CHU CHEM
Composer: Mitch
Leigh
Lyricist: Jim Haines; Jack Wohl
Opened: November 15, 1966, New Locust Theatre,
Philadelphia, PA and closed there on November 19, 1966; March
17, 1989, Ritz Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: Unknown (Philadelphia); 44 (N.Y.C.)
Be My Only Love (dropped for the 1989 production):
1. Demo, Private LP (M) no
number (unknown performer)
Boom! (added to the 1989 production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Chev Rodgers with musical direction by Don Jones)
Chu Chem (dropped for the 1989
production):
1. Demo, Private LP (M) no
number (unknown performer)
Conclusion (dialogue):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Company with musical direction by Don Jones)
Finale (added to the 1989 production?):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Company with musical direction by Don Jones)
I Now Believe In Love (dropped for the
1989 production):
1. Demo, Private LP (M)
no number (unknown performer)
I Once Believed (added to the 1989
production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Emily Zacharias with musical direction by Don Jones)
I'll Talk To Her (added to the 1989
production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Mark Zeller, Kevin Gray, and Hechter Ubarry with musical
direction by Don Jones)
2. Unreleased Cast Album (Mark Zeller and Kevin Gray musical
direction by Don Jones) (reprised as "The Wise")
It Must Be Good For Me (added to the
1989 production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Emily Zacharias with musical direction by Don Jones)
It's Not The Truth (dropped for the
1989 production):
1. 45/Fontana (M) F-1567
(Gloria Lynne)
It's Possible (added to the 1989
production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Mark Zeller with musical direction by Don Jones)
Love Is:
1. 45/Fontana (M) F-1567
(Gloria Lynne)
2. Demo, Private LP (M) no number (unknown performer)
3. Unreleased Cast Album (Kevin Gray with musical direction by
Don Jones)
4. Arthur Rubin Sings Mitch Leigh, CD/Apogee Electronics (Arthur
Rubin)
Nothing At All (dropped for the 1989
production):
1. Demo, Private LP (M) no
number (unknown performer)
One At A Time (dropped for the 1989
production):
1. Demo, Private LP (M)
no number (unknown performer)
Overture:
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(musical direction by Don Jones)
Orient Yourself (added to the 1989
production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(The Chinese Company with musical direction by Don Jones)
Our Kind Of War:
1. Demo, Private LP (M) no
number (unknown performer)
2. Unreleased Cast Album (The Chinese Company with musical
direction by Don Jones)
Re-Orient Yourself (added to the 1989
production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Kevin Gray and Company with musical direction by Don Jones)
Shame On You (added to the 1989
production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Mark Zeller and the Concubines with musical direction by Don
Jones)
This Coat (dropped for the 1989 production):
1. Demo, Private LP (M) no
number (unknown performer)
This Lovely Place (dropped for the
1989 production):
1. Demo, Private LP (M) no
number (unknown performer)
We Dwell In Our Hearts (added to the
1989 production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Mark Zeller, Emily Zacharias, and Kevin Gray with musical
direction by Don Jones)
2. Arthur Rubin Sings Mitch Leigh, CD/Apogee Electronics (Arthur
Rubin)
What Happened, What? (added to the 1989
production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Mark Zeller and Irving Burton with musical direction by Don
Jones)
2. Unreleased Cast Album (Irving Burton with musical direction
by Don Jones) (reprise)
You'll Have To Change (added to the
1989 production):
1. Unreleased Cast Album
(Emily Zacharias with musical direction by Don Jones)
2. Unreleased Cast Album (Kevin Gray with musical direction by
Don Jones) (reprise)
Unrecorded Material:
Empty Yourself (dropped
for the 1989 production)
The River (added to the 1989 production)
Welcome (added to the 1989 production)