OH, KAY!, GOLDEN BOY, WONDERFUL TOWN and More Set for Musicals Tonight!'s 2015-16 Season

Musicals Tonight! has announced its 2015-16 season. Scroll down for details!

Oh, Kay! has music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. The plot revolves around the adventures of the Duke of Durham and his sister, Lady Kay, and English bootlegger. Oh Kay! was named for Kay Swift, and the leading male character is named Jimmy after her husband, Jimmy Warburg. It opened on Broadway in 1926, starring Gertrude Lawrence and Victor Moore, and ran for 256 performances. Songs: Clap Yo' Hands, Someone To Watch Over Me, Do, Do, Do, Fidgety Feet

Golden Boy has a book by Clifford Odets and William Gibson, lyrics by Lee Adams, and music by Charles Strouse. It opened at the Majestic Theatre, 20 October 1964 (and ran for 569 performances). It is based on the 1937 play of the same name by Odets, and tells of Joe Wellington (Sammy Davis, Jr), a young man from Harlem who, despite his family's objections, turns to prizefighting as a means of escaping his ghetto roots and finding fame and fortune. He crosses paths with a Mephistopheles-like promoter and eventually betrays his manager when he becomes romantically involved with the latter's girlfriend. Songs: This is the Life, Don't Forget 127th Street, I Want to Be with You, While the City Sleeps

Babes in Arms has music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and a book by Rodgers and Hart as well. It concerns a group of small-town teenagers who put on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm by the town sheriff when their actor parents go on the road for five months. Babes in Arms opened at the Shubert Theatre on April 14, 1937 (later transferring to the Majestic) and ran for 289 performances. The production was choreographed by George Balanchine. And starred Mitzi Green, Ray Heatherton, and Alfred Drake, as well as the Nicholas Brothers. The film version stared Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, and was directed by Busby Berkeley. Songs: Where or When; My Funny Valentine; The Lady Is a Tramp; Johnny One Note and I Wish I Were in Love Again

Out of This World has music & lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Dwight Taylor & Reginald Lawrence. It was "staged" by Agnes De Mille with "additional direction" by George Abbott. It opened at the New Century Theatre 21 December, 1950 (and ran for 157 performances). The Roman gods Mercury and Jupiter are in search of some entertainment of the human kind. The focus of their attention is a young bride, Helen and her husband, Art. Mercury joins the two on their trip to Athens, intending to put himself between the blushing newlyweds. While the men are busy chasing Helen, the goddess Juno (Jupiter's wife) is playing games of her own with inept gangster Nikki as her reluctant sidekick. Songs: Use Your Imagination, I Am Loved, Cherry Pies Ought to Be You, What Do You Think About Men?

Wonderful Town has a book by Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Leonard Bernstein and was directed by George Abbott; It open on Broadway in 1953, winning five Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The basis for the work is a collection of autobiographical short stories by Ruth McKenney published in The New Yorker about her (Rosalind Russell) and her sister (Edie Adams) living in Greenwich Village. The cast also included Nathaniel Frey, Dody Goodman, and understudy Hal Prince. Songs: A Little Bit in Love, Ohio, Christopher Street, Wrong Note Rag, One Hundred Easy Ways

Musicals Tonight!'s performance venue continues to be the intimate Lion Theatre (Theatre Row Studios -- 410 West 42nd Street).

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