On Your Toes National Tour Schedule & Production History

On Your Toes Show Information

Gangsters, vaudeville and the Russian Ballet come together in this riotous, romantic romp. Junior's folks pull him from the family's vaudeville act and pack him off to school where he becomes a music teacher. He meets Sydney, a composer, and Frankie, a coed who's fallen hard for him, and together they set about trying to sell Sydney's new jazz ballet to a Russian ballet company. The prima ballerina wants to teach Junior more than a few new steps, but with her assistance, 'Slaughter On Tenth Avenue' is produced with Junior dancing the lead. In one of the funniest set pieces ever devised, Junior dances the premiere while being shot at from the audience by thugs who've mistaken him for a dancer who owes on a gambling debt. This landmark musical was directed by the legendary George Abbott and choreographed by newcomer George Balanchine, whose use of ballet here marked the first time in musical comedy that dance was a direct proponent of the plot.

Music by Rodgers, Richard; Lyrics by Lorenz Hart; Book by Rodgers & Hart & George Abbott

Opening:	July 25, 1986
Closing:	unknown
Production Type:	Revival
Run Type:	Open Run
Market:	US Tour
Intermissions:	1
Show type	Musical

Other Productions of On Your Toes

1936	Broadway	Original Broadway Production Broadway
1937	West End	London Production West End
1938	London	Return Engagement [London] London
1953	Milburn, NJ (Regional)	Paper Mill Production Milburn, NJ (Regional)
1954	Broadway	Broadway Revival Broadway
1983	Broadway	Broadway Revival Broadway
1984	West End	London Production West End
1986	US Tour	National Tour US Tour
2003	London Fringe	London Revival London Fringe
2007	Los Angeles	Reprise! Concert Los Angeles