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Bernstein, Leonard
Wonderful Town (concert version)
Concert version (1953)Musical comedy in two acts
Duration: 75 minutes
English
Deutsch
Music Text
Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov; Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green (E)
Scoring
Major roles: 4 men, 2 women; minor roles: 15 men (with doubling), 3 women; chorus; dancers;
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A spoken narration by Kim Criswell (also in a German version by Jens Luckwaldt) is available for concert performances. No choreography or staging is permitted in concert performance.
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Publisher
Boosey & Hawkes, Sole Agent
Territory
This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes
for the world.
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