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Stop the World – I Want to Get Off. Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a 1961 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. In 1966 Warner Bros. released a film adaptation of the play. In 1996, a film version was produced for TV, made for the A&E Network . According to Oscar Levant, the play's title was ...
- Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
- 1961
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off: Directed by Philip Saville. With Tony Tanner, Millicent Martin, Leila Croft, Valerie Croft. The show, set against a circus backdrop, focuses on Littlechap from the moment of his birth until his death.
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- Musical
- Philip Saville
- 1966-04-25
Synopsis. This innovative, symbolic musical examines the birth, life, and death of the clownish Littlechap. He is born into a circus-like world and struggles to make his way in life working as a tea-boy. One day, he falls in love with Evie, his boss’s daughter. When Evie becomes pregnant, the couple get married and Littlechap must take a job ...
Stop The World - I Want To Get Off is a thought-provoking tale about the fleeting nature of worldly success. In a circus-like world, the hero - an Everyman character named Littlechap - is born, grows up, faces life's many challenges, and ultimately makes a choice celebrating the perpetual cycle of life.
- 2 min
ABOUT THE THEATER. (Piccadilly Circus) Shaftesbury Avenue London. Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Set ...
Run Type: Open Run Market: Broadway Previews: October 02, 1962 (1 preview) Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley.
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A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album Decca / Decca Broadway / Universal 4228202612 Recording Date October, 1962 Released 2001