Overview
Synopsis
Taking place on New Year's Eve at the Barclay Palace Hotel in the Austrian Alps, the show concerns a crooner, Harry Aikens, and his longing for a woman from his past, Cynthia Brookfield-Bailey. Coincidentally, Cynthia is staying at the hotel where Harry is performing. However, she is there with her lover, Dr. Winkler. In the end, Harry manages to succeed in wooing Cynthia when ensuing war brings the two together.
Show Information
- Book
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Music
- Charles Strouse
- Lyrics
- Alan Jay Lerner
- Category
- Musical
- Age Guidance
- Youth (Y)/General Audiences (G)
- Number of Acts
- 2
- Genres
- Cast Size
- large
- Licensor
- Samuel French
- Ideal For
- Mostly Male Cast, Large Cast
Context
Plot
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Songs
Act I
- It Never Would've Worked
- Happy, Happy New Year
- No Man is Worth It
- What are You Going to Do About It?
- A Woman Who Thinks I'm Wonderful
- Pas de Deux
- There's Never Been Anything Like Us
- Another Life
- Why Can't the World Go and Leave Us Alone?
- He Always Comes Home to Me
- I Got a New Girl
- Dance a Little Closer
- There's Always One You Can't Forget
Act II
- Homesick
- Mad
- I Don't Know
- Auf Wiedersehen
- I Never Want to See You Again
- On Top of the World
- I Got a New Girl (Reprise)
- Dance a Little Closer (Reprise)
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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