Wonderful Town - Musical Numbers

Musical Numbers

Act I
  • Overture
  • Christopher Street—Tour Guide and The Villagers
  • Ohio--Ruth Sherwood and Eileen Sherwood
  • Conquering New York—Ruth, Eileen, First Cadet, Violet and The Villagers*
  • One Hundred Easy Ways—Ruth
  • What A Waste—Robert Baker and Associate Editors
  • A Little Bit in Love—Eileen
  • Pass the Football—Wreck and The Villagers
  • Conversation Piece—Ruth, Eileen, Frank Lippencott, Robert and Chick Clark*
  • A Quiet Girl—Robert
  • Conga—Ruth
Act II
  • My Darlin' Eileen—Eileen, Drunk and Policeman
  • Swing—Ruth and Villagers
  • Ohio (Reprise)--Ruth and Eileen
  • It's Love—Robert and The Villagers
  • Ballet at the Village Vortex
  • Wrong Note Rag—Ruth, Eileen and The Villagers
  • It's Love (Reprise)
  • *"Conquering New York" and "Conversation Piece" both quote Bernstein's piece for solo clarinet and jazz ensemble, "Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs", premiered by Benny Goodman in 1955.

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