On the Twentieth Century

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Broadway musical musical stage work

On the Twentieth Century is a Tony-winning Broadway musical comedy by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green that satirizes show business and romance aboard a luxury train in the 1920s.

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Label	Occurrences
On the Twentieth Century canonical	12
On the Twentieth Century (Broadway musical)	1
On the Twentieth Century (musical)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ musical ⓘ stage work ⓘ
2015RevivalLeadActor	Peter Gallagher ⓘ
2015RevivalLeadActress	Kristin Chenoweth ⓘ
basedOn	Twentieth Century (1934 film) ⓘ surface form: 1932 play Twentieth Century Twentieth Century (1934 film) ⓘ surface form: 1934 film Twentieth Century 20th century ⓘ surface form: Twentieth Century
bookWriter	Adolph Green ⓘ Betty Comden ⓘ
character	Bruce Granit ⓘ Ida Webb ⓘ Lily Garland ⓘ Oscar Jaffee ⓘ Owen O’Malley ⓘ
choreographer	Larry Fuller ⓘ
composer	Cy Coleman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Harold Prince ⓘ
genre	musical comedy ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasCastRecording	original Broadway cast recording ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Adolph Green ⓘ Betty Comden ⓘ
nominatedFor	Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
orchestrator	Ralph Burns ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActor	John Cullum ⓘ
originalBroadwayLeadActress	Judy Kaye ⓘ Madeline Kahn ⓘ
originalBroadwayPerformances	449 ⓘ
originalBroadwayPreviews	11 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunEnd	1979-03-18 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunStart	1978-02-19 ⓘ
premiereDate	1978-02-19 ⓘ
premiereLocation	Broadway ⓘ
premiereTheatre	St. James Theatre ⓘ
producer	Harold Prince ⓘ
revival	2015 Broadway revival ⓘ
setting	luxury train ⓘ
settingPeriod	1920s ⓘ
style	farce ⓘ operetta-influenced ⓘ
subject	romance ⓘ show business ⓘ
trainNameInPlot	20th Century Limited ⓘ surface form: Twentieth Century Limited
wonAward	Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical ⓘ surface form: Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Tony Award for Best Scenic Design ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kristin Chenoweth → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Betty Comden → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Adolph Green → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Adolph Green → workedOn → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Twentieth Century (musical)

Harold Prince → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Peter Gallagher → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Martin Richards → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Twentieth Century (Broadway musical)

Uris Theatre → notableProduction → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Roundabout Theatre Company → notableProduction → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Elizabeth Cohen → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

subject surface form: Betty Comden

Comden → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

subject surface form: Betty Comden

Cy Coleman → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

Harold Smith Prince → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

subject surface form: Harold Prince

Basya Cohen → notableWork → On the Twentieth Century ⓘ

subject surface form: Betty Comden