On the Twentieth Century
American Airlines Theatre
Previews Began: February 13, 2015
Opening Night: March 15, 2015
Closing Night: July 19, 2015
Music: Cy Coleman
Lyrics: Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Book: Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Oscar Jaffee, a theatre producer with four consecutive flops to his name, has a plan to turn his career around and bring a winning show to Broadway, but he’s got to act fast – exactly as fast as the train ride from Chicago to New York. The plan is simple: raise money, find a play, and entice Hollywood starlet Lily Garland to join the cast before the whistle blows at Grand Central Station. If he can make it all happen, he just might have a winning project on his hands.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Stranded Again………………Bishop, Actors, Singers
Saddle Up the Horse………………….Owen O’Malley,
Oliver Webb
On the Twentieth Century…………Porters, Letitia,
Conductor, Rogers,
Flanagan, Passengers
I Rise Again………………..Oscar Jaffe, Owen, Oliver
Indian Maiden’s Lament….Imelda, Mildred Plotka
Veronique…………………Lily Garland, Male Singers
I Have Written a Play…………Conductor Flanagan
Together………………….Porters, Passengers, Oliver
Never…………………………………….Lily, Owen, Oliver
Our Private World…………………………….Lily, Oscar
Repent……………………………………………………Letitia
Mine…………………………………..Oscar, Bruce Granit
I’ve Got it All…………………………………….Lily, Oscar
On the Twentieth Century (Reprise)……Company
Act Two
Entr’acte: Life is Like a Train………………….Porters
I Have Written a Play (Reprise
I)…………………………………..Congressman Lockwood
Five Zeros………………Owen, Oliver, Letitia, Oscar
I Have Written a Play (Reprise II)…….Dr. Johnson
Sextet/Sign Lily Sign…………Owen, Oliver, Oscar,
Letitia, Lily, Bruce
She’s a Nut………………………………………….Company
Max Jacobs…………………………………………………Max
Babbette……………………………………………………..Lily
Because of Her…………………………………………Oscar
Lily, Oscar………………………………………..Lily, Oscar
Finale………………………………………………….Company
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