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The original cast featured Rosalind Russell in the role of Ruth Sherwood, Edie Adams as Eileen Sherwood, and George Gaynes as Robert Baker. Carol Channing replaced Russell for the final 6 months of the run.
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Rosalind Russell won.
- Best Musical , , Best Choreography for Donald SaddlerBest Conductor and Musical Director for Lehman Engel and Best Scenic Design for Raoul Pene Du...
- Wonderful Town has won several awards, including Best Musical at the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. Additionally, Edie Adams received the Pe...
- Best Musical, Best Choreography for Donald Saddler Best Conductor and Musical Director for Lehman Engel, Best Scenic Design for Raoul Pene Du Bois, .
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- Wonderful Town has had 11 productions including Broadway which opened in 1953, Broadway which opened in 1953, US Tour which opened in 1954, West En...
Columbia issued an original cast recording. After her victory in Wonderful Town, Russell returned to the boards in what became her signature role, the title character of Auntie Mame (1956), a comedy that played for 639 performances. She reprised the role of the quirky aunt addicted to cocktail parties and a lavish lifestyle in the film version ...
Wonderful Town (Original, Musical, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Feb 25, 1953 and played through Jul 3, 1954.
Wonderful Town: Directed by Mel Ferber, Herbert Ross. With Rosalind Russell, Sydney Chaplin, Jacquelyn McKeever, Joseph Buloff. Ruth Sherwood and her sister, Eileen arrive in New York from Ohio in the 1930s and find frustration, career hopes and romance in the city of their dreams.
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- Mel Ferber, Herbert Ross
Musical. Original. Winter Garden Theatre. 1634 Broadway (At W. 50th St.), New York, NY. SYNOPSIS: Ruth, an aspiring writer, and Eileen, her prettier, aspiring-actress younger sister, arrive in...
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Television Cast, 1958 (Columbia/Sony Broadway) (4 / 5) Wonderful Town was one of the glories of the age of the television musical spectacular. Repeating her stage role, Rosalind Russell was supported by a mostly new company, although Jordan Bentley as the dumb jock and Cris Alexander as the drugstore guy were retained from the original cast.
