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Seesaw is a 1973 American musical with a book by Michael Bennett, music by Cy Coleman, and lyrics by Dorothy Fields.
Based on the William Gibson play Two for the Seesaw, the plot focuses on a brief affair between Jerry Ryan, a young lawyer from Nebraska, and Gittel Mosca, a kooky, streetwise dancer from the Bronx.
THE STORY
Jerry Ryan, a simple, handsome, young lawyer from America's Midwest, comes to New York where he gets involved in a romance with a kookie, young dancer whose background, ideas and attitudes are completely different from his own. This is Gittel Mosca - and the two keep in touch by telephone. They meet and part through that medium. (The original play, on which this musical adaptation was based, was originally a two-hander.)
Gittel introduces Jerry to all aspects of her life in New York, peopled as it is with strange and wonderful characters from every part of the globe. Jerry finds himself outside X-rated cinemas marquees in Times Square and is propositioned by Eighth Avenue hookers.
There are compensatory tender moments for Gittel and Jerry at Lincoln Center. And other bizarre events? How about a performance of Hamlet by a mobile street theatre - in the original Puerto Rican? Gittel has a close friend, David, as aspiring choreographer who dreams up the ultimate Broadway production number.
Sadly the relationship between Jerry and Gittel fails in the end to lead anything more permanent. But both have learned things about themselves and about their emotional hang-ups - and also about New York, that very special and exciting city.
1973 Broadway
Seesaw the Musical Songs with Lyrics
Act I
1. Seesaw
2. My City
3. Nobody Does It Like Me
4. In Tune
5. Spanglish
6. Welcome to Holiday Inn!
7. You're a Lovable Lunatic
8. He's Good for Me
9. Ride Out the Storm
Act II
1. We've Got It
2. Poor Everybody Else
3. Chapter 54, Number 1909
4. The Concert
5. It's Not Where You Start
6. I'm Way Ahead
7. Seesaw (Reprise)
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