On the Town

The three sailors Gabey, Chip and Ozzie have twenty-four hours ashore in New York. And they don't need to be told twice, because the big city doesn't come calling every day! In the city of great expectations, they soon find themselves on the subway, where Ivy smiles down from a poster as “Miss Subway of the Month” and has Gabey's head spinning. It immediately becomes clear to him that he has to find this woman in the urban jungle. Whatever may come! And so begins a fast-paced journey through the city, that never sleeps, but instead holds so many delights in store that each of the three men is soon chasing his own adventure...

With “On the Town”, young Leonard Bernstein made a glittering declaration of love to New York, the city of his dreams, and its people. With its jazzy sound and pulsating joie de vivre, his brilliant musical debut from 1944 quickly became the talk of the town and went on to conquer the world stage of musicals in record time.