''A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green'' is a musical

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with a book and lyrics by

Betty Comden Betty Comden (May 3, 1917 - November 23, 2006) was an American lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter who contributed to numerous Hollywood musicals and Broadway shows of the mid-20th century. Her writing partnership with Adolph Green spanned ...

and

Adolph Green Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved film musicals, particularly as part of Ar ...

and music by Leonard Bernstein, Jule Styne, André Previn,

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, and

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. The performance was composed of material written by Comden and Green for stage shows, films, and their former comedy troupe The Revuers. Comden and Green originally performed the revue ''A Party'' Off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre for 5 performances in November 1958.Dietz, Dan. "1224. A Party by Betty Comden and Adolph Green", ''Off Broadway Musicals, 1910–2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows'', McFarland, 2012, , p. 345 The revue was then produced on

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by the

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, opening on December 23, 1958, at the

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, where it closed on May 23, 1959 after 82 performances. It won the Obie Award for Best Musical An

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was released by Capitol Records (LP# SWAO-1197). After four previews, a revival opened on Broadway on February 10, 1977, at the Morosco Theatre, where it remained for six weeks before transferring to the Little Theatre to complete its 92-performance run on April 30, 1977. This production included material written since the original 1958 show, including ''Do Re Mi'' and ''Subways Are For Sleeping''. The duo then took the show on tour, starting in Washington, DC. A revival cast album was recorded live at the Arena Theatre in

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Songs and sketches

*"I Said Good Morning" *"Movie Ads" *"The Reader's Digest" *"The Screenwriters" *"The Banshee Sisters" *"Baroness Bazooka" *" New York, New York" *" Lonely Town" *"Lucky to be Me" *"Some Other Time" *"I Get Carried Away" *"The French Lesson" *"If You Hadn't, But You Did" *"Catch Our Act at the Met" *"One Hundred Easy Ways to Lose a Man" *"

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" *"Wrong Note Rag" *"A Quiet Girl" *"Oh My Mysterious Lady" *"Captain Hook's Waltz" *"Never Never Land" *"Inspiration" *" Just in Time" *" The Party's Over" *"Capital Gains" *" Make Someone Happy" *"The Lost Word" *"Simplified Language"

References

External links

Internt Broadway database
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