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{{Infobox Musical
|name= Jerome Robbins' Broadway
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|image=Jerome Robbins' Broadway 1989 OBC Recording.jpg
|caption=Original cast recording released by [[RCA Victor]]
|music= Various
|lyrics= Various
|book= 
|basis= 
|productions= 1989 [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]
|awards= [[Tony Award for Best Musical]]
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'''''Jerome Robbins' Broadway''''' is an anthology comprising musical numbers from shows that were either directed or choreographed by [[Jerome Robbins]]. The shows represented include, for example, ''[[The King and I]]'', ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'' and ''[[West Side Story]]''. Robbins won his fifth [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Tony Award for direction]].

==Production==
The show opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] on February 26, 1989 at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] and closed on September 1, 1990 after 633 performances and 55 previews.<ref name=play1>[https://www.playbill.com/production/jerome-robbins-broadway-imperial-theatre-vault-0000006034# "''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' production information"] Playbill.com, accessed August 24, 2020</ref><ref name=rich>Rich, Frank.  [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/27/theater/review-theater-from-jerome-robbins-20-years-of-broadway-the-way-it-was.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm "Review/Theater; From Jerome Robbins, 20 Years of Broadway the Way It Was"], ''The New York Times'', February 27, 1989</ref>  Directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins with [[Grover Dale]] as co-director, the cast featured [[Jason Alexander]] as the narrator, [[Charlotte d'Amboise]], [[Faith Prince]], [[Debbie Shapiro]], Susann Fletcher and [[Scott Wise]].<ref name=rich/><ref name=play1/>

With an elaborate production and a cast of 62, the show reportedly cost US$8 million to produce, and was expected to recoup about 40 percent from the New York run, according to Bernard B. Jacobs (President of [[the Shubert Organization]]).<ref>Witchel, Alex. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/29/theater/as-others-fold-one-show-just-keeps-tapping-along.html?pagewanted=all&pagewanted= "As Others Fold, One Show Just Keeps Tapping Along"] ''The New York Times'', p. C13, August 29, 1990</ref> "In a season that was so bereft of original musicals that ''Kenny Loggins on Broadway'' and ''Barry Manilow at the Gershwin'' were categorized as such, this reminder of Broadway's glory days was greeted with relief and rejoicing (and six Tony Awards). It featured extended sequences from ''West Side Story'' and ''Fiddler on the Roof.''" <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041024185307/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/stars/robbins_j.html "Broadway. Jerome Robbins"],  Pbs.org, accessed July 22, 2012</ref>

==Musical numbers==
Sources: Internet Broadway Data Base;<ref name=ibdb>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/jerome-robbins-broadway-4533#Songs " ''Jerome Robbins Broadway'' Songs"] ibdb.com, accessed August 24, 2020</ref> MasterWorks Broadway<ref>[https://masterworksbroadway.com/music/jerome-robbins-broadway-original-cast-1989/ " ''Jerome Robbins Broadway'' Original Cast"] MasterWorks Broadway.com, accessed August 24, 2020</ref>

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;Act I
* Gotta Dance (from ''[[Look, Ma, I'm Dancin'!]]'')
* Papa, Won't You Dance With Me? (from ''[[High Button Shoes]]'')
* Shall We Dance? (from ''[[The King and I]]'')
* New York, New York (from ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'')
* Sailors on the Town (from ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'')
* Ya Got Me (from ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'')
* Charleston (from ''[[Billion Dollar Baby]]'')
* Comedy Tonight (from ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'')
* I Still Get Jealous (from ''[[High Button Shoes]]'')
* Suite of Dances (from ''[[West Side Story]]'')
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;Act II      
* The Small House of Uncle Thomas (from ''[[The King and I]]'')
* You Gotta Have a Gimmick (from ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'')
* I'm Flying (from ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'')
* On a Sunday by the Sea (from ''[[High Button Shoes]]'')
* Mr. Monotony (from ''[[Miss Liberty]]'')
* Tradition; The Dream; Sunrise, Sunset; Wedding Dance (from ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'')
* Some Other Time (from ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'')
* New York, New York (Reprise)
* Finale from ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'' 
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==Awards and nominations==
===Original Broadway production===
Sources: Playbill.com;<ref name=play1/> InfoPlease<ref>[https://www.infoplease.com/culture-entertainment/awards/performing-arts/1989-tony-awards "Tony Awards 1989"] InfoPlease, accessed August 24, 2020</ref>

{| class="wikitable" width="95%"
|-
! width="5%"| Year
! width="20%"| Award
! width="45%"| Category
! width="20%"| Nominee
! width="10%"| Result
|-
| rowspan="16" align="center"| 1989
| rowspan="10"| [[Tony Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Musical|Best Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical|Best Direction of a Musical]]
| [[Jerome Robbins]]
| {{won}} 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Jason Alexander]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Robert La Fosse]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Charlotte d'Amboise]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Scott Wise]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical]]
| Jane Lanier
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Faith Prince]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Debbie Shapiro]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Tony Award for Best Lighting Design|Best Lighting Design]]
| [[Jennifer Tipton]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="6"| [[Drama Desk Award]]
| colspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical|Outstanding Musical]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical|Outstanding Actor in a Musical]]
| [[Jason Alexander]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Scott Wise]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical|Outstanding Actress in a Musical]]
| [[Faith Prince]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Debbie Shapiro]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design|Outstanding Lighting Design]]
| [[Jennifer Tipton]]
| {{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IBDB title|4533}}
* [http://www.theatredb.com/QShow.php?sid=s0355 ITDb entry]

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