On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based on the 1944 ballet Fancy Free. The musical produced several popular and classic songs, among them: "New York, New York," "Lonely Town," "I Can Cook Too," and "Some Other Time." The story concerns three American sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in New York City during war-time 1944. Each of the three sailors becomes enamoured of a particular woman — and of the City itself.

On the Town was first produced on Broadway in 1944 and was made into a film in 1949. The show has enjoyed a number of major revivals. The musical integrates dance into its storytelling: Jerome Robbins choreographed a number of ballets and extended dance sequences for the show, including the "Imaginary Coney Island" ballet.

On the Town is a 1949 movie musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is an adaptation of a Broadway stage musical produced in 1944.

The MGM film opened on December 8, 1949. Many changes in script and score were made from the original stage version; much of Bernstein's music was dropped in favor of new songs by the studio's Roger Edens. It starred Gene Kelly as Gabey (who also co-directed with Stanley Donen), Frank Sinatra as Chip and Jules Munshin as Ozzie, as well as Ann Miller (Claire Huddesen), Betty Garrett (Hildy Esterhazy), Vera-Ellen (Ivy Smith), and Alice Pearce (Lucy Shmeeler).

It is notable for its combination of studio and location filming, as a result of Gene Kelly's insistence that some scenes be shot in New York City itself. Parts of the filming were done at, for example, The American Museum of Natural History, The Brooklyn Bridge, and Rockefeller Center, a unique and groundbreaking undertaking for the American Musical up to this point

The movie was an instant success for MGM's "Freed Unit", which went on to produce many more popular musicals into the 1950s. The movie won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Cinematography (Color). Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green won the Writers Guild of America award for Best Written American Musical.

In 2006 the film version ranked #19 on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals.

Three sailors - Gabey, Chip and Ozzie - let loose on a 24-hour pass in New York and the Big Apple will never be the same! Gabey falls head over heels for "Miss Turnstiles of the Month" (he thinks she's a high society deb when she's really a 'cooch dancer at Coney Island); innocent Chip gets highjacked (literally) by a lady cab driver; and Ozzie becomes the object of interest of a gorgeous anthropologist who thinks he's the perfect example of a "prehistoric man". Wonderful music and terrific shots of New York at its best. Written by A.L.Beneteau

Sailors Gabey, Chip, and Ozzie are very excited about getting a 24-hour leave and spending it in New York, New York - a wonderful town! They are especially concerned with the female inhabitants of the city, and each finds his own to cuddle up with. Chip tries but can't resist the horny advances of a cab driver, Ozzie gladly fills the role of a lovely anthropologist's "prehistoric man," and after much desperate searching, Gabey finds the model who poses for the Miss Turnstiles advertisements, who isn't quite the glamorous celebrity he envisioned but nevertheless will do. Written by Tommy Peter