Twentieth Century - Paperback

by Charles MacArthur (Author), Ben Hecht (Author), Ken Ludwig (Author)

Musical comedy

Book and Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden

Music by Cy Coleman

Based on a play by Ben Hecht and Charles McArthur and also a play by Bruce Milholland

Characters: 17 Principal roles plus chorus (doubling possible)

Whether performed with elaborate scenery or on a simple scale this brilliantly comic musical appeals to audiences everywhere. As in the classic original the story concerns the efforts of a flamboyant theatrical impresario Oscar Jaffe to per