THE BAND WAGON
Introduced by Adam Green
8:10*
Monday, December 1
Commemorating the 100th anniversary of screenwriter Adolph Green's birth
When unemployed actor Adolph Green (The Bronx) teamed up with NYU theater major Betty Comden (Brooklyn), who’da thought it would be the start of a six-decade partnership? An “overnight” sensation after #1 fan Leonard Bernstein enlisted them to write book and lyrics for On the Town, Comden & Green were soon tapped by Hollywood, where they spent a decade writing the greatest movie musicals ever made, all the while going back and forth to Broadway to wow ‘em again and again (two of their smash shows – On the Town and On the Twentieth Century – are being revived this season, along with The Band Wagon at Encores! and Peter Pan on live TV). Tonight, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Adolph’s birth (on December 2, 1914; he died in 2002), we present the Comden & Green movie that epitomizes the already-vanishing Broadway, show biz, and New York he loved. Introduced by Adolph’s son, Vogue theater critic Adam Green, who’s currently at work on a memoir of his father.
Starring FRED ASTAIRE, NANETTE FABRAY, OSCAR LEVANT, JACK BUCHANAN, CYD CHARISSE
(1953, Vincente Minnelli) To commemorate the 100th anniversary of Adolph’s birth, we present the Comden & Green movie that epitomizes the already-vanishing Broadway, show biz, and New York he loved, Vincente Minnelli’s THE BAND WAGON, starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. The 8:10 on Monday, December 1 will be introduced by Adam Green, son of Adolph Green and theater critic for Vogue. Approx. 103 min. Archival 35mm Print.
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