Up in Central Park

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Up in Central Park is a 1945 Broadway musical comedy with music by Sigmund Romberg, set in 19th-century New York City and centered on political corruption in Tammany Hall.

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Up in Central Park canonical 2
Up in Central Park (1948 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical
musical comedy
basedOn New York City political scandals involving Tammany Hall
bookBy Herbert Fields
broadwayRunEndDate 1946-04-13
broadwayRunStartDate 1945-01-27
broadwaySeason 1944–1945 Broadway season
choreographer Helen Tamiris
composer Sigmund Romberg
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director John Kennedy
featuresOrganization Tammany Hall
surface form: Tammany Hall political machine
follows Rosalie
genre musical comedy
hasFilmAdaptation Up in Central Park self-linksurface differs
surface form: Up in Central Park (1948 film)
hasFormat two-act musical
hasPart song "Carousel in the Park"
song "Close as Pages in a Book"
song "It Doesn't Cost You Anything to Dream"
song "The Big Back Yard"
language English
lyricist Dorothy Fields
lyricsBy Dorothy Fields
mainTheme corruption in municipal government
romance
musicBy Sigmund Romberg
musicStyle operetta-influenced score
notableSong "Close as Pages in a Book"
numberOfBroadwayPerformances 504
orchestrator Don Walker
originalBroadwayCastMember Betty Garrett
Charlotte Greenwood
David Burns
Noel Taylor
Wilbur Evans
originalBroadwayTheatre New Century Theatre
premiereCity New York City
premiereDate 1945-01-27
premierePlace New Century Theatre
producer Mike Todd
setPartlyIn Central Park
settingLocation New York City
settingTimePeriod 19th century
subject Tammany Hall
political corruption

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Sigmund Romberg notableWork Up in Central Park
Dick Haymes notableWork Up in Central Park
Up in Central Park hasFilmAdaptation Up in Central Park self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Up in Central Park (1948 film)