Musicals Tonight! will launch their new season with Oh, Kay! featuring music by , lyrics by and a book by and P.G. Wodehouse. The show, about the adventures of Prohibition-era bootleggers on a tony Long Island estate, opened on Broadway in 1926.
Next on the slate is with a book by and , lyrics by and music by . The show opened at the Majestic theatre in 1964, based on Odets' play of the same name. It starred Sammy Davis Jr. in the lead role, a young man from Harlem who turns to prizefighting as a means to escape the ghetto.
Musicals Tonight will aslo revive the 1937 Broadway musical, Babes in Arms, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by and a book by Rodgers and Hart. The story follows a group of small-town teenagers who put on a show. The film adaptation starred and .
Out of This World, a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter will also be featured. The 1950 production, about mischievous Gods who play around with newlyweds on their honeymoon, was originally staged by with additional direction by .
Concluding the season will be the 1953 five-time Tony winner, Wonderful Town, which features a book by and , lyrics by and Adoplph Green and music by Leonard Bernstein. The show was inspired by a collection of autobiographical stories by published in "The New Yorker" and starred on Broadway. All performances will be at the Lion Theatre, located at Theatre Row Studios, 410 West 42nd St., New York. For more information please visit
