In Town (musical)

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In Town is a musical comedy written by Adrian Ross and James T. Tanner, with music by F. Osmond Carr and lyrics by Ross. It was produced by George Edwardes at the Prince of Wales Theatre and opened on October 15, 1892, running for a successful 292 performances. It starred the comedian Arthur Roberts.

In Town was one of the first musical comedies on London stage. It was lighter than a Gilbert and Sullivan style comic opera, but more coherent in construction than a burlesque. The piece initiated Tanner's and Edwardes's famous series of modern-dress musical shows and helped set the new fashion for the series of Gaiety Theatre musical hits that followed.

The plot is a smart tale of backstage and society intrigue. One of the popular songs from the show was "The Man About Town".