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Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein. The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and actress respectively, seeking success from their basement apartment in New York City 's Greenwich Village.
A lighthearted look at two small-town sisters determined to make it in New York City, Wonderful Town was a collaboration between Leonard Bernstein (music), Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov (book), and Betty Comden and Adolph Green (lyrics).
Wonderful Town tells the story of two sisters, Ruth and Eileen, who move from a rural town in Ohio to experience the bright lights, the big city, and the crazy characters of Greenwich Village, New York City. Ruth is an aspiring writer and Eileen is a dancer who wants to pursue a life on stage.
Wonderful Town is a 1953 musical with book written by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and music by Leonard Bernstein. The musical tells the story of two sisters who aspire to be a writer and actress respectively, seeking success from their basement apartment in New York City 's Greenwich Village .
Sep 14, 2004 · Playwright Jerome Chodorov, co-author of “My Sister Eileen,” which he later adapted as the Tony Award-winning musical “Wonderful Town,” has died. He was 93. Chodorov died Sunday at a hospital...
Sep 14, 2018 · Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who had collaborated with Bernstein on On the Town, would also write the lyrics for Wonderful Town. Among the songs that stand out in a sublimely memorable score are the lament “Ohio,” the enchanting “A Little Bit in Love,” the show-stopping “One Hundred Easy Ways,” the out-of-control “Conga,” the ...
Dec 20, 2023 · In 1953, Bernstein wrote the score for the musical Wonderful Town, about two sisters from Ohio who move to a basement apartment in New York City to seek respective careers as a writer and actor...
