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New Girl In Town

Book by George Abbot
Music & Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Based on the play "Anna Christie" by Eugene O'Neill
Opened May 14, 1957 at the 46th Street Theatre (New York) and ran for 431 performances.

Synopsis

On the waterfront of colorful New York at the turn of the century, an old whiskey-drinking Swedish sailor, Chris, is excited that his daughter Anna, is coming to see him after fifteen years of living in St. Paul. Though Chris dotes on his "little Anna," the truth is Anna has "been around" and has come to put the pieces of her life back together. Chris' boozy friend Marthy privately sizes Anna up -- correctly -- as a former streetwalker. Just as Anna falls in love with a simple sailor, Marthy, drunk and jealous, spills the truth of Anna's past at a neighborhood ball. Her sailor leaves on the next ship out of New York and Anna's hopes of leading a normal life are dashed. But a full year later, with everyone older and wiser, happiness is restored

Song List

Overture
Roll Yer Socks Up
Anna Lilla
Sunshine Girl
On The Farm
Flings
It's Good To Be Alive
Look at 'Er
Yer My Friend Ain'tcha?
Did You Close Your Eyes
At the Check Apron Ball
There Ain't No Flies On Me
Ven I Valse
Sunshine Girl (Reprise)
If That Was Love
Chess and Checkers
Look at 'Er (Reprise)

Info

Original Cast Included: Gwen Verdon, Mark Dawson, Eddie Phillips, Lulu Bates, Del Anderson, H.F. Green, Mars Landi, Cameron Prud'homme and Thelma Ritter

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