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Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a 1961 musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. In 1966 Warner Bros. released a film adaptation of the play. In 1996, a film version was produced for TV, made for the A&E Network .
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off: Directed by Philip Saville. With Tony Tanner, Millicent Martin, Leila Croft, Valerie Croft. The show, set against a circus backdrop, focuses on Littlechap from the moment of his birth until his death.
Synopsis. The Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse London and Broadway musical hit Stop the World, I Want to Get Off is given literal treatment in this filmization. Newley stars as Littlechap, whose allegorical rise to success is countered by the instability of his private life.
Stop the world - I want to get off - Original Broadway Cast. eewqq12. 12 videos 16,515 views Last updated on Jan 14, 2021. A Decca Broadway Original Cast Album Decca / Decca...
This innovative, symbolic musical examines the birth, life, and death of the clownish Littlechap. He is born into a circus-like world and struggles to make his way in life working as a tea-boy. One day, he falls in love with Evie, his boss’s daughter.
I Want to Get Off. A New-Style Musical in 2 Acts. Book, Music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Setting and lighting by Sean Kenny. Musical supervision, Ian Fraser. Musical director, Milton Rosenstock. Orchestrations by Ian Fraser with David Lindup. Burt Rhodes, Gordon Langford.
From London's West End to Broadway to middle America and the world, the cry went out: Stop the World - I Want to Get Off! Share the visual and vocal delights of the innovative Anthony...
Stop the World – I Want to Get Off is a musical with a book, music, and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley. Set against the backdrop of a circus, the show focuses on Littlechap...
In the presence of fellow performers in an empty circus tent, a clown creates a character: Littlechap, the eternal opportunist. Littlechap's driving ambition is to climb the ladder of success, the first rung of which is marriage to the boss's daughter, Evie.
Stop the World: I Want to Get Off. Summaries. The show, set against a circus backdrop, focuses on Littlechap from the moment of his birth until his death. Each time something unsatisfactory happens, he calls out 'Stop the world!' and addresses the audience.
