The New Yorkers

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The New Yorkers
Music Cole Porter
Lyrics Cole Porter
Book Herbert Fields
Productions 1930 Broadway

The New Yorkers is a musical written by Cole Porter (lyrics and music) and Herbert Fields (book).

The original Broadway production opened at The Broadway Theatre on December 8, 1930, this theatre's first stage production, and ran for 168 performances. It was directed by Monty Woolley and featured in the cast Frances Williams, Charles King, Hope Williams, Ann Pennington, Richard Carle, Marie Cahill, Fred Waring Orchestra, Lou Clayton, Jackson and Durante, Kathryn Crawford, Oscar Ragland.

[edit] Musical Numbers

  • Where Have You Been?
  • Love for Sale (first performed by Kathryn Crawford, later Elisabeth Welch)
  • Take Me Back to Manhattan
  • Let's Fly Away
  • I Happen to Like New York

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