City of Angels (musical)

City of Angels
Original Broadway Playbill
Music	Cy Coleman
Lyrics	David Zippel
Book	Larry Gelbart
Productions	1989 Broadway 1993 West End 2014 West End Revival
Awards	Tony Award for Best Musical Tony Award for Best Book Tony Award for Best Score Olivier Award for Best New Musical

City of Angels is a musical comedy with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and book by Larry Gelbart. The musical weaves together two plots, the "real" world of a writer trying to turn his book into a screenplay, and the "reel" world of the fictional film. The musical is an homage to the film noir genre of motion pictures that rose to prominence in the 1940s.

Productions

Broadway

City of Angels opened on Broadway at the Virginia Theatre on December 11, 1989^[1] ^[2] and closed on January 19, 1992 after 879 performances and 24 previews. It was directed by Michael Blakemore with sets designed by Robin Wagner, costumes by Florence Klotz and lighting by Paul Gallo.^[3]^[4]^[5]

US tour

While the show continued on Broadway, the Los Angeles company opened in June 1991 at the Shubert Theater in Century City, with Stephen Bogardus as Stine, Lauren Mitchell as the villainess, with Randy Graff (Friday Oolie) and James Naughton (Stone) recreating their original roles.^[6] Jeff McCarthy replaced Naughton and Catherine Cox replaced Graff in the Costa Mesa production. This production, with the Los Angeles cast, played at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa, California from October 1991 through November 10, 1991.^[7]

The production was revamped and embarked on a national tour, with Barry Williams, in the role of Stone. Jordan Leeds was chosen from the tour's ensemble to play Stine, and Betsy Joslyn played the two secretaries. The tour played venues from the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, Tampa, Florida in February 1992 ^[8] to the National Theatre, Washington, DC in June 1992^[9] to the Crouse-Hinds Concert Theatre, Syracuse, New York, in November 1992.^[10] The national tour played the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1992.^[11]

West End

The musical opened in the West End at the Prince of Wales Theatre in March 1993. Blakemore again directed with Roger Allam as Stone and Martin Smith as Stine, with Henry Goodman as Buddy Fidler.^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] The Los Angeles Times reported "...it was announced that the production here of 'City of Angels'....was closing prematurely after four months, despite excellent notices."^[16] Frank Rich reported that "the West End production of the Broadway hit 'City of Angels' would close after only a four-month run. 'City of Angels' received rave reviews, and its box-office collapse was blamed on the gravity of the recession and the declining sophistication of West End audiences."^[17]

The production was nominated for five 1994 Laurence Olivier Awards: Best Director of a Musical; Best Actor in a Musical (Roger Allam); Best Actress in a Musical (Haydn Gwynne); Best Supporting Performance in a Musical (Henry Goodman); and The American Express Award for Best New Musical, winning for Best New Musical.^[18]

The first West End revival was staged at the Donmar Warehouse, opening officially on December 16, 2014, running until February 2015. Directed by the Donmar Warehouse's artistic director Josie Rourke, the cast included Hadley Fraser as Stine, Tam Mutu as Stone, Rosalie Craig as Gabbi/Bobbi, Katherine Kelly as Alura/Carla and Samantha Barks as Mallory/Avril.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22] This production was nominated for five 2015 Olivier Awards: Magic Radio Best Musical Revival (Winner); White Light Award for Best Lighting Design (Winner); Best Director; Best Costume Design; and XL Video Award for Best Set Design.^[23]

Other Productions

The theatre company Reprise! Broadway's Best production ran in January–February 2006 at Freud Playhouse, UCLA, Los Angeles. The cast featured Burke Moses (Stone), Vicki Lewis (Oolie), Tami Tappan Damiano (Gabby), and Stephen Bogardus (Stine).^[24]^[25]

The work was presented by Life Like Company at the Arts Centre Melbourne from November 5, 2015 to November 8, 2015, directed by Martin Crift and starring Kane Alexander (Stone), Anton Berezin (Stine), Amanda Harrison (Donna/Oolie) and Chelsea Plumley (Gabby/Bobbi).^[26]^[27] ^[28]

Plot

The setting is Hollywood in the late 1940s, with two stories occurring simultaneously: a Hollywood comedy and a detective drama. The real-life scenes feature full-color sets and costumes, while the movie scenes are in black-and-white.^[24] Most of the cast (with the exception of the actors playing Stine and Stone) doubles as characters in the "real" world and their fictive counterparts.

Act I

Stone, a tough Los Angeles private eye, lies on a hospital gurney with a bullet in his shoulder and a lot on his mind. He flashes back to a week earlier, when his loyal Girl Friday secretary, Oolie, ushered in a rich, beautiful woman named Alaura. Alaura claims she wants Stone to find her missing stepdaughter, Mallory Kingsley, a beautiful "bad" girl. Against his better judgment, he takes the case.

A man at a typewriter appears onstage, and Stone and Alaura suddenly back up, "rewind," and play the scene with a few changes. The man at the typewriter is Stine, author of the popular detective novel City of Angels, which he is adapting into a screenplay at the behest of Hollywood producer-director Buddy Fidler. His wife Gabby has misgivings and wishes that he would stick to novels, but for now, Stine is enjoying the ride.

We begin to see the interplay between "reality" and fiction as Gabby (in the real world) and Oolie (in the story-within-the-story) lament how their men won't listen to them ("What You Don't Know About Women").

Stone, alone in his dreary bungalow, is listening to the radio: Jimmy Powers and the Angel City 4 are singing "You Gotta Look Out For Yourself." Two thugs break down his door, beat him up, and knock him out. Cut to Buddy Fidler reading this scene in the screenplay: we see that his secretary, Donna, is the model for Oolie, and that Buddy can't help meddling with everything ("The Buddy System").

Stone is rudely awakened by Lieutenant Munoz, who was Stone's partner on the force but now bears him a major grudge. Once, Stone loved a low-rent lounge singer named Bobbi, whom Stine based on Gabby ("With Every Breath I Take"). But Bobbi wanted stardom more than marriage, and when Stone caught her with a Hollywood producer (based on Buddy) tempers flared, a gun went off, and the producer was killed. Munoz has never forgiven Stone for "getting away with murder."

Stone, angry after the beating, confronts Alaura at her mansion and meets several more unsavory characters, including her lustful stepson, her polio-stricken elderly husband, and his quack doctor. Greed and malice hover like smog, but Alaura's charms and bankroll keep Stone on the case ("The Tennis Song"). He fruitlessly pursues the missing Mallory in a scene that recalls a film montage ("Ev'rybody's Gotta Be Somewhere"), only to find her waiting naked in his bed ("Lost And Found"). Stone somehow manages to resist temptation -- which is more than can be said for his creator. After Gabby returns to New York, Stine takes comfort in Donna's bed.

A photographer breaks into Stone's bungalow and snaps a picture of him with Mallory. She runs off with his gun, which is subsequently used to murder the quack doctor. Stone is framed for the killing; Munoz gleefully arrests him ("All You Have To Do Is Wait").

Stine is having a lousy time of it too. Buddy is butchering his script, his conscience is nagging him about his infidelity, and Stone, his own creation, is disgusted with him. The curtain falls with each of them arguing, to a swinging big-band accompaniment, "You're Nothing Without Me."

Act II

In a recording studio, Jimmy Powers and the Angel City 4 are singing "Stay With Me," which then becomes a record playing in a bedroom that looks like Alaura's, but actually belongs to Carla Haywood, Buddy's wife, who will play Alaura in the movie.

Stone languishes in jail, attended only by Oolie, who like her alter ego, Donna, is feeling used by men ("You Can Always Count On Me"). Stone is mysteriously bailed out, but the two hoods catch up with him and nearly blow him up before he neatly turns the tables.

Stine has troubles of his own. Lonely at a Hollywood party of Buddy's sycophants, including a Hollywood composer ("Alaura's Theme"), Stine phones home only to find that Gabby has discovered that he cheated on her. He flies to New York with an elaborately prepared excuse, but she's not buying it ("It Needs Work").

Stone, fighting to clear his name, is led to a brothel ("LA Blues") where he is stunned to find Bobbi. We learn it was she who shot the producer; Stone has been covering for her all this time. Together, they face the wreckage of their love ("With Every Breath I Take").

In Hollywood, Stine is approached by a young starlet, Avril, who will be playing Mallory. She begs him to reconsider killing off Mallory near the end. He says he'll think about it.

Oolie, meanwhile, has discovered that Alaura is a fortune hunter who has already murdered one rich husband and is planning to do away with this one, once she had eliminated his son, daughter, and doctor. She tried to get her stepson, Peter, to kill the doctor and Mallory, but he couldn't bring himself to kill. Stone confronts her at the mansion; they grapple for her gun; shots ring out. Alaura falls dead, Stone is gravely wounded, and we're back where we started.

But where does that leave Stine? Gabby has rejected him and his lover, Donna, has been rewriting his script. Stine faces the collapse of his real and fictive worlds, and as his emotions take over, his wit turns bitter ("Funny"). When Stine arrives on the movie set to find that Buddy's name appears above his on the screenplay, and that the shallow crooner Jimmy Powers will play Stone, Stine boils over. With the "real" Stone, his conscience, finally leading him to make the right choice, he rages at Buddy, gets himself fired, and is about to get beat up by two security guards when Stone somehow appears at Stine's typewriter and writes him the fighting skills of a superhero, then tacks on a "Hollywood ending" in which Gabby returns, forgiving all. Together they celebrate ("I'm Nothing Without You") as the curtain falls.

Musical numbers

Sources: Guide to Musical Theatre;^[29] IBDB^[30]

Act I

Prologue: Theme from City of Angels
"Double Talk" – Stone and Alaura Kingsley
"Double Talk" – Buddy Fidler and Stine
"What You Don't Know About Women" – Gabby and Oolie
"Ya Gotta Look Out for Yourself" – Jimmy Powers and Angel City 4
"The Buddy System" – Buddy Fidler
"With Every Breath I Take" – Bobbi
"The Tennis Song" – Stone and Alaura Kingsley
"Ev'rybody's Gotta Be Somewhere" – Stone and Angel City 4
"Lost and Found" – Mallory Kingsley
"All Ya Have to Do is Wait" – Munoz, Yamato, Mahoney and Officer Pasco
"You're Nothing Without Me" – Stine and Stone

Act II

"Stay with Me" – Jimmy Powers and Angel City 4
"You Can Always Count On Me" – Oolie
"You Can Always Count On Me" – Donna
"Double Talk" – Buddy Fidler and Party Guests
"Stay with Me" (Reprise) – Jimmy Powers and Angel City 4
"It Needs Work" – Gabby
"With Every Breath I Take" – Stone and Bobbi
"Funny" – Stine
"I'm Nothing Without You" – Stone, Stine and Gabby
Epilogue: Theme from City of Angels
Double Talk Walk (Curtain Call)

Broadway cast and characters

Sources: IBDB;^[31] PlaybillVault^[3]New York Times^[2]

Actor	Hollywood	Movie
Gregg Edelman	Stine	N/A
James Naughton	N/A	Stone
René Auberjonois	Buddy Fidler	Irwin S. Irving
Shawn Elliott	Pancho Vargas	Munoz
Randy Graff	Donna	Oolie
Dee Hoty	Carla Haywood	Alaura Kingsley
Kay McClelland	Gabby	Bobbi
Rachel York	Avril	Mallory
James Cahill	Barber	Dr. Mandril
Carolee Carmello	Stand-In	Margaret

London 2014/15 cast and characters

Actor	Hollywood	Movie
Hadley Fraser	Stine	N/A
Tam Mutu	N/A	Stone
Peter Polycarpou	Buddy Fidler	Irwin S. Irving
Marc Elliott	Pancho Vargas	Munoz
Rebecca Trehearn	Donna	Oolie
Katherine Kelly	Carla Haywood	Alaura Kingsley
Rosalie Craig	Gabby	Bobbi
Samantha Barks	Avril	Mallory
Tim Walton	Jimmy Powers	Dr. Mandril
Nick Cavaliere	N/A	Sonny
Adam Fogerty	N/A	Big Six
Cameron Cuffe	N/A	Peter Kingsley
Mark Penfold	N/A	Luther Kingsley
Sandra Marvin	N/A	Angel City Four (Soprano)
Jennifer Saayeng	N/A	Angel City Four (Alto)
Kadiff Kirwan	N/A	Angel City Four (Tenor)
Jo Servi	N/A	Angel City Four (Bass)

Characters

Source: Guide to Musical Theatre^[29]

Hollywood Cast

Stine- The author of the novel, City of Angels, which he is adapting into a film.
Gabby- Stine's wife. She is tired of his obsession with work and his unfaithfulness. She loves him, but eventually leaves him when she learns about his affair with Donna. (The actress playing Gabby also plays Bobbi.)
Donna- Buddy's secretary. She has a brief affair with Stine, which leads to the end of his marriage with Gabby. However, she is far more manipulative than she appears. (The actress playing Oolie also plays Donna.)
Carla Haywood- Buddy's wife, who will be playing Alaura in the film. She is having an affair with Jimmy Powers. (The actress playing Carla also plays Alaura.)
Avril- a young Hollywood starlet who will be playing Mallory in the film. She is having an affair with Buddy. (The actress playing Avril also plays Mallory.)
Buddy- The film producer. He is changing the integrity of the novel. He is married to Carla and having an affair with Avril. (The actor playing Buddy also plays Irwin.)
Pancho Vargas- the actor playing Munoz in the film.
Gerald Pierce - the actor playing Peter Kingsley in the film.
Werner Kriegler - The actor playing Luther Kingsley in the film.
Jimmy Powers- a popular singer, who appears in both the Hollywood scenes and in the fictional movie scenes. In the real world, Powers is having an affair with Carla.
The Angel City 4 - Jimmy Powers' back-up singers, a close-harmony quartet who serve as a Greek chorus in the film world.
Two Studio Guards - (Played by the same actors who play Sonny and Big Six)

Movie Cast

Stone- An ex-cop turned private detective, the hero of Stine's novel. The classic hard-boiled detective, who is hired to find Mallory Kingsley. Tough, wisecracking and quick-witted.
Alaura Kingsley- a femme fatale trophy wife. She comes to Stone to have him find her missing step-daughter, but, it turns out that this is all a plot for Alaura to kill her step-children to take her soon-to-be late husband's money. She and Stone have a brief affair. She is shot and killed in a struggle with Stone. (The actress playing Alaura also plays Carla.)
Bobbi- Stone's former girlfriend, A nightclub singer based directly on Stine's wife Gabby. (The actress playing Gabby also plays Bobbi.)
Oolie- Stone's loyal Girl Friday. Unrequitedly in love with Stone, she goes to great lengths to protect and aid him. (The actress playing Ollie also plays Donna.)
Mallory Kingsley- Alaura's beautiful, seductive step-daughter, whom Stone is hired to find. (The actress playing Mallory also plays Avril.)
Detective Munoz- Stone's former partner, now a bitter rival. He believes that Stone repeatedly antagonizes him. His hatred of Stone has a racial element that Buddy Fiddler demands be deleted from the screenplay. (The actor playing Munoz also plays Pancho.)
Irwin S Irving- a Hollywood mogul Stone catches in bed with Bobbi. Inspired by Buddy. (The actor playing Irwin also plays Buddy.)
Dr Mandrill- A quack doctor hired by Alaura to care for Luther. He is later killed, seemingly by Peter, but really by Alaura.
Luther Kingsley- Alaura's husband, Mallory and Peter's father. He is suffering from polio and encased in an iron lung. He dotes on Mallory.
Peter Kingsley- Luther's son and Mallory's brother. He and Alaura concoct a scheme to kill Dr Mandrill, Luther, and Mallory to take all of the inheritance. He, however, cannot bring himself to kill, turning on Alaura.
Jimmy Powers- a popular singer, who appears in both the Hollywood scenes and in the fictional movie scenes. In the real world, Powers is having an affair with Carla.
The Angel City 4 - Jimmy Powers' back-up singers, a close-harmony quartet who serve as a Greek chorus in the film world.

Recordings

There are recordings of the original Broadway cast on Sony (ASIN: B00000272K), released on February 9, 1990,^[32]^[33] and the London original cast on RCA (ASIN: B000003FN9), released October 12, 1993 ^[34]

Critical response

An article about Frank Rich in the Deseret News noted: "But a rave from Rich can translate quickly into box office dollars. 'City of Angels,' a new musical without big stars, was taking in about $18,000 a day in advance ticket sales before it opened, according to general manager Ralph Roseman. The day after it opened to mixed reviews - but lavish praise from Rich - the box office take was $324,700."^[35]

Frank Rich wrote in his review in The New York Times: "...how long has it been since a musical was brought to a halt by riotous jokes?...This is an evening in which even a throwaway wisecrack spreads laughter like wildfire through the house, until finally the roars from the balcony merge with those from the orchestra and the pandemonium takes on a life of its own.... There is no end to the cleverness with which the creators of City of Angels carry out their stunt of double vision, starting with a twin cast list (a Hollywood Cast and a Movie Cast) in the Playbill....Mr. Coleman's score - a delirious celebration of jazz and pop styles sumptuously orchestrated by Billy Byers..."^[2]

The Variety reviewer of the Donmar 2014 production wrote: "Gelbart makes his point early and his ciphers can’t sustain a second act that gets itself tangled. Small matter, given the style on show. Practically every other line cracks a laugh, and Coleman’s authentic jazz score is rich and infectious, combining variety with real integrity. Robert Jones’s crisp greyscale design, artfully lit by Howard Harrison, and Duncan Mclean’s colourful projections match them for class."^[22]

Awards and nominations

Original Broadway production

Source: PlaybillVault^[3]

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1990	Tony Award	Best Musical		Won
		Best Book of a Musical	Larry Gelbart	Won
		Best Original Score	Cy Coleman and David Zippel	Won
		Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	James Naughton	Won
		Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical	Gregg Edelman	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical	René Auberjonois	Nominated
		Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	Randy Graff	Won
		Best Direction of a Musical	Michael Blakemore	Nominated
		Best Scenic Design	Robin Wagner	Won
		Best Costume Design	Florence Klotz	Nominated
		Best Lighting Design	Paul Gallo	Nominated
	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Musical		Won
		Outstanding Book of a Musical	Larry Gelbart	Won
		Outstanding Actor in a Musical	James Naughton	Won
		Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical	René Auberjonois	Nominated
		Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical	Randy Graff	Won
		Outstanding Director of a Musical	Michael Blakemore	Nominated
		Outstanding Orchestrations	Billy Byers	Won
		Outstanding Lyrics	David Zippel	Won
		Outstanding Music	Cy Coleman	Won
		Outstanding Set Design	Robin Wagner	Won
		Outstanding Costume Design	Florence Klotz	Nominated
		Outstanding Lighting Design	Paul Gallo	Nominated
	Edgar Allan Poe Award	Best Play	Larry Gelbart^[36]	Won

Original London production

Source: Olivier Awards^[18]

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
1994	Laurence Olivier Award	Best New Musical		Won
		Best Actor in a Musical	Roger Allam	Nominated
		Best Actress in a Musical	Haydn Gwynne	Nominated
		Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical	Henry Goodman	Nominated
		Best Director of a Musical	Michael Blakemore	Nominated

London revival

Source: Olivier Awards^[23]

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result
2015	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Musical Revival		Won
		Best Director	Josie Rourke	Nominated
		Best Set Design	Robert Jones	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Robert Jones	Nominated
		Best Lighting Design	Howard Harrison	Won

Notes

↑ Kuchwara, Michael. "Capsule Review : 'City of Angels' Takes a Chance" Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1989
1 2 3 Rich, Frank. "Review/Theater; 40's Hollywood Doubly Mocked In Gelbart's 'City of Angels'" New York Times, December 12, 1989
1 2 3 "'City of Angels' Broadway" playbillvault.com, accessed December 7, 2015
↑ Coleman, Cy. "Production. Script", City of Angels, Hal Leonard Corporation, 1990, ISBN 1557830800, pp. 11-13
↑ Kabatchnik, Amnon. "'City of Angels'" Blood on the Stage, 1975-2000: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection, Scarecrow Press, 2012, ISBN 0810883554, p. 391
↑ Drake, Sylvie. "Stage Review : 'City of Angels' Is Its Own Double Feature" Los Angeles Times, June 14, 1991
↑ Smith, Mark Chalon. "STAGE REVIEW : 'City of Angels'" Los Angeles Times, November 1, 1991
↑ Fleming, John. "Angels' gets its wings from music", St. Petersburg Times (Florida), February 16, 1992, p. 1F
↑ Rose, Lloyd. "Witty 'City Of Angels" The Washington Post, June 12, 1992, p. C1
↑ Vadeboncoeur, Joan. "Witty 'City of Angels' Arrives", The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), November 3, 1992 (no page number)
↑ Nemirow, Mark. ""'City of Angels' Brilliant on Tour", Reading Eagle, November 20, 2991, p. W3
↑ The Guardian (London), Michael Billington, p. 7, April 1, 1993
↑ The Globe and Mail (Canada), October 18, 1993
↑ Morley, Sheridan. "Theatre. 'City of Angels' (Prince of Wales)" spectator.co.uk (archive), 9 April 1993, p. 42
↑ "'City of Angels' Cast, Prince of Wales Theatre" broadwayworld.com, accessed December 9, 2015
↑ Gritten, David. "A London Ride Down 'Sunset' : Theater: Andrew Lloyd Webber's latest, the musical adaptation of Billy Wilder's classic film, opens to cautiously favorable notices" Los Angeles Times, July 14, 1993
↑ Rich, Frank. "Upstaging a New Lloyd Webber Musical: Upstaging a Lloyd Webber Musical", The New York Times, July 14, 1993, pC13, ISSN 0362-4331
1 2 "Olivier Awards, 1994" olivierawards.com, accessed December 7, 2015
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↑ Shenton, Mark. "'City of Angels', Starring Samantha Barks, Hadley Fraser, Opens at London's Donmar Warehouse" playbill.com, December 16, 2014
↑ "City of Angels' Donmar" officiallondontheatre.co.uk, accessed December 7, 2015
1 2 Trueman, Matt. "London Theater Review: ‘City of Angels’ at the Donmar Warehouse" Variety, December 17, 2014
1 2 Olivier Awards 2015" olivierawards.com, accessed December 7, 2015
1 2 Perlmutter, Sharon. "Review, 'City of Angels', 2006. talkinbroadway.com, January 29, 2006.
↑ Gans, Andrew. "Reprise! 'City of Angels' — with Bogardus and Moses — Begins Performances Jan. 24" playbill.com, January 24, 2006
↑ City of Angels artscentremelbourne.com.au, accessed December 7, 2015
↑ Herbert, Kate. "Musical review: 'City of Angels', Arts Centre Melbourne" Herald Sun, November 6, 2015
↑ "City of Angels' LIsting" lifelikecompany.com, accessed December 7, 2015
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↑ Geitner, Paul. "Is The N.Y. Times' Theater Critic Too Powerful?" Deseret News, December 24, 1989
↑ "Edgars Best Play list" theedgars.com, accessed December 7, 2015

References

Tupac, Kerianne M. "Film Noir Meets the Musical in "City of Angels"". Retrieved June 12, 2005.

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Complete list (1950–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival (2001–2025)

Singin' in the Rain (2001) My Fair Lady (2002) Anything Goes (2003) Pacific Overtures (2004) Grand Hotel (2005) Guys and Dolls (2006) Sunday in the Park with George (2007) The Magic Flute (2008) La Cage aux Folles (2009) Hello, Dolly! (2010) Into the Woods (2011) Crazy for You (2012) Sweeney Todd (2013) Merrily We Roll Along (2014) City of Angels (2015) Gypsy (2016)

Complete list (1991–2000) (2001–2025)

Musicals by Cy Coleman

Wildcat Little Me Sweet Charity Seesaw I Love My Wife On the Twentieth Century Barnum Welcome to the Club City of Angels The Will Rogers Follies The Life Exactly Like You

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