On the Town

1945 musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
MusicRecording dramatico_musical_work Q15694166
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On the Town

Summary

On the Town is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (691 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • On the Town's instance of is recorded as dramatico-musical work[3].
  • On the Town's composer is recorded as Leonard Bernstein[4].
  • On the Town's librettist is recorded as Betty Comden[5].
  • On the Town's librettist is recorded as Adolph Green[6].
  • On the Town's based on is recorded as Fancy Free[7].
  • On the Town's Commons category is recorded as On the Town[8].
  • On the Town's soundtrack release is recorded as On the Town[9].
  • On the Town's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • On the Town comprises Lonely Town[11].
  • On the Town's lyricist is recorded as Betty Comden[12].
  • On the Town's lyricist is recorded as Adolph Green[13].
  • On the Town's topic's main category is recorded as Category:On the Town[14].
  • Fancy Free inspired On the Town[15].
  • On the Town's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'On the Town'}[16].
  • On the Town's different from is recorded as On the Town[17].
  • On the Town's form of creative work is recorded as musical[18].

Why It Matters

On the Town ranks in the top 7% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (691 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . classical-music.com. Retrieved . classical-music.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . leonardbernstein.com. Retrieved . leonardbernstein.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Rhudson · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Librettist → Betty Comden, Adolph Green
    Based on → Fancy Free
    Aliases → —
    Language of work or name → English
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5229]]: 66350"
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