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)