Broadway choreography

Who choreographed On the Town?

Joshua Bergasse was credited for the choreography recognized by the Drama Desk Award, Tony Award.

2 nominationsFirst honored 2015

Choreography awards for On the Town

YearAwardChoreographerResult
2015Drama Desk AwardJoshua BergasseNominated
2015Tony AwardJoshua BergasseNominated

Productions are listed under the year of the award; revivals can bring new choreography — and new nominations — for the same show.

About the show

On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's music. The musical introduced several popular and classic songs, among them "New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "I Can Cook, Too" (for which Bernstein also wrote the lyric), and "Some Other Time". The story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City in 1944, during World War II. Each of the three sailors meets and quickly connects with a woman.

On the Town was first produced on Broadway in 1944 and was made into a film in 1949, although the film replaced all but four of the original Broadway numbers with Hollywood-written substitutes. The show has enjoyed several major revivals. The musical integrates dance into its storytelling: Robbins made several ballets and extended dance sequences for the show, including the "Imaginary Coney Island" ballet.

From the Wikipedia article “On the Town (musical)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Award data from Wikipedia lists of Tony, Drama Desk and Olivier choreography awards (CC BY-SA 4.0).