Gangsters, vaudeville and the Russian Ballet come together in this riotous, romantic romp. Junior's folks pull him from the family's vaudeville act and pack him off to school where he becomes a music teacher. He meets Sydney, a composer, and Frankie, a coed who's fallen hard for him, and together they set about trying to sell Sydney's new jazz ballet to a Russian ballet company. The prima ballerina wants to teach Junior more than a few new steps, but with her assistance, 'Slaughter On Tenth Avenue' is produced with Junior dancing the lead. In one of the funniest set pieces ever devised, Junior dances the premiere while being shot at from the audience by thugs who've mistaken him for a dancer who owes on a gambling debt. This landmark musical was directed by the legendary George Abbott and choreographed by newcomer George Balanchine, whose use of ballet here marked the first time in musical comedy that dance was a direct proponent of the plot.
Music by Rodgers, Richard; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart & George Abbott
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1983 | Best Revival | Winner |
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Seventh Avenue South
Hudson Guild (6/3 - 6/9) | ||
Cherry's On Top!
The Green Room 42 (6/26 - 6/26) COMEDY
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Broadway Sings: Heroes Forged in the Flame
The Green Room 42 (6/8 - 6/8) | ||
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Theater for the New City (6/7 - 6/16) | ||
Lone Wolf
Brooklyn Art Haus (6/6 - 6/16) NEW PLAY | ||
I Hate the South, But I Love You: The Songs of Lain Walls
54 Below (6/12 - 6/12) | ||
Party Killer- An Immersive Whodunit Comedy
Asylum NYC (6/13 - 6/15)
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Sing Out: AWT Throwbacks
Theater for the New City (6/9 - 6/16) | ||
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Vino Theatre (6/14 - 6/30) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN NEW COMEDY
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Beginner Stand-Up Comedy Classes
PianoPiano Studios and St Marks Comedy Club (5/12 - 8/25) | ||
Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth
Hardscrabble Theater (6/8 - 6/23) | ||
Jooby: Never Dying
Second City Blackbox (6/8 - 6/8) | ||
THE LONELY DEATH OF L. HARRIS
Cook Theater at the FSU Center for Performing Arts (6/6 - 6/8) | ||
SURROGATE
New York Live Arts (6/13 - 6/15) | ||
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