On Your Toes

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Broadway musical stage musical

On Your Toes is a 1936 Broadway musical famed for its innovative integration of jazz, classical music, and ballet, including the landmark "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet sequence.

Aliases (3)

On Your Toes (musical) ×4
On Your Toes (1936 Broadway production) ×2
On Your Toes (score) ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Broadway musical → stage musical →
1983RevivalChoreographer	Donald Saddler → Peter Martins →
1983RevivalDirector	George Abbott →
award	Tony Award for Best Revival (1983) →
balletChoreographer	George Balanchine →
basedOn	original story →
bookBy	George Abbott → Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED → Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
composer	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
featuresGenre	ballet → classical music → jazz →
firstPublisher	Chappell & Co. →
genre	musical comedy →
innovativeAspect	integration of jazz, classical music, and ballet → use of ballet as integral part of the plot →
language	English →
lyricist	Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED →
lyricsBy	Lorenz Hart NERFINISHED →
musicBy	Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED →
notableNumber	Slaughter on Tenth Avenue →
notableSong	Glad to Be Unhappy → On Your Toes → Slaughter on Tenth Avenue → There’s a Small Hotel →
orchestrationBy	Hans Spialek →
originalCastMember	Doris Carson → Monty Woolley → Ray Bolger → Tamara Geva →
originalProductionDirector	C. Worthington Miner → George Abbott →
premiereDate	1936-04-11 →
premiereLocation	Broadway →
premiereTheatre	Imperial Theatre →
producedBy	Dwight Deere Wiman → RKO →
revival	1954 Broadway revival → 1983 Broadway revival →
setting	United States →
subjectMatter	backstage show business → ballet company →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue → Theme from "On Your Toes" ("On Your Toes (musical)") → Theme from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (revised) → There's a Small Hotel ("On Your Toes (score)") →	partOf
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ("On Your Toes (musical)") →	associatedWith
Theme from "On Your Toes" ("On Your Toes (musical)") →	associatedWork
Theme from "On Your Toes" ("On Your Toes (1936 Broadway production)") →	firstPerformanceIn
There's a Small Hotel →	introducedIn
On Your Toes →	notableSong
Richard Rodgers →	notableWork
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue ("On Your Toes (1936 Broadway production)") →	originalProduction
Theme from "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (revised) ("On Your Toes (musical)") →	relatedWork