PRODUCTION HISTORY

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2022-23 SEASON

Gypsy in Concert (1959) – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Arthur Laurents
Anything Goes (1934) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse & John Weidman
Merrily We Roll Along (1981) – Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by George Furth

2021-22 SEASON

Chess in Concert (1986) – Music by Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus; Lyrics by Tim Rice & Björn Ulvaeus; Book by Tim Rice & Richard Nelson
A Little Night Music (1973) – Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Hugh Wheeler
A Grand Night for Singing (1993) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Conceived by Walter Bobbie
Gala: Raise You Up
Fun Home (2013) – Music by Jeanine Tesori; Book & Lyrics by Lisa Kron
The Pajama Game (1954) – Music & Lyrics by Richard Adler & Jerry Ross; Book by George Abbott & Richard Bissell

2020-21 SEASON

Due to COVID, all onstage productions were re-scheduled into future seasons. The following productions were part of our MoonBeams virtual series:
From Broadway to Hollywood; Conceived by Richard Glazier
The Oldest Living Cater Waiter; Written by Michael Patrick Gaffney
Broadway Flipped!; Conceived by Nicole Frydman & DC Scarpelli
A Distant Dinner Party; Conceived by Jess Coker & Jaron Vesely
Home (Literally) for the Holidays; Conceived by Daniel Thomas
Perfect Hermany: A Musical Tribute to Jerry Herman; Conceived by Jason Graae
Gala: You Can’t Stop the Beat
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill; Written by Lanie Robertson
Don’t Touch That Dial!; Conceived by DC Scarpelli & Peter Budinger

2019-20 SEASON

Titanic in Concert (1997) – Book by Peter Stone; Music & Lyrics by Maury Yeston
Hot Mikado (1986) – Book & Lyrics by W.S. Gilbert, adapted by David H. Bell; Music by Arthur Sullivan, adapted by Rob Bowman
Scrooge in Love! (2015) – Music by Larry Grossman; Lyrics by Kellen Blair; Book by Duane Poole
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (2012) – Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak; Book and Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman

2018-19 SEASON

Follies in Concert (1971) – Book by James Goldman; Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1978) – Book by Larry L. King & Peter Masterson; Music & Lyrics by Carol Hall
Dames at Sea (1968) – Book & Lyrics by Haimsohn & Robin Miller; Music by Jim Wise
Fiorello! (1959) – Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Book by Jerome Weidman & George Abbott
110 in the Shade (1963) – Music by Harvey Schmidt; Lyrics by Tom Jones; Book by N. Richard Nash
Once (2011) – Book by Enda Walsh; Music & Lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

2017-18 SEASON

Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1978) – Music by Fats Waller; Lyrics by Various; Concept by Murray Horwitz & Richard Maltby, Jr.
The Secret Garden (1991) – Music by Lucy Simon; Lyrics & Book by Marsha Norman
Saturday Night (1955) – Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Julius J. Epstein
Me and My Girl (1937/1986) – Music by Noel Gay; Book & Lyrics by by L. Arthur Rose & Douglas Furber, Revised by Stephen Fry with Contributions by Mike Ockrent

2016-17 SEASON

Baker Street (1963) – Music & Lyrics by Marian Grudeff & Raymond Jessel; Book by Jerome Coopersmith
Scrooge in Love! (2015) – Music by Larry Grossman; Lyrics by Kellen Blair; Book by Duane Poole
New Girl in Town (1957) – Music & Lyrics by Bob Merrill; Book by George Abbott
No, No, Nanette (1925/1971) – Music by Vincent Youmans; Lyrics by Irving Caesar & Otto Harbach; Book by Otto Harbach, Frank Mandel & Burt Shevelove
Kismet in Concert (1953) – Music by Alexander Borodin, Adapted by Robert Wright & George Forrest; Lyrics by Robert Wright & George Forrest; Book by Charles Lederer & Luther Davis

2015-16 SEASON

Sail Away (1961) – Music, Lyrics & Book by Nöel Coward
Scrooge in Love! (2015) – Music by Larry Grossman; Lyrics by Kellen Blair; Book by Duane Poole
Gala: Falling in Love With Love (with Klea Blackhurst)
The Boys from Syracuse (1938) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by George Abbott
The Most Happy Fella (1956) – Music, Lyrics & Book by Frank Loesser
Coming Up Roses: The Jule Styne Salon

2014-15 SEASON

Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Arthur Laurents
The Boy Friend (1954) – Music, Lyrics & Book by Sandy Wilson
Something for the Boys (1943) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields & Dorothy Fields
Nick & Nora (1991) – Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.; Book by Arthur Laurents
Where’s Charley? (1948) – Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser; Book by George Abbott
Inventing Champagne: The Alan J. Lerner Salon
Gala: Song of a Summer Night (with Laura Benanti)

2013-14 SEASON

It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman! (1966) – Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Lee Adams; Book by David Newman & Robert Benton
I Married an Angel (1938) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart
Snoopy!!! (1975) – Music by Larry Grossman; Lyrics by Hal Hackady; Book by Warren Lockhart, Arthur Whitelaw & Michael Grace
Gala: What We Did For Love (with Megan Hilty)
Painting the Clouds With Sunshine (2014)
DuBarry Was a Lady (1939) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva
Thou Swell! Thou Witty!: The Rodgers & Hart Salon

2012-13 SEASON

Of Thee I Sing (1931) – Music by George Gerswhin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by George S. Kaufman & Morrie Ryskind
Carmelina (1979) – Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Book by Joseph Stein & Alan Jay Lerner
Pal Joey (1940) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by John O’Hara
Gala: It’s De-Lovely (with Sutton Foster)
Carnival (1961) – Music & Lyrics by Bob Merrill; Book by Michael Stewart
Little Me (1962) – Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh; Book by Neil Simon
Once in Love with Loesser: The Frank Loesser Salon

2011-12 SEASON

Nymph Errant (1933) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Romney Brent
Oh, Kay! (1926) – Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Guy Bolton & P.G. Wodehouse
Three Sisters (1934) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
The Best of Times: The Jerry Herman Salon
Sugar (1972) – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill; Book by Peter Stone
Zorba (1968) – Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by Joseph Stein

2010-11 SEASON

A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Forum (1962) – Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
Once in a Million Moons: The Jerome Kern Salon
Murder for Two: A Killer Musical (2010) – Music by Joe Kinosian; Lyrics by Kellen Blair; Book by Joe Kinosian & Kellen Blair
Babes in Arms (1937) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart
And All That Jazz: The John Kander Salon
Strike Up the Band (1927) – Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Morrie Ryskind
Silk Stockings (1955) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath & Abe Burrows

2009-10 SEASON

Call Me Madam (1950) – Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Destry Rides Again (1959) – Music & Lyrics by Harold Rome; Book by Leonard Gershe
I Feel a Song Coming On: A Dorothy Fields Salon
Jubilee (1935) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Moss Hart
Nice Work If You Can Get It: An Ira Gershwin Salon
Lady Be Good! (1924) – Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Guy Bolton & Fred Thompson
Very Warm for May (1939) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
Everything The Traffic Will Allow: The Songs and Sass of Ethel Merman (2001)

2008-09 SEASON

Irma La Douce (1960) – Music by Marguerite Monnot; Lyrics & Book by Alexandre Breffort
Girl Crazy (1930) – Music by George Gerswhin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Guy Bolton & John McGowan
Ben Franklin in Paris (1964) – Music by Mark Sandrich, Jr.; Lyrics & Book by Sidney Michaels
High Spirits (1964) – Music, Lyrics & Book by Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray
Wildcat! (1960) – Music by Cy Coleman; Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh; Book by N. Richard Nash

2007-08 SEASON

One Touch of Venus (1943) – Music by Kurt Weill; Lyrics by Ogden Nash; Book by Ogden Nash & S.J. Perelman
Oh, Lady! Lady!! (1918) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse; Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse
The Student Gypsy or The Prince of Liederkranz (1963) – Music, Lyrics & Book by Rick Besoyan
Coco (1969) – Music by André Previn; Lyrics & Book by Alan Jay Lerner
Peddling Rainbows (Harburg revue)
Out of This World (1950) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Dwight Taylor

2006-07 SEASON

Li’l Abner (1956) – Music by Gene De Paul; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer; Book by Norman Panama & Melvin Frank
Pardon My English (1933) – Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Herbert Fields & Morrie Ryskind
Flora the Red Menace (1965) – Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb; Book by George Abbott & Robert Russell
Plain and Fancy (1955) – Music by Albert Hague; Lyrics by Arnold Horwitt; Book by Joseph Stein & Will Glickman
Gay Divorce (1932) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Dwight Taylor

2005-06 SEASON

Red Hot and Blue! (1936) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Miss Liberty (1949) – Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Robert E. Sherwood
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) – Music, Lyrics & Book by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley
The Golden Apple (1954) – Music by Jerome Moross; Lyrics & Book by John Treville Latouche
Mack & Mabel (1974) – Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Michael Stewart

2004-05 SEASON

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1949) – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Leo Robin; Book by Joseph Fields & Anita Loos
The Cabaret Girl (1922) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by George Grossmith & P.G. Wodehouse
Can-Can (1953) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Abe Burrows
Hooray for What! (1937) – Music by Harold Arlen; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Once Upon a Mattress (1959) – Music by Mary Rodgers; Lyrics by Marshall Barer; Book by Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer & Dean Fuller
Minnie’s Boys (1970) – Music by Larry Grossman; Lyrics by Hal Hackady; Book by Arthur Marx & Robert Fisher
The Boys from Syracuse (1938) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by George Abbott

2003 SEASON

Paint Your Wagon (1951) – Music by Frederick Loewe; Lyrics & Book by Alan J. Lerner
Roberta (1933) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Otto Harbach
Finian’s Rainbow (1947) – Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; Book by E.Y. Harburg & Fred Saidy
Oh Captain! (1958) – Music & Lyrics by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans; Book by Al Morgan & José Ferrer
Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields

2002 SEASON – Richard Rodgers Centenary

By Jupiter (1942) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart
Pipe Dream (1955) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics & Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
A Connecticut Yankee (1927/1943) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Herbert Fields
Peggy-Ann (1927) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Herbert Fields
Too Many Girls (1939) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by George Marion, Jr.

2001 SEASON

It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane…It’s Superman! (1966) – Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Lee Adams; Book by David Newman & Robert Benton
The Cat and the Fiddle (1931) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Otto Harbach
Do Re Mi (1960) – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by Betty Comden & Adolph Green; Book by Garson Kanin
Goldilocks (1958) – Music by Leroy Anderson; Lyrics by Jean Kerr, Walter Kerr & Joan Ford; Book by Jean Kerr & Walter Kerr
Leave It to Me! (1938) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Samuel & Bella Spewack
Guess What’s Under My Umbrella (revue)

2000 SEASON

Funny Face (1927) – Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Paul Gerard Smith & Fred Thompson
Out of This World (1950) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Dwight Taylor
The Good Companions (1974) – Music by André Pervin; Lyrics by Johnny Mercer; Book by Ronald Harwood
Dear World (1969) – Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman; Book by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
I Married an Angel (1938) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart
Jazz Up Your Lingerie! (revue)

1999 SEASON

Fiorello! (1959) – Music by Jerry Bock; Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick; Book by Jerome Weidman & George Abbott
Sitting Pretty (1924) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse; Book by Guy Bolton
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965) – Music by Burton Lane; Lyrics & Book by Alan Jay Lerner
Let’s Face It! (1941) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Dorothy Fields & Herbert Fields
The Grass Harp (1971) – Music by Claibe Richardson; Book & Lyrics by Kenward Elmslie
Babes in Arms (1937) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart
A Century of Musicals (revue)

1998 SEASON

Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; Book by Arthur Laurents
Girl Crazy (1930) – Music by George Gerswhin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Guy Bolton & John McGowan
Redhead (1959) – Music by Albert Hague; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Book by Dorothy Fields, Herbert Fields, Sidney Shelton & David Shaw
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1951) – Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyrics by Dorothy Fields; Book by George Abbott & Betty Smith
>Nymph Errant (1933) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Romney Brent
Call Me Madam (1950) – Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse
Fabulous Flops (revue)

1997 SEASON

Face the Music (1932) – Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Moss Hart
Louisiana Purchase (1940) – Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Morrie Ryskind
High Spirits (1964) – Music, Lyrics & Book by Hugh Martin & Timothy Gray
Fanny (1954) – Music & Lyrics by Harold Rome; Book by S.N. Behrman & Joshua Logan
Something for the Boys (1943) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields & Dorothy Fields
Jubilee (1935) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Moss Hart
I’d Like to Hide It (revue)

1996 SEASON

Silk Stockings (1955) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by George S. Kaufman, Leueen MacGrath & Abe Burrows
Dearest Enemy (1925) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Herbert Fields
Goodtime Charley (1975) – Music by Larry Grossman; Lyrics by Hal Hackady; Book by Sidney Michaels
The Night Boat (1920) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Anne Caldwell
Roberta (1933) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Otto Harbach
Lady Be Good! (1924) – Music by George Gershwin; Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; Book by Guy Bolton & Fred Thompson
Love and Nuts and Noodles (revue)
Something Sort of Grandish (Harburg revue)

1995 SEASON

A Connecticut Yankee (1927/1943) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Herbert Fields
Pipe Dream (1955) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics & Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
America’s Sweetheart (1931) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Herbert Fields
Very Warm for May (1939) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
I Married an Angel (1938) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart
Three Sisters (1934) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
The Great Revues (revue)
Once in a Blue Moon (revue)
Nobody’s Heart (Rodgers & Hart revue)
The Song Is You (Hammerstein revue)

1994 SEASON

Peggy-Ann (1927) – Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Herbert Fields
The Cat and the Fiddle (1931) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics & Book by Otto Harbach
Hollywood Pinafore (1945) – Music by Arthur Sullivan; Lyrics & Book by Goerge S. Kaufman
Something for the Boys (1943) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields & Dorothy Fields
Darling of the Day (1968) – Music by Jule Styne; Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; Book by Nunnally Johnson
As Thousands Cheer (1933) – Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin; Book by Moss Hart

1993 SEASON

Jubilee (1933) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Moss Hart
One Touch of Venus (1943) – Music by Kurt Weill; Lyrics by Ogden Nash; Book by Ogden Nash & S.J. Perelman
Oh, Lady! Lady!! (1918) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse; Book by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse
Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields
Sweet Adeline (1929) – Music by Jerome Kern; Lyrics and Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
DuBarry Was a Lady (1939) – Music & Lyrics by Cole Porter; Book by Herbert Fields and B.G. DeSylva

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THE SONDHEIM SWEEP

Starting in 2017, 42nd Street Moon committed to producing all of the stage works that the now late, great Stephen Sondheim created for the stage as a composer and/or lyricist. Each season, at least one of those works will be produced as a mainstage production, in concert, or in a special limited run:

2017-2018: Saturday Night (1954)
2018-2019: Follies (1971)
2019-2020 and 2020-2021 were scuttled due to COVID
2021-2022: A Little Night Music (1973)
2022-2023: Gypsy (1959); Merrily We Roll Along (1981)

Still to produce:
West Side Story (1957)
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962)
Anyone Can Whistle (1964)
Do I Hear a Waltz? (1965)
Company (1970)
The Frogs (1974)
Pacific Overtures (1976)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979)
Sunday in the Park with George (1984)
Into the Woods (1987)
Assassins (1990)
Passion (1994)
Getting Away With Murder (1996)
Road Show (2008)