Subways Are for Sleeping

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Broadway musical musical comedy

Subways Are for Sleeping is a 1961 Broadway musical comedy with book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne, loosely based on a book about people living in New York’s subway system.

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Subways Are for Sleeping canonical 5
Subways Are for Sleeping (book) 1
Subways Are for Sleeping (original Broadway cast recording) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
musical comedy ⓘ
award Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical nomination for Phyllis Newman ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Phyllis Newman)
basedOn Subways Are for Sleeping self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Subways Are for Sleeping (book)
bookWriter Adolph Green ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ
broadwaySeason 1961–1962 Broadway season ⓘ
choreographer Michael Kidd ⓘ
composer Jule Styne NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director George Abbott ⓘ
genre musical comedy ⓘ
hasOriginalCastAlbum Subways Are for Sleeping self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Subways Are for Sleeping (original Broadway cast recording)
inspiredBy people living in New York City subway system ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lightingDesigner Jean Rosenthal ⓘ
lyricist Adolph Green ⓘ
Betty Comden ⓘ
notableSong Be a Santa ⓘ
Comes Once in a Lifetime ⓘ
I Just Can’t Wait ⓘ
I Said It and I’m Glad ⓘ
Ride Through the Night ⓘ
orchestrator Irwin Kostal ⓘ
Sid Ramin ⓘ
originalBroadwayClosingDate 1962-10-13 ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1961-12-27 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLengthPerformances 205 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLengthPreviews 8 ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre St. James Theatre ⓘ
originalCastAlbumLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
originalCastMember Carol Lawrence ⓘ
Imogene Coca ⓘ
John Reardon ⓘ
Orson Bean ⓘ
Paul Ford ⓘ
Raymond Walburn ⓘ
originalLeadActor Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie Chaplin) ⓘ
surface form: Sydney Chaplin
originalLeadActress Phyllis Newman ⓘ
originalProductionCity New York City ⓘ
originalProductionLocation Broadway ⓘ
premiereYear 1961 ⓘ
producer David Merrick ⓘ
setDesigner William and Jean Eckart ⓘ
setting New York City ⓘ
New York City Subway ⓘ
subjectMatter eccentric drifters and nonconformists in New York City ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary early 1960s New York City ⓘ

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Betty Comden → notableWork → Subways Are for Sleeping ⓘ
Jule Styne → notableWork → Subways Are for Sleeping ⓘ
Dania Krupska → notableWork → Subways Are for Sleeping ⓘ
David Merrick → produced → Subways Are for Sleeping ⓘ
Elizabeth Cohen → notableWork → Subways Are for Sleeping ⓘ
subject surface form: Betty Comden
Subways Are for Sleeping → basedOn → Subways Are for Sleeping self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subways Are for Sleeping (book)
Subways Are for Sleeping → hasOriginalCastAlbum → Subways Are for Sleeping self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Subways Are for Sleeping (original Broadway cast recording)