On the Town (musical)

On the Town is a Musical with Music by Leonard Bernstein and Book and Lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, based on Jerome Robbins' idea for his 1944 Ballet Fancy Free, which he had set to Bernstein's Music. The Musical introduced several popular and classic songs, among them "New York, New York", "Lonely Town", "I Can Cook, Too" (for which Bernstein also wrote the Lyrics) and "Some Other Time". The Story concerns three American Sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during wartime 1944. Each of the three Sailors becomes enamoured of a particular woman --- and of the City itself.