Musicals Fully/Partly Set In New York?

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 7:30pm

I can think of a few musicals that have been set in New York in its entirety or partially, but I am sure there are loads? Help me out here and see how many we can name?

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:22pm

Off the top of my head:

ON THE TOWN
WONDERFUL TOWN
BELLS ARE RINGING
COMPANY
FIORELLO!
TENDERLOIN
ME AND JULIET
STREET SCENE
LADY IN THE DARK
RENT
AVENUE Q
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
BALLROOM
A CHORUS LINE
SEESAW
PROMISES, PROMISES

...and any number of musicals from the 20s through the 40s.

Updated On: 12/7/12 at 08:22 PM

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:26pm

THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
ORDINARY DAYS
NEWSIES

[tmbyru]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:31pm

IN THE HEIGHTS

[tomatlcm]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:32pm

Applause
Title of show
70 girls 70
the addams family musical
Guys and dolls
How to succeed in business
Love never dies
Mame- well at least some of it
promises promises- i think
west side story

and now i give up... there must be hundreds!

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:32pm

How did your project go?

[Kad]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:45pm

The list has changed since then.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:49pm

LOVE NEVER DIES!!!!!!!!!!

[Emmaloucbway]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 9:00pm

Annie

[Pippin]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 9:13pm

Bklyn!!!!

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 10:11pm

Sorry to quibble, but APPLAUSE has a very important Act II scene set in Connecticut.

Likewise, MAME goes all the way to Dixie, if one recalls the title number.

But I understand that both of the above "feel" like "New York-set shows".

(ETA I apologize. I now see the OP specifically asked for shows set "partly" in New York City as well. So APPLAUSE and MAME certainly qualify. My bad.)



Updated On: 12/7/12 at 10:11 PM

[darquegk]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 10:20pm

It seems almost safe to say "MOST musicals."

[bdn223]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 11:08pm

ELF
Nice Work if You Can Get It
Crazy for You
Jersey Boys (there is a scene in there)
Wedding Singer
42nd Street

Hair Updated On: 12/7/12 at 11:08 PM

[bdn223]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 11:08pm

ELF
Nice Work if You Can Get It
Crazy for You
Jersey Boys (there is a scene in there)
Wedding Singer
42nd Street

[After Eight]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 11:36pm

Up in Central Park
By the Beautiful Sea
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Make Mine Manhattan
The Nervous Set
Copper and Brass
Sophie
I Can Get It For You Wholesale
Jennie
Cafe Crown
Funny Girl
The Life
Spider-Man

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 12/7/12 at 11:49pm

Follies

[justoldbill]

Posted: 12/8/12 at 12:57am

ME AND JULIET
BAJOUR
SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING

(MAME also stops off in Connecticut long enough for "That's How Young I Feel".)

Updated On: 12/8/12 at 12:57 AM

[eperkins]

Posted: 12/8/12 at 12:39pm

Saturday Night
No, No, Nanette
Irene

Updated On: 12/8/12 at 12:39 PM

[Jon]

Posted: 12/8/12 at 1:40pm

BIG
RAGTIME

...which got me thinking about musicals with scenes set in New Jersey:
BIG
RAGTIME
JERSEY BOYS
STEEL PIER
HIGH BUTTON SHOES
OVER AND OVER
NO NO NANETTE

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 12/8/12 at 7:32pm

Can I say a big thank you for all the great contributions so far.

The are some right esoteric ones in there, which I have never heard of before, so guess they were big fat Broadway flops.

keep them coming please.

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 12/8/12 at 11:03pm

Kiss Me, Kate

[chewy5000]

Posted: 12/8/12 at 11:49pm

Kiss Me, Kate is actually set at Ford's Theatre, Baltimore.

[Citygirl.grace]

Posted: 12/9/12 at 1:36am

I think it would be a smaller list to think of musicals NOT set in New York. Haha!

[Sant]

Posted: 12/9/12 at 8:52am

THE PRODUCERS?

[After Eight]

Posted: 12/9/12 at 9:34pm

Here are some others:

Here's Love
Kelly
Jimmy
Rags
One Touch of Venus
Park Avenue
Honky Tonk Nights
Heaven on Earth
Musical Chairs
The Girl in Pink Tights
Sweet Charity
I Had a Ball
Skyscraper
Henry, Sweet Henry
Maggie Flynn
Cry for Us All
Molly
So Long, 174th Street