Betty Comden, Part I (1944-1960)
Class Preparation
- Read Broadway :The American Musical chapter on On the Town (pp.196-201)
- Handout of class slides
- Comden & Green Lyrics Part I
YouTube Links & Playlists
Links:
- A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green (1979 television broadcast of the entire show)
- Class member Terry Fischer has found a complete performance of Wonderful Town on YouTube--and he's watched it and said it's good. It stars original cast members Rosalind Russell and Edith Adams and was broadcast live on television in 1958. This is a kinescope of that broadcast (just under two hours--including commercials). Here is the LINK.
- On the Town (1960 recording with members of the original 1944 cast)
- On the Town (2014 Broadway revival cast recording)
- Wonderful Town (1953 Original Broadway Cast recording with Rosalind Russell)
- Wonderful Town (2004 Broadway revival cast recording with Brooke Shields as Ruth)
- Peter Pan (1954 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Mary Martin)--this recording contains songs by Styne, Comden & Green (tracks 2, 5, 10, 13-16) with the rest of the songs by Mark Charlap & Carolyn Leigh)
- Bells Are Ringing (1956 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Judy Holliday)
- Do Re Mi (1960 Original Broadway Cast Recording with Phil Silvers & Nancy Walker)
- Class 4 Videos (not included in other playlists)