Overview
Synopsis
Subways are for Sleeping concerns Angie McKay, a magazine writer assigned to write a story about a certain group of well-dressed homeless people sleeping in the New York subway. The leader of this group of well-dressed drifters is Tom Bailey, a one-man employment agency who finds other drifters odd jobs and sleeping quarters. To help research her story, Angie goes undercover and pretends to be a stranded girl from out-of-town. She quickly befriends Tom. Trouble ensues when Tom discovers that Angie is really a reporter.
Show Information
- Book
- Betty Comden , Adolph Green
- Music
- Jule Styne
- Lyrics
- Betty Comden , Adolph Green
- Based on the Play/Book/Film
- Edmund G. Love's article in Harper's and subsequent book
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- First Produced
- 1961
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Settings
- Period
- Time & Place
- New York City, 1960s
- Cast Size
- large
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Large Cast
Context
Plot
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Songs
Act One
- Subways Are for Sleeping
- Girls Like Me
- Station Rush
- I'm Just Taking My Time
- I Was a Shoo-In
- Subway Directions
- Ride Through the Night
- Who Knows What Might Have Been
- Swing Your Projects
- Strange Duet
- I Said It and I'm Glad
- Be a Santa
Act Two
- Subway Incident
- How Can You Describe a Face?
- I Just Can't Wait
- Comes Once in a Lifetime
- What Is This Feeling in the Air?
A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.
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Scenes
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