THE ACT

Composer: John Kander
Lyricist: Fred Ebb

Opened: October 29, 1977, Majestic Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 233

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.

Good Thing Going (cut):

1. Composers' Demo (Fred Ebb and John Kander) [reissued on John Kander: Hidden Treasures, 1950-2015, CD/Harbinger HCD3105]


Hang In There (not used):

1. Composers' Demo (Fred Ebb and John Kander)


Hollywood, California (cut after opening):

1. Composers' Demo (Fred Ebb and John Kander)
2. Forgotten Broadway Vol. II, No label T102 (Liza Minnelli)


I'm Not In Love Today (not used):

1. Composers' Demo (Fred Ebb and John Kander)
2. When The Rain Falls Up, CD/Middle Eight Music MEM010 (Melissa Langton with musical direction by Mark Jones)


Isn't This Better (cut prior to opening; originally used in the movie FUNNY LADY):

1. Funny Lady, Arista AL 9004 (Barbra Streisand with orchestra conducted by Peter Matz) [reissued as CD/Arista 07822-19006-2]
2. Liberace Presents Vince Cardell, American Variety International (S) AVL-1044 (Vince Cardell)
3. And The World Goes 'Round, CD/RCA Victor 09026-60904-2 (Karen Mason with music conducted by David Loud)
4. The Kander & Ebb Album, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-6044 (Brent Barrett with musical direction by Christopher Denny)
5. That Thing Called Love, CD/YDLY! Records 10569 (Liz Seymour)
6. Kander Revue: A Concert Gala In Honor Of John Kander, CDr/Oberlin College no number (Erica A. Salinas with orchestra directed by Randy Cohen)
7. Mostly Ballads, CD/Jazz Karma 913 (Ronnie Wells and Ron Elliston)
8. The Song Remembers When, CD/Dress Circle (Deborah Boily)
9. From New York, CD/Danna Davis (Danna Davis)
10. Count On Me, CD/Orchard 7056 (Jan Gelberman with musical direction by Keith Herrmann)
11. Sweet Conversation, CD/Valerie Perri (Valerie Perri)
12. Hybrid Songbird: Kickin' Up Life, CD/Ava Victoria (Ava Victoria)
13. A Different Kind Of Love, CD/No label SRT 05CD8312 (Verity Quade & Robert Archibald)
14. Reveille, CD/No label 83707 83322 (Carolyn Montgomery with musical direction by  Rick Leonard)
15. And The World Goes Round, CD/Kritzerland KR 20028-7 (Brent Barrett, Kyra Da Costa, and Kristin Towers-Rowles with musical direction by Joshua Eli Kranz)


Love Songs (Contradictions) (not used):

1. Composers' Demo (Fred Ebb and John Kander)
2. Boys And Girls Like You And Me, CD/Bayview RNBW007 (Sally Mayes with music directed by Dick Gallagher)


The Only Game In Town (cut):

1. Composers' Demo (Fred Ebb and John Kander)
2. Contemporary Broadway Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-131 (Judy Gilmer with Arthur Siegel at the piano)
3. Lost In Boston II, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5485 (Karen Mason with music conducted by James Stenborg)
4. Taking A Chance On Love, CD/Kritzerland (Milla Ilieva)
5. Live On Valentine’s Day, CD/Kritzerland KR 20011-4 (Milla Ilieva with musical direction by Paul Trueblood)


Please, Sir (cut):

1. Composers' Demo (Fred Ebb and John Kander)
2. Contemporary Broadway Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-131 (Fay De Witt with Arthur Siegel at the piano)
3. Flying Fish And Fallen Angels, CD/Dress Circle GAY001 (Gay Soper with Nathan Martin, piano)


There Goes The Ball Game (cut; originally used in the movie NEW YORK, NEW YORK):

1. New York, New York, United Artists UA-LA750-L2 (Diahnne Abbott with orchestra conducted by Ralph Burns) [reissued as CD/ EMI-Manhattan CDP 7 46090 2]
2. Thundering, CD/Muse MR 5197 (David Schnitter) (unverified)
3. And The World Goes 'Round, CD/RCA Victor 09026-60904-2 (Karen Mason, Brenda Pressley, and Karen Ziemba with music conducted by David Loud)
4. And The World Goes Round, CD/Kritzerland KR 20028-7 (Christiane Noll, Kyra Da Costa, and Kristin Towers-Rowles with musical direction by Joshua Eli Kranz)


Unrecorded Songs:

Just When You Least Expect It (cut)
The Princess (cut)