#1
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?
Musicals Fully/Partly Set In New York?
#2
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.
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
#3
Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:26pm
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
ORDINARY DAYS
NEWSIES
ORDINARY DAYS
NEWSIES
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#5
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!
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!
#7
Posted: 12/7/12 at 8:45pm
The list has changed since then.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#10
Posted: 12/7/12 at 9:13pm
Bklyn!!!!
"I'm an American, Damnit!!! And if it's three things I don't believe in, it's quitting and math."
#11
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.)
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
#12
Posted: 12/7/12 at 10:20pm
It seems almost safe to say "MOST musicals."
#13
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
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
#14
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
Nice Work if You Can Get It
Crazy for You
Jersey Boys (there is a scene in there)
Wedding Singer
42nd Street
#15
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
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
#17
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".)
BAJOUR
SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING
(MAME also stops off in Connecticut long enough for "That's How Young I Feel".)
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
Updated On: 12/8/12 at 12:57 AM
#18
Posted: 12/8/12 at 12:39pm
Saturday Night
No, No, Nanette
Irene
No, No, Nanette
Irene
Updated On: 12/8/12 at 12:39 PM
#19
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
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
#20
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.
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.
#21
Posted: 12/8/12 at 11:03pm
Kiss Me, Kate
Sarcasm is an allergic reaction to stupid people.
#22
Posted: 12/8/12 at 11:49pm
Kiss Me, Kate is actually set at Ford's Theatre, Baltimore.
#23
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!
#25
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
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
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