Playwright Michael Leeds | Book Michael Leeds First performance 22 October 1995 Lyricist Johnny Burke Orchestrator Barry Levitt | |
Music Johnny Burke and various Similar Carnival in Flanders, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Wonderful Town, Damn Yankees, Once Upon a Mattress | ||
Swinging on a star show highlights
Swinging on a Star is a musical revue, featuring the music of Johnny Burke, with the lyrics by Burke and the music by Burke and several of his partners, such as Erroll Garner and Jimmy Van Heusen. The name of the revue is from the Oscar-winning song that Burke wrote with Jimmy Van Heusen for the film Going My Way.
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Swinging on a Star was originally produced at the George Street Playhouse in 1994, with an additional production at the Goodspeed Opera House. It opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on October 22, 1995 and closed on January 13, 1996 after 96 performances and 19 previews. Directed by Michael Leeds and choreographed by Kathleen Marshall, it featured Michael McGrath, Teresa Burrell, Lewis Cleale, Denise Faye, Eugene Fleming, Kathy Fitzgerald, and Alvaleta Guess.
Swinging on a star rehearsals
Synopsis and songs
Each segment showed a different time and place.
Source: "Swinging on a Star: The Johnny Burke Musical" (1996), Johnny Burke, Joe Bushkin, Michael Leeds, pp.4 and 7, ISBN 0822215233
Songs
1Overture
2Chicago Speakeasy (dialogue)
3You're Not the Only Oyster in the Stew