GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED!
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April 15, 1955 Press Release by The Playwrights’ Company
September 19, 1963 Photo by New York Post
October 11, 1963 ‘Gentlemen, Be Seated!’ in Premiere by New York Post
October 26, 1963 Moross Minstrel by Saturday Rivew
January, 1964 Another Man’s Poison by Show Magazine
Unattributed Article: Civil War Musical Is Listed By Playwrights
Unattributed Article: Civil War Musical Is Due Next Year; New Assignment
Unattributed Article: ‘Gentlemen, Be Seated!’ Is Scheduled for Spring
Unattributed Article: Moross to Write Civil War Musical
GENTLEMEN, BE SEATED!
THE COMPLETE VOCAL SCORE
Gentlemen, Be Seated! is an anti-war, anti-racist musical history of the War Between the States. Music was composed by Jerome Moross with lyrics by Edward Eager. It was completed in 1956 and produced and presented by New York City Opera in 1963. This is the complete vocal score.
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WINDFLOWERS: THE SONGS OF JEROME MOROSS
WINDFLOWERS offers delectable proof, with selections from his stage shows Ballet Ballads, The Golden Apple, Underworld, and Gentlemen, Be Seated! Alice Ripley, Richard Muenz, Jessica Molaskey, Philip Chaffin and Jenny Giering – five singers equally at home on Broadway, in cabaret and in the recording studio – celebrate an American original, in nineteen selections alternately playful and atmospheric, and always highly melodic.