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This is about the stage musical. For the film, see Up in Central Park (1948 film).

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Up in Central Park.

Up in Central Park is a stage musical.

Cast[]

  • Wilbur Evans - John Matthews
  • Betty Bruce - Bessie O'Cahane
  • Maureen Cannon - Rosie Moore
  • Walter Burke - Danny O'Cahane
  • Charles Irwin - Timothy Moore
  • Fred Barry - Joe Stewart
  • Noah Beery Sr. - Boss William Tweed
  • Rowan Tudor - Mayor A. Oakley Hall
  • George Lane - Richard Connolly
  • Harry Meehan - Peter Sweeney
  • Robert Field - Andrew Munroe
  • Paul Reed - Vincent Peters
  • Daniel Nagrin - Daniel
  • Ellen Lawrence - Elaine Barry

Plot[]

In the Boss Tweed era of New York in the 1870s, John Matthews, a New York Times reporter is investigating the Tweed’s crooked political machine, especially the fraud connected with constructing Central Park. He falls in love with the daughter of one of the Boss’ ward heelers, who marries a politician, who is killed.

Musical numbers[]

Act I
  • "Up from the Gutter" - Bessie
  • "Up from the Gutter" (Reprise) - Bessie, Rosie, Danny and Timothy
  • "Carousel in the Park" - Rosie
  • "It Doesn't Cost You Anything to Dream" - Rosie and John
  • "It Doesn't Cost You Anything to Dream" (Reprise) - Rosie, Bessie and John
  • "Boss Tweed" - Tweed, Mayor Hall, Connolly, Sweeeny, Monroe, Peters, Timothy and Men
  • "Scene Three Opening" - Singing Boys and Girls
  • "When She Walks in the Room" - John
  • "Currier and Ives" - Bessie and Joe
  • "Close as Pages in a Book" - Rosie and John
  • "Rip Van Winkle" - Rosie, Bessie, Tweed, John, Joe, Peters and Ensemble
  • "Close as Pages in a Book" (Reprise) - John
  • "The Fireman's Bride" - Rosie, Bessie, Joe, Daniel and Dancers
  • "The Fireman's Bride" (Reprise) - Company
Act II
  • "When the Party Gives a Party" - Peters, Mayor Hall, Monroe, Sweeney, Timothy, Danny and Singing Boys and Girls
  • "Specialty" - Joe and Ellen
  • "The Big Back Yard" - John and Singers
  • "April Snow" - Rosie and John
  • "Finaletto" - Ensemble
  • "The Birds and the Bees" - Rosie, Bessie, Timothy and Danny
  • "Specialty" - Bessie
  • "Close as Pages in a Book" (Reprise) - Rosie and John
  • "Finale" - Company
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