So Long, 174th Street
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So Long, 174th Street is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein and lyrics and music by Stan Daniels.
Based on Stein's play Enter Laughing, which had been adapted from the Carl Reiner book of the same name, it's the story of the short and often hilarious journey of young David Kolowitz from factory helper to actor - and from insecure adolescence to self-assured adulthood - in just three whirlwind days in the New York City of the late 1930s.
After six previews, the Broadway production, directed by Burt Shevelove and choreographed by Alan Johnson, opened on April 27, 1976 at the Harkness Theatre, where it closed after only 16 performances. The cast included Robert Morse, George S. Irving, Loni Ackerman, and Rita Rudner.
Major criticism was aimed at the casting of Morse who, despite his boyish charm, was in his mid-40s and too old to play the teenaged David.
A recording of the score, with Kaye Ballard added to the cast, was released in 1981.
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- David Kolowitz, the Actor
- It's Like
- Undressing Girls With My Eyes
- Bolero on Rye
- Whoever You Are
- You
- My Son the Druggist
- You Touched Her
- Men
- Boy Oh Boy
- The Butler's Song
- Being With You
- If You Want to Break Your Father's Heart
- So Long, 174th Street
