On the Town

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Broadway musical musical film stage musical

On the Town is a 1944 Broadway musical with music by Leonard Bernstein that follows three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City, later adapted into a popular 1949 film.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
On the Town (1949 film)	2
Comden and Green	1
On the Town (film)	1
On the Town (musical)	1
On the Town (stage musical)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical ⓘ musical film ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
basedOn	Fancy Free ⓘ On the Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ ballet ⓘ
bookWriter	Adolph Green ⓘ Betty Comden ⓘ
choreographerOfSourceWork	Jerome Robbins ⓘ
composer	Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
director	Gene Kelly ⓘ Stanley Donen ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ
hasFilmAdaptation	On the Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: On the Town (1949 film)
language	English ⓘ
lyricist	Adolph Green ⓘ Betty Comden ⓘ
notableCharacter	Chip ⓘ Claire de Loone ⓘ Gabey ⓘ Hildy ⓘ Ivy Smith ⓘ Ozzie ⓘ
notableSong	I Can Cook Too ⓘ Lonely Town ⓘ New York City ⓘ surface form: New York, New York Some Other Time ⓘ
orchestrator	Don Walker ⓘ Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
originalBroadwayClosingYear	1946 ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningYear	1944 ⓘ
originalBroadwayRunLength	462 performances ⓘ
premiereDate	1944-12-28 ⓘ
premierePlace	Broadway ⓘ
premiereTheatre	Adelphi Theatre ⓘ
producer	Oliver Smith ⓘ Paul Feigay ⓘ
releaseYear	1949 ⓘ
revival	1971 Broadway revival ⓘ 1998 Broadway revival ⓘ 2014 Broadway revival ⓘ
setting	New York City ⓘ
starring	Ann Miller ⓘ Betty Garrett ⓘ Frank Sinatra ⓘ Gene Kelly ⓘ Jules Munshin ⓘ Vera-Ellen ⓘ
subject	three sailors on 24-hour shore leave in New York City ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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On the Town → basedOn → On the Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: On the Town (1949 film)

Stanley Donen → coDirected → On the Town ⓘ

On the Town → hasFilmAdaptation → On the Town self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Town (1949 film)

Adolph Green → memberOf → On the Town ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comden and Green

Adolph Green → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

Arthur Freed → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

Betty Comden → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Town (film)

Betty Comden → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Town (musical)

Gene Kelly → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

Harold Rosson → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

Leonard Bernstein → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

Louis Bernstein → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

Stanley Donen → notableWork → On the Town ⓘ

Adolph Green → workedOn → On the Town ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Town (stage musical)

Adolph Green → workedOn → On the Town ⓘ

this entity surface form: On the Town (1949 film)