Town – Studio Cast Recording 1961

On the Town – Studio Cast Recording 1961

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Credits

Workman: Michael Kermoyan Chip: Cris Alexander(*) Ozzie: Adolph Green(*) Gabey: John Reardon Hildy: Nancy Walker(*) Claire de Loone: Betty Comden(*) Pitkin: George Gaynes Barker at Coney Island: Leonard Bernstein (*) members of the original 1944 Broadway cast Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein

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Expanded from Fancy Free, the ballet he had scored for Jerome Robbins, On The Town marked the Broadway debut of classical music wunderkind Leonard Bernstein, and the team of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. The show, a wry comedy with forlorn undertones, tells the tale of three sailors on a 24-hour leave in New York City before being shipped to another war-torn part of the world, and was a major hit when it opened in December 1944. Twenty years later, Bernstein recorded the definitive cast album recording of this first success, with Comden, Green, and Nancy Walker reprising the roles they had created on Broadway. First LP release: January 2. 1961