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It was an adapation of a story first presented in Charles Bruce Millholland 's play ''Napoleon of Broadway'', based on his experiences working for the theater producer David Belasco . This was adapted by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur as the play '' Twentieth Century '', which was produced and directed on Broadway in 1932 by George Abbott . The plot, a screwball comedy, features an egomaniacal Broadway producer who makes a shopgirl into a star, then tries to win her back after she abandons him. Most of the action takes place aboard the New York City - Chicago train known as ''The Twentieth Century Limited ''. The play was adapted by Hecht and MacArthur (credited) and by Gene Fowler and Preston Sturges (uncredited) for Howard Hawks 's 1934 film, '' Twentieth Century '', which starred John Barrymore and Carole Lombard . OPENING NIGHT CAST
Early in the run, Judy Kaye replaced Madeline Kahn as Lily Garland. (Miss Kaye's new understudy was future Tony-winning star Christine Ebersole .) Co-lyricist/librettist Betty Comden also replaced Imogene Coca as Letitia Primrose for a spell. The production won the Tony Award s for book and score. Musical Numbers: #"Overture" Act I #"Stranded Again" #"Saddle Up the Horse" #"On the Twentieth Century" #"I Rise Again" #"Veronique" #"I Have Written a Play" #"Together" #"Never" #"Our Private World" #"Repent" #"Mine" #"I've Got it All" #"On the Twentieth Century" (reprise) ACT II #"Entr'acte: Life is Like a Train" #"Five Zeros" #"Sextet" #"She's a Nut" #"Babbette" #"The Legacy" #"Lily, Oscar" #"On the Twentieth Century" (reprise) |
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