On the 20th Century : a madcap musical comedy / music by Cy Coleman ; book & lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green ; based on plays by Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur, and Bruce Millholland.

Author/creator Coleman, Cy composer.
Format Audio (CD)
PublicationBronxville, NY : PS Classics, [2015]
Copyright Date℗2015
Description2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorComden, Betty librettist, lyricist.
Other author/creatorGreen, Adolph librettist, lyricist.
Other author/creatorChenoweth, Kristin performer.
Other author/creatorGallagher, Peter, 1955- performer.
Other author/creatorKarl, Andy performer.
Other author/creatorLinn-Baker, Mark performer.
Other author/creatorMcGrath, Michael, 1957-2023 performer.
Other author/creatorWilson, Mary Louise, performer.
Other author/creatorStites, Kevin, conductor.
Other author/creatorHochman, Larry, arranger of music.
Other author/creatorHecht, Ben, 1894-1964. Musical theatre adaptation of (work): Twentieth Century.
Other author/creatorRoundabout Theatre Company, performer.
Uniform titleOn the Twentieth Century
Variant title Additional title on container: On the Twentieth Century
Contents Overture -- Stranded -- Saddle up the horse/On the Twentieth Century -- "Where's the high priest of the theatre?..." -- I rise again -- "An angel of deliverance..." -- Oscar Jaffee/Lily Garland -- Indian maiden's lament -- "What is your name, child?..." -- Veronique -- Veronique playoff -- I have written a play -- Together -- Never -- "Oscar Jaffee? He meant nothing to me..." -- Our private world -- Repent -- "Boys, I've got the play..." -- Mine -- I've got it all -- Entr'acte -- Life is like a train -- "I have my checkbook right here..." -- I have written a play -- Five zeros -- I have written a play -- "An anthology of womankind..." -- Sign, Lily, sign -- She's a nut -- Max Jacobs -- "My play by Somerset Maugham..." -- Babette -- Because of her -- Lily/Oscar -- "I had to do it to save you..." -- Finale ultimo.
Abstract "It's nonstop laughs aboard the Twentieth Century, a luxury train traveling from Chicago to New York City. Luck, love and mischief collide when the bankrupt theater producer Oscar Jaffee (Golden Globe® winner Peter Gallagher) embarks on a madcap mission to cajole glamorous Hollywood starlet Lily Garland (Tony and Emmy®Award winner Kristin Chenoweth) into playing the lead in his new, non-existent epic drama. But is the train ride long enough to reignite the spark between these former lovers, create a play from scratch, and find the money to get it all the way to Broadway? " -- Roundabout Theatre Company website : http://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/On-the-Twentieth-Century.aspx?gclid=COThlf3r4sUCFYqIfgod4KwATA.
General note"New Broadway cast recording"--Sleeve.
General noteOrchestrations by Larry Hochman.
General noteTitle from disc label.
General noteProgram notes by Patrick Pacheco, synopsis, and libretto (56 unnumbered pages : color portraits) included.
Performer Kristin Chenoweth, Peter Gallagher, Andy Karl, Mark Linn-Baker, Michael McGrath, Mary Louise Wilson; with other members of the Roundabout Theatre Company; orchestra; Kevin Stites, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 2015 March 23, MSR Studios, New York, NY.
LanguageSung in English.
Genre/formMusicals.
Genre/formOriginal cast recordings.
Standard identifier# 00803607153229
UPC 803607153229
Publisher numberPS-1532 PS Classics