FACE THE MUSIC
Composer: Irving Berlin
Lyricist: Irving Berlin
Opened: February 17, 1932, New Amsterdam Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 166
Note: Except as noted below, no attempt has been made to provide discological infomation for any songs found on the 2007 Encores City Center revival cast album.
How
Can I Change My Luck? (not used; added to the 2007 Encores
revival):
1. Face The Music, CD/DRG
94781 (Walter Bobbie with Mike Masters and J.D. Webster and the
Encores! Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
2. Unsung Irving Berlin, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5632 (Harry
Groener with musical direction by Lanny Meyers)
If You Believe (written for but not
used in REACHING FOR THE MOON; later used in THERE'S NO
BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS and added to the 2007 Encores
revival):
1. 78/Columbia 40391
(Johnnie Ray with Percy Faith and His Orchestra) [reissued on
The Great American Composers: Irving Berlin Vol. II, CD/Columbia
House 2C2 8386; also found on The Best Of Johnnie Ray, CD/Sony
4840402]
2. There's No Business Like Show Business, Decca DL 8091
(Johnnie Ray with musical direction by Alfred Newman and Lionel
Newman) [reissued as CD/MCA Japan MVCM 167]
3. There's No Business Like Show Business, CD/Varese Sarabande
5912 (Johnnie Ray with music direction by Alfred Newman)
4. Face The Music, CD/DRG 94781 (Judy Kaye and Company with the
Encores! Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
5. Reaching For The Moon: Songs Of Irving Berlin 1925-1935,
CD/Oakton Recordings ORCD 0008 (Benjamin Sears, Leigh Barrett,
Cynthia Mork, and Peter Miller with Bradford Conner, piano)
The Police Of New York (not used;
added to the 2007 Encores revival):
1. Face The Music, CD/DRG
94781 (Timonthy Shaw, Lee Wilkof, and Policeman with the
Encores! Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
Two Cheers Instead Of Three (not used;
added to the 2007 Encores revival):
1. Face The Music, CD/DRG
94781 (Kevin Vortmann and Ensemble with the Encores! Orchestra
conducted by Rob Fisher)
2. Unsung Irving Berlin, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD2-5632 (Walter
Willison with musical direction by Lanny Meyers)
Unrecorded Songs:
The Dancing Cops (not
used) (no music survives)
The Nudist Colony (aka "We'll Start A Colony Of Nudists In
Central Park", "The Nudist Song"; "Let's Start A Nudist Colony")
(cut; replaced by "Crinoline Days")
Reisman's Putting It On (unused) (no music survives)