Discuss this show in the MTA Forum
On The Town The Musical |
Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics and Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
Recommended Resources |
Plot Summary & Audition Notes |
List of Characters in On The Town |
On The Town Vocal Selections (Sheet Music)
On The Town Film Version on DVD
On The Town Original Broadway Cast Recording
On The Town 1995 Studio Cast |
|
On the Town |
|
What 3 sailors (and the girls they meet) do for fun on their 24 hour leave. They manage to get themselves into little bits of trouble, and the crowd of people chasing them gets larger as the story progresses.
Audition Preparation Suggestions
For On The Town
On The Town relies heavily on it's choreography and requires a high degree of dance skill in both jazz and ballet by most of the characters. |
- Gabey (Tenor)
- Hildy (Alto)
- a young, tough, girl cabbie
- Ozzie (Baritone)
- Claire (Mezzo)
- an anthropologist
- Chip (Baritone)
- Ivy Smith (Soprano)
- Miss Turnstiles
- Madame Dilly
- Ivy's alcoholic singing teacher
- Judge Pitkin
- Claire's fiance - a suave and agreeable older gentleman
- Lucy
- Hildy's slightly annoying roomate, constantly sneezing from a cold
- Flossie & Friend
- seen periodically, always having the same conversation about Flossie's boss
- Diana Dream (singer)
- Figment (a scientist), several policemen,
- Chorus and Dance Chorus
|
On The Town Links - Related Websites |
Audition Preparation Materials |
List of Songs in On The Town (Click the song title to download digital sheet music) |
|
|
- I Feel Like I'm Not Out of Bed Yet (Chorus)
- New York, New York (Ozzie, Chip, Gabey)
- Mis Turnstiles' Variations (Announcer)
- Come Up To My Place (Hildy & Chip)
- Carried Away (Ozzie & Claire)
- Lonely Town (Gabey)
- Do-Do-Re-Do (Ivy & Madame Dilly)
- I Can Cook Too (Hildy)
- Lucky To Be Me (Gavey & Chorus)
- Times Square
- So Long Baby, I'm Blue, Ya Got Me (Chorus Girls)
- I Understand (Pitkin)
- Imaginary Coney Island - Dance number
- Some Other Time (Chorus)
- The Real Coney Island
|
|