Alexis Smith "WONDERFUL TOWN" Leonard Bernstein / Jay Velie 1957 Dayton Playbill

Description

This is a rare July 1st, 1957 program (playbill) from
Paul Winston's Music Theatre
production of the LEONARD BERNSTEIN, BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN musical comedy "WONDERFUL TOWN" at Memorial Hall in Dayton, Ohio. (The Original Broadway production opened February 26th, 1953 at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York City and ran for 559 performances.) ..... The musical starred ALEXIS SMITH and featured DAVID AIKEN, FRANK MAXWELL, JAY VELIE, DAVID HLADIK, JOHN AMAN, HELEN BELL, ERIKA ZENDEL, EDGAR WEBB, DANIEL SAFFORD, HAL BARNETT, JOY CLEMENTS, CAROLE MARSH, ROBERT AVEDESIAN, ANTHONY VALDOR, PHILIP STEVENS, BARBARA DOHERTY, BILLY VAN, JOEL LANE, MARIAN SPELMAN, DAVID CLEMENTS, PATRICIA KERN, RAYMOND RILEY, GENE SEEBERGER, LYNN KENDALL, BARBARA MARTA, MARCIA HELPIN, JACK ANDERSON, BARRY BURNS, JUDITH PANZER and FRANK MAXWELL ..... CREDITS: Book by JOSEPH FIELDS and JEROME CHODOROV based on their play "My Sister Eileen"; Music by LEONARD BERNSTEIN ("On the Town", "Wonderful Town", "Candide", "Peter Pan", "West Side Story", "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"); Lyrics by BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN ("On the Town", "Two on the Aisle", "Wonderful Town", "Peter Pan", "Bells Are Ringing", "Say, Darling", "Do Re Mi", "Hallelujah, Baby!", "Fade Out, Fade In", "Subways Are For Sleeping", "Applause", "A Doll's Life", "On the Twentieth Century", "The Will Rogers Follies"); Sets designed by DON JENSEN; Choreographed by PETER CONLOW; Directed by LEONARD PATRICK; Produced by PAUL WINSTON ..... DETAILS: The 16 page playbill measures 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, synopsis of scenes, list of musical numbers and bios of each of the leading actors, but no cast photos ..... CONDITION: With the exception of moderate creasing and minor edge wear, this rare playbill is in very good condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.
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