So Long, 174th Street

So Long, 174th Street.

So Long, 174th Street is a musical based on Keep Laughing, a book by Carl Reiner and play by Joseph Stein, which it has later been renamed.

Cast

• Robert Morse - David Kolowitz
• Loni Ackerman - Wanda
• Lee Goodman - Papa Kolowitz
• George S. Irving - Harrison Marlowe/The Butler/The Judge
• Lawrence John Moss - Marvin
• Barbara Lang - Angela
• Sydney Blake - Miss B
• Gene Varrone - Ziegfeld/Barrymore/Waiter/Pike

Plot

The story focuses on the journey of young David Kolowitz from factory helper to actor - and from insecure adolescence to self-assured adulthood - in just three whirlwind days in New York City in the late 1930s.

Musical numbers

• "David Kolowitz, the Actor" - David and Ensemble
• "It's Like" - David and Wanda
• "Undressing Girls With My Eyes" - David, Marvin and Girls
• "Bolero on Rye" - David, Miss B and Waiter
• "Whoever You Are" - David
• "You" - David, Marlowe, Angela, Ziegfeld and Ensemble
• "My Son the Druggist" - Papa
• "You Touched Her" - David, Marvin and Men
• "Men" - Wanda, Soda Jerk and Girls
• "Boy Oh Boy" - David and Company
• "The Butler's Song" - Butler
• "Being With You" - Wanda and David
• "If You Want to Break Your Father's Heart" - David, Papa, Judge and Jury
• "So Long, 174th Street" - David, Family, Friends and Neighbors
• "David Kolowitz, the Actor" (Reprise) - Company
• "Finale" - Company