DIAMONDS



Composers: Various
Lyricists: Various

Opened: December 16, 1984, Circle In The Square Downtown, N.Y.C.
Performances: 122


Hundreds Of Hats (aka "The Straw Boater Rag") (M: Jonathan Sheffer; L: Howard Ashman) (subsequently used in HUNDREDS OF HATS):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Jonathan Sheffer with Jonathan Sheffer, piano) (as "The Straw Boater Rag")
2. Unsung Musicals III, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5769 (Jason Workman with music conducted by Lanny Meyers)


In The Cards (M: Alan Menken; L: David Zippel):

1. The Child In Me Vol. 2, CD/Harbinger HCD-1803 (Roger Bart)
2. Live At Joe’s Pub…, CD/Piano Disc ACD-04101 (John McDaniel)


Song For A Pinch Hitter (M: Larry Grossman; L: Ellen Fitzhugh):

1. Lost Broadway And More, Volume 2, CDr/Original Cast (Joan Bender) (as "Pinch Hitter")


Stay In Your Own Backyard (M: Lyn Udall; L: Karl Kennett):

1. Don't Give The Name A Bad Place, CD/New World 80265-2 (Danny Barker with Dick Hyman, piano)
2. Trombone Soloist Of The Sousa Band, CD/Crystal 451 (Arthur Pryor, trombone)
3. Band In A Waistcoat Pocket: The Story Of The Harmonica In Australia, CD/Larrikin 2LRH390 (P.C. Sprouse) (unverified) (as "Honey, Stay In your Own Backyard")


What You'd Call A Dream (M/L: Craig Carnelia):

1. Pictures In The Hall: Songs Of Craig Carnelia, CD/Original Cast OC 914 (Craig Carnelia, piano and voice)
2. Cast Of Thousands: The Songs Of Craig Carnelia, CD/Harbinger HCD1504 (Eric Michael Gillett with Christopher Denny, piano)
3. Back From Broadway, CD/Slingshot CD 1131 (James Barbour with Hershey Felder, piano)
4. Life Is But A Dream, CD/Linda Kosut (Linda Kosut)
5. What You'd Call A Dream, CD/Orchard 5021 (Jaymie Meyer)
6. Walking Happy, CD/Original Cast 9750 (Christian Nova with musical direction by Christopher Denny)
7. Live At The Donmar, CD/Original Cast 7551 (Philip Quast with musical direction by Jason Robert Brown)
8. A Time To Grow, CD/Ivan Rutherford (Ivan Rutherford)
9. Intimacy, CD/LRIDGELL1 (LaMont Ridgell with Steve Sanders, piano)
10. The Radio In My Head, CD/Broadway Records  BR-CD54B-006 (Aaron Tveit with musical direction by Bryan Perri)


Unrecorded Material:

The Boys Of Summer (M/L: Larry Grossman)
Diamonds Are Forever (M: John Kander; L: Fred Ebb)
*Escorte-Moi (Take Me Out To The Ball Game) (M: Albert Von Tilzer; L: Jack Norworth)
Favorite Sons (M: Larry Grossman; L: Ellen Fitzhugh)
He Threw Out The Ball (M: Larry Grossman; L: Ellen Fitzhugh)
Ka-Razy (M: Doug Katsaros; L: David Zippel)
Let's Play Ball (M/L: Gerard Alessandrini)
1919 (M/L: Jim Wann)
Song For A Hunter College Graduate (M: Jonathan Sheffer; L: Howard Ashman)
Vendors (M: Cy Coleman; L: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)
Winter In New York (M: John Kander; L: Fred Ebb)

*No attempt has been made to provide discological information for this standard.