City of Angels

Musical

Writers: Larry Gelbart Cy Coleman David Zippel

Overview

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Music
Lyrics
Category
Musical
Number of Acts
2
Tony Award®
Best Musical 1990
First Produced
1989
Genres
Comedy
Settings
Multiple Settings
Time & Place
hollywood, california, late 1940s - and a film noir fantasy world version of hollywood, california in the late 1940s
Cast Size
large
Orchestra Size
Medium
Dancing
Some Dance
Ideal for
Community Theatre, Regional Theatre, Professional Theatre, College/University
Casting Notes
Mostly male cast
Includes adult, mature adult, elderly, late teen, young adult characters

Synopsis

When Hollywood offers New York novelist Stine the opportunity to adapt his books into a film for the silver screen, he packs up and moves to the home of perennial sunshine, palm trees, and stars. Tony award-winning City of Angels moves between the beautiful Technicolor world of Hollywood and Stine’s glamorous film noir-in-progress of the same title. While Stine’s movie plays out in black and white, Stine finds the dangerous temptations of the world of Los Angeles – the distraction of women, the lure of fame, and the artistic compromises being made right and left – all too colorful. Witty and glamorous, City of Angels features a sensational jazz score, including popular songs, “You Can Always Count on Me,” “Tennis Song,” and “I’m Nothing Without You.”

Lead Characters

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