Enchanted Evenings:The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber (100 page)

Original cast (1959)
: Alfred Drake, Patricia Morison, Lisa Kirk, Harold Lang, Lorenzo Fuller, Pembroke Davenport (conductor). Capitol STAO 126. Contents same as Original cast 1949.

Studio cast (1990)
: Josephine Barstow, Thomas Hampson, Kim Criswell, George Dvorsky, Damon Evans, David Garrison, John McGlinn (conductor). EMI/Angel CDS 54033–2.

Studio cast (1996)
: Thomas Allen, Diana Montague, Graham Bickley, Diane Langton, John Owen Edwards (conductor). Includes original orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. JAY 2–1296 (2 CDs).

Revival cast (1999)
: Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Amy Spanger, Michael Berresse, Paul Gemignani (conductor). DRG 03855 (2000).

FILM (MGM 1953)
: Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Tommy Rall, Bobby Van, Bob Fosse, Keenan Wynn, James Whitmore, Carol Haney. Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley. Produced by Jack Cummings. Directed by George Sidney. Choreography by Hermes Pan (Bob Fosse uncredited). Deleted songs: “Another Opnin,’ Another Show,” “Bianca,” “I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple” [spoken]. [110 minutes]

Original cast (1941)
: Gertrude Lawrence, MacDonald Carey, Donald Randolph, Maurice Abravenal (conductor). AEI 1146. Contents: “Oh, Fabulous One,” “One Life to Live,” “Girl of the Moment,” “It Looks Like Liza,” “The Saga of Jenny,” “My Ship,” and dialogue from act I, scenes 1, 2, 4, and 5. Lawrence’s “My Ship” (February 23, 1941) appears on
Showstoppers: Historic Victor Recordings
. BMG 9590–2 R (CD).

Original cast (1941): Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway
, Vol. 1 (Pearl/Pavilion): Gertrude Lawrence, Danny Kaye. Contents: “Oh, Fabulous One,” “Huxley,” “Girl of the Moment,” “One Life to Live,” “The Is New,” “The Princess of Pure Delight,” “It’s Never Too Late to Mendelssohn,” “Tschaikowsky (and Other Russians),” “The Saga of Jenny,” and “My Ship.”

Original cast (1941)
: Gertrude Lawrence. Contents: “My Ship,” Jenny,” “This Is New,” “One Life to Live,” “Oh, Fabulous One,” “Huxley,” “Girl of the Moment,” “The Princess of Pure Delight.” Leonard Joy (conductor). Pearl GEM 0208, 2004.

Studio recording (1950s)
: Arthur Winograd (conductor). MGM E 3334. Contents: “Dance of the Tumblers.”

Studio cast (1963)
: Risë Stevens, Adolph Green, John Reardon, Lehman Engel (conductor). Columbia OS 2390; reissued on Time-Life P 16374, set STL AM10 with
One Touch of Venus
and
The Threepenny Opera
(set title,
Kurt Weill
); CD reissue MK44689. Missing: “Dance of the Tumblers.”

Original London cast (1998)
: Maria Friedman, Adrian Dunbar, James Dreyfus, Steven Edward Moore, Charlotte Cornwell. Mark W. Dorrell (conductor). CD: Jay Productions CDJAY 1278.

FILM (Paramount 1944)
: Cast: Ginger Rogers, Ray Milland, Warner Baxter, Jon Hall, Barry Sullivan, Mischa Auer. Screenplay by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. Produced by B. G. DeSylva. Directed by Leisen. Deleted songs: “My Ship,” “This Is New,” most of the “Glamour Dream” and the “Wedding Dream.” [100 minutes]

Original cast (1973)
: Len Cariou, Glynis Johns, Hermione Gingold, Victoria Mallory, Laurence Guittard, Patricia Elliott, Mark Lambert, Harold Hastings (conductor). Columbia KS 32265.

FILM (Hen’s Tooth Video 1977)
: Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou, Lesley-Anne Down, Hermione Gingold, Laurence Gittard, Christopher Guard, Chloe Franks, Heinz Maracek, Lesley Dunlop. Screenplay by Hugh Wheeler. Produced by Elliott Kastner. Directed by Harold Prince. [120 minutes]

Original cast (1981)
: Jim Walton, Ann Morrison, Lonny Price, Paul Gemignani (conductor). RCA CBL1–4197.

Composer and studio cast (1953): An Evening with Frank Loesser: Frank Loesser Performs Songs from His Hit Shows
. DRG 5169 (CD). Act I, Scene 1, vocals by Maxene Andrews as Cleo and unidentified singers (contains previously unreleased material). Contents: “Ooh! My Feet!,” “How’s About Tonight/House and Garden,” “The Letter,” and “Wanting to Be Wanted” (unused).

Original cast (1956)
: Robert Weede, Jo Sullivan, Art Lund, Susan Johnson, Shorty Long, Mona Paulee, Arthur Rubin, Herbert Greene (conductor). Columbia 03L 240; reissued on Columbia Special Products CO3L 240 (three LPs).

Revival cast (1992)
: Spiro Malas, Sophie Hayden, Scott Waara, Tim Stella (conductor). RCA 09026–61294–2 (two pianos).

Original cast (1956)
: Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Stanley Holloway, Robert Coote, Franz Allers (conductor). Columbia OL 5090 (M); reissued on Columbia Special Products AOL 5090 (M) and E/Philip RBL 1000 (M). Missing: “The Embassy Waltz.”

Film cast (1964)
: Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn (sung by Marni Nixon), Stanley Holloway, André Previn (conductor). Columbia KOL 8000; reissued on Columbia JS 2600. Missing: “The Embassy Waltz.”

Lyricist (1971): An Evening with Johnny Mercer, Alan Jay Lerner and Sammy Cahn Singing Their Own Songs
. Contents (Lerner only): “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?,” “Oh Come to the Ball,” and spoken introduction to “On the Street Where You Live.” Book-of-the-Month-Club Records 70–5240 (re-released on DRG 5175 [1977]).

FILM (Warner Bros. 1964)
: Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel. Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner. Produced by Jack L. Warner. Directed by George Cukor. Choreography by Hermes Pan. [170 minutes]

Original cast, revival cast, composer, studio cast (1936–1954)
.
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Original revival cast (1954)
: Vera Zorina, Bobby Van, Elaine Stritch, Ben Astar, Kay Coulter, Joshua Shelley, Nicholas Orloff, Jack Williams, George Church, Salvatore Dell’Isola (conductor). Decca DL 9015; reissued on Stet DS 15024. Missing: “La Princesse Zenobia Ballet.”

Original revival cast (1983)
: Lara Teeter, George S. Irving, Dina Merrill, George De La Pena, Christine Andreas, John Mauceri (conductor). Polydor 813667–1 Y 1.

FILM (Warner Bros. 1939)
: Cast: Vera Zorina, Eddie Albert. Musical numbers: “Princesse Zenobia” (ballet), “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” (ballet). [93 minutes]

Composer (1943): Tryout: A Series of Private Rehearsal Recordings—Including Actual Performances by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin
. DRG 904 (CD). Contents: “West Wind,” “Very Very Very,” “Wooden Wedding,” “Speak Low,” “The Jersey Plunk” (“Way Out West in Jersey”), “The Trouble with Women” (quartet), and “That’s Him.”

Original cast (1943)
: Mary Martin, Kenny Baker, Maurice Abravanel (conductor). Decca DL 79122; reissued on AEI 1136; reissued on Time-Life P 16374, set STL AM10 with
Lady in the Dark
and
The Threepenny Opera
(set title,
Kurt Weill
). Contents: “I’m a Stranger Here Myself,” “Forty Minutes for Lunch (ballet),” “Speak Low,” “West Wind,” “Foolish Heart,” “The Trouble with Women,” “That’s Him,” “Wooden Wedding,” and “Venus in Ozone Heights (ballet).”

Studio cast (mainly): Ben Bagley’s Kurt Weill Revisited
. Paula Lawrence (original cast), Arthur Siegel, Chita Rivera, Jo Sullivan. Painted Smiles PS 1375; reissued 1989 on Painted Smiles PSCD 108. Contents: “One Touch of Venus,” “How Much I Love You,” “Dr. Crippen,” “Very, Very, Very,” “Vive la différence” (cut), and “Love in a Mist” (cut).

FILM (Republic Pictures 1948)
: Cast: Robert Walker, Ava Gardner (dubbed by Eileen Wilson), Olga San Juan, Eve Arden. Produced and directed by William A. Seiter. Songs: “Speak Low,” “That’s Him,” “Foolish Heart” (retitled “Don’t Look Now but My Heart Is Showing”). [82 minutes]

Original cast, revival cast, and studio cast (1950)
: Vivienne Segal, Harold Lang, Barbara Ashley, Beverly Fite, Kenneth Remo, Jo Hurt, Lehman Engel (conductor) (1940s lyrics and orchestrations). Columbia ML 54364;
reissued on Columbia Special Products COL 4364. Missing: “Chicago” and “The Flower Garden of My Heart.”

Original revival cast, studio cast (1952)
: Helen Gallagher, Patricia Northrop, Elaine Stritch, Lewis Bolyard, Jane Froman, Dick Beavers, Max Meth (conductor) (1952 lyrics and orchestrations). Missing: Ballet (“Chez Joey”). Angel ZDM 0777–7-646962–2-1.

Film cast (1957)
: Frank Sinatra, Rita Hayworth (sung by Jo Ann Greer), Kim Novak (sung by Trudi Erwin), Morris Stoloff (conductor). Songs (from
Pal Joey
): “Zip,” “Chicago,” “That Terrific Rainbow,” “Pal Joey,” and “Bewitched.” Songs interpolated from other Rodgers and Hart shows: “There’s a Small Hotel” (
On Your Toes
, 1936), “My Funny Valentine” and “The Lady Is a Tramp” (
Babes In Arms
, 1937), and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” (
Too Many Girls
,” 939). Capitol W-912.

Encore! Concert Cast (1995)
: Patti Lupone, Peter Gallagher, Bebe Neuwirth, Rob Fisher (conductor). DRG 94763. With original orchestrations by Hans Spialek. Restored song: “I’m Talkin’ to My Pal.”

FILM (Columbia 1957)
: Cast: Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, Kim Novak. Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley. Produced by Fred Kohlmar. Directed by George Sidney. Choreography by Hermes Pan. Songs (from
Pal Joey
): “Zip,” “Chicago,” “That Terrific Rainbow,” “Pal Joey,” and “Bewitched.” Songs interpolated from other Rodgers and Hart shows: “There’s a Small Hotel” (
On Your Toes
, 1936), “My Funny Valentine” and “The Lady Is a Tramp” (
Babes In Arms
, 1937), and “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” (
Too Many Girls
,” 1939). RCA/Columbia Classics [listed time 109 minutes; actual time app. 87 minutes]

Original London cast (1986)
: Michael Crawford, Sarah Brightman, Steven Barton, Michael Reed (conductor). Polydor 831 273–2 Y-2.

FILM (Warner Bros. 2004)
: Cast: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Simon Callow, Ciarán Hinds, Jennifer Ellison. Screenplay by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Joel Schumacher. Produced by Lloyd Webber. Directed by Schumacher. Added song: “Learn to Be Lonely” [143 minutes]

Original cast (1935): Gershwin Performs Gershwin Rare Recordings 1931–1935
. Musicmasters 5062–2 C (CD).
Porgy and Bess
rehearsal performance, July 19, 1935, conducted by Gershwin. Contents: “Introduction,” “Summertime” (Abbie Mitchell), “A Woman Is a Sometime Thing” (Edward Matthews), Act I, scene 1: Finale, “My Man’s Gone Now” (Ruby Elzy), and “Bess, You Is My Woman Now” (Todd Duncan, Anne Brown).

Studio cast (1936): George Gershwin Plays George Gershwin
. Pearl Gemm CDS 9483 (CD). Lawrence Tibbett, Helen Jepson, Alexander Smallens (conductor). Selections from
Porgy and Bess
, November 1935 (originally issued on Victor 11878/81). Contents: “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “The Buzzard Song,” “Scene: Summertime/ Crapgame/A Woman Is a Sometime Thing,” “Bess, You Is My Woman Now,” “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin,’” “Where Is My Bess?,” “Summertime,” and “My Man’s Gone Now.” Lawrence Tibbett’s “I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’” (October 23, 1935) appears on
Showstoppers: Historic Victor Recordings
. BMG 9590–2 R (CD).

Original cast (1940–1942)
: Todd Duncan, Anne Brown, Edward Matthews, Eva Jessye Choir, Alexander Smallens (conductor). Decca DL 9024; reissued on MCA 2035. Fourteen selections.
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Studio cast (1951)
: Lawrence Winters, Camilla Williams, Inez Matthews, Warren Coleman, Avon Long, J. Rosamond Johnson Chorus, Lehman Engel (conductor). Columbia OSL 163; reissued on Odyssey 32 36 0018 (nearly complete on three LPs).

Jazz recording (1957)
: Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong. Verve VE 2–2507.

Jazz recording (1958)
: Miles Davis, Gil Evans. Columbia PC 8085.

Film cast (1959)
: Cab Calloway (replacing the film’s Sammy Davis Jr. for contractual reasons), Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters, André Previn (conductor). Columbia OS 2016.

Studio cast (1963)
: Leontyne Price, William Warfield, McHenry Boatwright, John Bubbles, Skitch Henderson (conductor). RCA LSC 2679. Twelve selections.

Studio cast (1976)
: Willard White, Leona Mitchell, McHenry Boatwright, Florence Quivar, Barbara Hendricks, Cleveland Orchestra and Chorus, Lorin Maazel (conductor). London OSA 13116.

Opera production (1977)
: Clamma Dale, Donnie Ray Albert, Larry Marshall, Houston Opera Company. John DeMain (conductor). RCA ARL 3–2109.

Opera production (1989)
: Cynthia Haymon, Willard White, Damon Evans, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Simon Rattle (conductor). EMI/Angel CDCC 49568.

FILM (Samuel Goldwyn film released by Columbia 1959)
: Cast: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll. Screenplay by N. Richard Nash. Directed by Otto Preminger. Choreography by Hermes Pan. Deleted?: “My Man’s Gone Now” (included on the soundtrack but not in the film copy available to me). [listed at 139 minutes; actual time of film copy available to me app. 115 minutes]

FILM (EMI Classics 1993)
: Cast: Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Gregg Baker, Cynthia Clarey, Marietta Simpson, Damon Evans, Paula Ingram (sung by Harolyn Blackwell), Gordon Hawkins (sung by Bruce Hubbard). Produced by Richard Price (Primetime) and Dennis Marks (BBC). Adapted for the screen and directed by Trevor Nunn. Simon Rattle (conductor). [184 minutes]