AS THOUSANDS
CHEER
Composer: Irving
Berlin
Lyricist: Irving Berlin
Opened: September 30,
1933, Music Box Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 390
Note: Except as noted below, no attempt has been made to compile discological information for the recordings found on the 1998 Drama Department revival cast album.
Skate With Me (dropped) (same music as "Dance With Me (Tonight
At The Mardi Gras)" in LOUISIANA PURCHASE):
1. 78/Victor 26629 (Wayne King
and his Orchestra) (as "Dance With Me (Tonight At The Mardi Gras)") [reissued
on Louisiana Purchase, JJA 19746]
2. Louisiana Purchase, CD/DRG 94766 (Peter
Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan, Darmon Meader, and Kim Nazarian with orchestra
directed by Rob Fisher) (as "Dance With Me (Tonight At The Mardi Gras)")
Through A Keyhole (dropped during
run):
1. As Thousands Cheer, CD/Varese
Sarabande VSD-5999 (Howard McGillin and Lou Bruno with music direction by Dr.
David Evans)
Unrecorded Songs:
Ain't You Comin' To The Fair?
(unused; no music survives)
Capone In His Cell (dropped during
rehearsals)
Eighteenth Amendement Repealed (dropped before Philadelphia
tryout)
Midget Number (dropped)
Mr. And Mrs. Hoover (dropped during
rehearsals)
To Be Or Not To Be
Note: The finale "At Last, At Last
(Finale, Act II)" is included on 1998 cast album on the track with "Not For All
The Rice In China."