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On The Town The Musical

Music by Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics and Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green

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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

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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

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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

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