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Posted: 4/19/16 at 11:42pm
HAMILTON
Posted: 4/20/16 at 12:29am
[title of show] and xanadu were set in NYC, weren't they?
Posted: 4/20/16 at 12:32am
Prince Of Central Park
Inner City.
Posted: 4/20/16 at 12:38am
Annie
Company
Fiorello!
Funny Girl
Guys and Dolls
The Nervous Set
On the Town
The Producers
Rent
Sweet Charity
West Side Story
The Wild Party
Posted: 4/20/16 at 6:42am
I Had A Ball
Golden Boy
Up In Central Park
Updated On: 4/20/16 at 06:42 AM
Posted: 4/20/16 at 7:14am
Shuffle along, the one on Broadway right now with the crazy long name.
Posted: 4/20/16 at 4:00pm
lol I read through the first few pages wondering why no one had mentioned Hamilton since that's the first thing anyone mentions on this board then I realized someone bumped a 5 year old thread.
Posted: 4/20/16 at 4:17pm
[title of show] and xanadu were set in NYC, weren't they?
I think Xanadu was set in Southern California.
Posted: 4/20/16 at 4:30pm
If/Then doesn't shut the heck up about New York through its entire three hours! (I love the show, by the way, but even I think one or two less NYC metaphors would've been fine.)
Posted: 4/20/16 at 4:46pm
charlesjguiteau, American Idiot does not take place in New York City. It says right in the Playbill: Time: Recent Past; Place: Jingletown, USA. NYC is never mentioned in any of the characters' travels, either. City names are left out on purpose, as the show is meant to represent the experience in post-9/11 America in general. Yes, there are constant references to 9/11, but only as it relates to the effect on the entire country.
Posted: 4/20/16 at 4:54pm
From what I know, a short list:
Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Producers, Avenue Q, After Midnight, Company, In the Heights, Rent, Annie, On the Town, and Hair
Possibly Shuffle Along (I haven't seen the newest production, and I'm not sure if it's a revival or a musical based upon the original from what I've heard. If it's the latter, it tells the story of the musical itself, so it takes place in New York).
Posted: 4/20/16 at 4:56pm
Beautiful.
Posted: 4/20/16 at 7:44pm
Platypus said: "charlesjguiteau, American Idiot does not take place in New York City. It says right in the Playbill: Time: Recent Past; Place: Jingletown, USA. NYC is never mentioned in any of the characters' travels, either. City names are left out on purpose, as the show is meant to represent the experience in post-9/11 America in general. Yes, there are constant references to 9/11, but only as it relates to the effect on the entire country."
You're right about the information in the Playbill, which would seem to settle the issue. However, in one scene in the Broadway production, Will is reading a postcard from Johnny that clearly says "Times Square" on the front. So there's at least an argument to be made that Johnny has indeed run away to NYC. :)
Posted: 4/21/16 at 2:04pm
Newsies
American Psycho
Company
42nd St
West Side Story
A Chorus Line
Posted: 4/21/16 at 4:35pm
A big thank you for everyone for indulging me here, I was so moved that this thread got restarted with some additional ones, I spent a couple of hours collating the contributions and put them in alphabetical order, the lists stands 110, but I am sure there are a couple more out there, so ones for the real theatre aficionados to spot.
Great spot with Newsies and If/Then BTW.
So the complete list so far:
Great work guys.
Posted: 4/22/16 at 4:35am
How did we all forget How to Succeed?
Dames at Sea
Jerome Kern's Sally
A Class Act
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes opens in a New York nightclub, moves to the New York piers (Bye, Bye, Baby) and concludes in the Central Park Casino.
Anything Goes opens on the New York piers.
DuBarry Was a Lady opens and closes in a New York nightclub with the rest of the show being Bert Lahr's dream after being knocked out.
Irene alternates between NYC and a Long Island estate.
Kurt Weill's Johnny Johnson has one important scene set on the deck of a ship as it slowly steams past the Statue of Liberty.
Updated On: 4/22/16 at 04:35 AM
Posted: 4/22/16 at 7:10am
That's a great list that you compiled, but you should definitely remove Xanadu from it.
Xanadu, both the movie and the musical, takes place in Los Angeles. Locations in the stage show include Venice Beach and Santa Monica Pier. The movie had scenes at the Hollywood Bowl and a clothing store in Beverly Hills.
In the Broadway show, the old theatre that the characters transform into "Xanadu" is in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, which is also where the Pan Pacific Auditorium in the movie used to stand.
The stage show had a scene set on Mount Olympus in Greece, as well.
Perhaps the reason for the confusion is that an early ad for the Broadway show featured the title Xanadu above the New York skyline at night. I think this just meant the show, set in L.A., was coming to New York's Broadway.
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Posted: 4/22/16 at 10:09am
Fun Home has a scene which is set in New York (the Village I think?)
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Posted: 11/12/17 at 10:35am
Just seen Big Fish I London and can add that to the list.
