Up in Central Park
Produced by Michael Todd, the Broadway production, staged by John Kennedy, and choreographed by Helen Tamiris, opened on January 27, 1945 at the New Century Theatre, where it ran for 504 performances.Wilbur Evans plays John Matthews, a New York Times reporter investigating the Tweed’s crooked political machine, especially the fraud connected with constructing Central Park.He falls in love with the daughter of one of the Boss’ ward heelers, who marries a politician, who is killed.In 1948 the musical was made into a film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes and Vincent Price.[1] RCA Victor put out an album with Jeanette MacDonald and Robert Merrill singing six selections from the score,[2] with Russell Bennett conducting.
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