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'''''The New Yorkers''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]] written by [[Cole Porter]] (lyrics and music) and [[Herbert Fields]] (book). The musical premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1930. It is based on a story by cartoonist [[Peter Arno]]. |
'''''The New Yorkers''''' is a [[musical theatre|musical]] written by [[Cole Porter]] (lyrics and music) and [[Herbert Fields]] (book). The musical premiered on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in 1930. It is based on a story by cartoonist [[Peter Arno]]. |
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==History== |
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The musical was "built to order around star comic Jimmy Durante, indisputably featured special material (songs as well as bits) that wouldn't scan without Schnozzola himself delivering it."<ref>Denton, Martin.[http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/archweb/arch2003_t1.htm#THE_NEW_YORKERS "2002-03 Theatre Season Reviews"]nytheatre.com, April 5, 2003</ref> |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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New York [[socialite]] Alice Wentworth has a romantic interlude with Al Spanish, a [[Rum-running|bootlegger]]. During their time together, they escape from the Police and go to the bootlegging factory. Jimmy Deegan and his buddies Ronald and Oscar aid in their escapades while offering tributes to money, wood, and "The Hot Patata." |
New York [[socialite]] Alice Wentworth has a romantic interlude with Al Spanish, a [[Rum-running|bootlegger]]. During their time together, they escape from the Police and go to the bootlegging factory. Jimmy Deegan and his buddies Ronald and Oscar aid in their escapades while offering tributes to money, wood, and "The Hot Patata." |
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Revision as of 10:04, 24 August 2009
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| Music | Cole Porter |
| Lyrics | Cole Porter |
| Book | Herbert Fields |
| Productions | 1930 Broadway |
The New Yorkers is a musical written by Cole Porter (lyrics and music) and Herbert Fields (book). The musical premiered on Broadway in 1930. It is based on a story by cartoonist Peter Arno.
History
The musical was "built to order around star comic Jimmy Durante, indisputably featured special material (songs as well as bits) that wouldn't scan without Schnozzola himself delivering it."[1]
Synopsis
New York socialite Alice Wentworth has a romantic interlude with Al Spanish, a bootlegger. During their time together, they escape from the Police and go to the bootlegging factory. Jimmy Deegan and his buddies Ronald and Oscar aid in their escapades while offering tributes to money, wood, and "The Hot Patata."
Musical numbers
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter except as noted
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Productions
The New Yorkers began pre-Broadway tryouts at the Chestnut Street Opera House, Philadelphia, on November 12, 1930 and then moved to the Shubert Theatre, Newark on November 24, 1930.
The musical opened on Broadway at The Broadway Theatre on December 8, 1930, this theatre's first stage production, and closed on May 2, 1931 after 168 performances. Direction was by Monty Woolley, choreography by George Hale, special numbers staged and directed by Fred Waring, and production supervised by E. Ray Goetz. Costumes were by Peter Arno and Charles Le Maire, and the set design was by Dale Stetson, based on sketches by Peter Arno. The cast featured Frances Williams as Mona Low, Charles King as Al Spanish, Hope Williams as Alice Wentworth, Ann Pennington as Lola McGee, Richard Carle as Dr. Windham Wentworth, Marie Cahill as Gloria Wentworth, the Fred Waring Orchestra, Lou Clayton as Cyril Gregory, Eddie Jackson as Ronald Monahan, Jimmy Durante as Jimmie Deegan, Kathryn Crawford as May, Elisabeth Welch (replacement) as May, and Oscar Ragland as Mildew. (Clayton, Jackson and Durante were an early vaudeville team.)
"Musicals Tonight!" presented the musical as a staged concert in April 2003 in New York City.[2]
The "Lost Musicals" series presented The New Yorkers at Sadler's Wells, London, in March and April 2009, starring Anna Francolini as Alice and Dawn Spence as Mona Low.[3][4]
Response
The song "Love for Sale" was sung by a white actress playing the role of a prostitute ("appetizing young love for sale"). As recounted by Charles Schwartz in his biography Cole Porter, the critic for the World, Charles Darnton, "excoriated" the song and called it "in the worst possible taste." The song was subsequently banned from the radio.[5]
The reviewer of the "Musicals Tonight!" 2003 concert noted that Peter Arno (who provided the story) was a cartoonist whose drawings appeared on the cover and pages of the magazine The New Yorker. "His subjects were jazz babies, society dames, gangsters, café habitues, with a specialization in the lusty and lustful. Herb Fields's book...is full of that kind of sexuality, with a heaping helping of puns and double (and triple) entendres."[6]
References
- ^ Denton, Martin."2002-03 Theatre Season Reviews"nytheatre.com, April 5, 2003
- ^ 'The New Yorkers' 2003musicalstonight.org, accessed August 23, 2009
- ^ McHugh, Dominic."Cole Porter:'The New Yorkers'"musicalcriticism.com, accessed August 23, 2009
- ^ "Lost Musicals, 2009"lostmusicals.org, accessed August 23, 2009
- ^ Schwartz, Charles (1979). Cole Porter. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306800977, p. 116
- ^ Mackler, David."Upper crust and other assorted flakes"The off-off-Broadway Review, acessed August 24, 2009
External links
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