THE GIRL FROM UTAH
Composers: Sidney
Jones; Paul Rubens
Lyricists: Percy Greenbank; Adrian Ross
Opened: October 18, 1913, Adelphi Theatre, London; August
24, 1914, Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 195 (London); 120 (N.Y.C.)
Note: This show returned to Broadway on August 9, 1915 at the Knickerbocker Theatre for an additional 24 performances.
(I’d Like To Wander With) Alice In Wonderland (M: Jerome Kern; L: Harry B. Smith) (added for the subsequent American tour):
1. Early Kern, CD/Rialto
Recordings SLRR-9102 (Paige O’Hara with musical direction by
Glenn Mehrbach)
The Arts Ball (Opening Chorus, Act 2,
Scene 2) (M: Sidney Jones):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Cast with Margaret Counihan
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
At Our Tango Tea Last Week (M: Worton
David; L: Bert Lee):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Keith Brownwith Margaret
Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
At The Bottom Of Brixton Hill (in
London production only; subsequently used in FADS AND
FANCIES):
1. 78/Chappell A1
(Chappell Light Opera Company conducted by Arthur Wood)
Ballin’ The Jack (M: Chris Smith; L:
James Henry Burris) (not in programs; subsequently used in
FADS AND FANCIES):
I have not attempted to
compile discographical information for this standard beyond cast
member performances.
1. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (David
Andrews and Chorus with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Call Right Here (cut after Broadway
opening) (M: Paul Rubens; L: Percy Greenbank) (dropped for
the subsequent American tour):
1. 78/Chappell A1
(Chappell Light Opera Company conducted by Arthur Wood)
2. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Kate
Sikora and Wmoenwith Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Entrance Of Actresses (M: Sidney
Jones):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Natalie Emptage, Kathy
Wipperman, Sarah Faix, Joanna Morlan, and Chorus with Margaret
Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale (Act 1) (M: Sidney Jones):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Cast with Margaret Counihan
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Florrie The Flapper (M: Herman Finck;
L: Arthur Wimperis) (subsequently used in THE PASSING SHOW
OF 1914 (London)):
1. 78/HMV 2-3029 (Elsie
Janis with orchestra conducted by Herman Finck) [also 78/HMV
B488; reissued on Sweetheart Of The A.E.F., CD/Archeophone ARCH
5013]
2. 78/HMV C382 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck)
3. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Keith
Brown with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Follow Me (D’Ye Follow Me) (M: Paul
Rubens):
1. 78/Chappell A1
(Chappell Light Opera Company conducted by Arthur Wood)
2. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Kate
Sikora and David Andrews with Margaret Counihan and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
The Garden Gate (dropped for the return
Broadway engagement) (M: Sidney Jones):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Keith Brown, Kate Sikora, and
David Andrews with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Gilbert The Filbert (M: Herman Finck; L: Arthur Wimperis)
(cut after Broadway opening; also used in THE PASSING SHOW
OF 1914 (New York) and THE PASSING SHOW (London) but
dropped for the subsequent tour):
1. 78/HMV 2-2468 (Basil
Hallam with orchestra conducted by Herman Finck) [also 78/HMV
B481]
2. 78/HMV C382 (Mayfair Orchestra conducted by Herman Finck)
3. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (David
Andrews with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
4 .Alf Garnett’s Music Hall, CD/Hallmark 710172 (Warren
Mitchell)
5. The Finck Album, CD/Divine Art DDV 62402 (Mark Sander with
the Theatre Bel Etage Orchestra)
A Girl From Utah (M: Sidney Jones; L:
Percy Greenbank):
1. 78/Chappell A1
(Chappell Light Opera Company conducted by Arthur Wood)
2. 78/Columbia A 1609 (Columbia Band)
3. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Kate
Sikora and Chorus with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
4. Just Kern, CD/Elba CACD 5005-2 (Andrea Marcovicci with
orchestra conducted by Glenn Mehrbach)
The Girl In The Clogs And The Shawl
(M/L: Harry Castling; C.W. Murphy):
1. 78/Victor 35404
(Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Kate
Sikora, Keith Brown, and David Andews with Margaret Counihan and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
3. Boiled Beef & Cabbage, CD/Larrikin 325 (Florrie Forde)
Kissing Time (L: Harry Castling; C.W.
Murphy) (in London production only; subsequently used in
FADS AND FANCIES):
1. 78/Chappell A1
(Chappell Light Opera Company conducted by Arthur Wood)
Land Of Let’s Pretend (M: Jerome Kern;
L: Harry B. Smith) (sheet music only; same music as “Not
Here! Not Here! from THE DOLLAR PRINCESS):
1. 78/Victor 35404 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 12413 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by
Leonard Joy) [also 78/Victor 11-8056; reissued on The Music Of
Jerome Kern, Camden (M) CAL 243]
3. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. III, Painted Smiles PS-1379
(Blythe Walker) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-134]
4. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Cast
with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
5. Lost Tracks: 1929-1959, CD/JSP Records JSPCD 965 (The Gumm
Sisters)
Molly Dear, It’s You I’m After
(M: Henry E. Pether; L: Frank Wood) (added after Broadway
opening or on the subsequent American tour):
1. 78/Little Wonder 255
(unidentified tenor)
2. 78/Edison 50339 (National Promenade Band)
Mother Will Be Pleased (M: Paul Rubens):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Thomas Petiet and Patricia
Petiet with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Music Of Love (M: Paul Rubens; L:
Percy Greenbank) (dropped for the return Broadway
engagement):
1. 78/Chappell A1
(Chappell Light Opera Company conducted by Arthur Wood)
2. 78/Edison 80182 (Helen Clark and Chorus with orchestra)
Nothing At All (M/L: Paul Rubens):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Viktoria Wilson with Margaret
Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Only To You (M/L: Paul Rubens):
1. 78/Edison 80182 (Helen
Clark and Chorus with orchestra)
2. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Carla
Margolis and Chrous with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Opening Chorus (M: Sidney Jones):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Cast with Margaret Counihan
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Out Of It (M: Paul Rubens):
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Keith Brown and Viktoria
Wilson with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Overture:
1. Gershwin /Porter
Overture & Film Music/Kern Overture & Film Music,
CD/EMI 5 68589 2 (National Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by John McGlinn)
Same Sort Of Girl (M: Jerome Kern; L:
Harry B. Smith) (same music as “Best Sort Of Mother, Best
Sort Of Child” from ROSY RAPTURE):
1. Julia Sanderson And
Frank Crumit, 78/Decca album 245 (Julia Sanderson and Frank
Crumit with orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik) [78/Decca 19155;
reissued on Legendary Performances, 1904-1930, Franklin Mint
BWY-22]
2. 78/Victor 35404 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on
Broadway Through The Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
3. 78/Victor 12413 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by
Leonard Joy) [also 78/Victor 11-8056; reissued on The Music Of
Jerome Kern, Camden (M) CAL 243]
4. 78/Columbia A 1609 (Inez Barbour and John Barnes Wells with
orchestral accompaniment)
5. 78/Edison 50191 (National Promenade Band)
6. 78/Columbia A 5606 (Prince’s Band supervised by G. Hepburn
Wilson)
7. 78/Victor 35402 (Victor Military Band)
8. Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. III, Painted Smiles PS-1379
(Arthur Siegel and Kaye Ballard) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles
PSCD-134]
9. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Kate
Sikora and David Andrews with Margaret Counihan and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
She’s A Girl From Utah:
1. The Girl From Utah,
CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Cast with Margaret Counihan
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
They Didn’t Believe Me (M: Jerome Kern;
L: Herbert Reynolds) (also used in TONIGHT’S THE NIGHT):
I have not attempted to compile
discographical information beyond cast member performances.
1. Julia Sanderson And Frank Crumit, 78/Decca album 245
(Julia Sanderson with orchestra directed by Harry Sosnik)
[78/Decca 19157; reissued on Front Row Center: The Broadway
Gold Box, CD/MCAD4-11353]
2. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M
(Kate Sikora and David Andrews with Margaret Counihan and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Una (M: Paul Rubens; L: Percy Greenbank) (sheet music only):
1. 78/Chappell A1
(Chappell Light Opera Company conducted by Arthur Wood)
We’re Getting On Very Well (M: Paul
Rubens):
1. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Carla Margolis and Keith Brown with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
What A Dreadful Thing To Do (M: Paul
Rubens) (used in the London production only):
1. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Carla Margolis and Chorus with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
When We Meet The Mormon (M: Paul
Rubens):
1. 78/Chappell A1
(Chappell Light Opera Company conducted by Arthur Wood)
2. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Kate
Sikora, Carla Margolis, Viktoria Wilson, and David Andrews
with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Where Has Una Gone? (M: Paul Rubens; L: Percy Greenbank):
1. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Carla Margolis, Viktoria Wilson, Thomas Petiet, Keith Brown, and David Andrews with Margaret Counihan and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Why Don’t They Dance The Polka
Anymore (aka “The Donald Brian Polka”) (M: Jerome Kern; L:
Harry B. Smith):
1. 78/Victor 35404 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 12413 (Victor Light Opera Company directed by
Leonard Joy) [also 78/Victor 11-8056; reissued on The Music Of
Jerome Kern, Camden (M) CAL 243]
3. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Thomas
Petiet and Women with Margaret Counihan and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
4. Lost Broadway And More Volume 6: Jerome Kern, CD/Original
Cast OC-1399 (Marrick Smith, Jenny Ashman, and Wendi Bergamini
with Michael Levine, piano)
You Never Can Tell (M: Jerome Kern;
L: Harry B. Smith) (cut after Broadway opening or from the
subsequent American tour):
1. 78/Victor 35404 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume II, CD/Pearl GEMS 0083]
2. 78/Victor 35402 (Victory Military Band)
3. The Girl From Utah, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CGUP11P-1M (Kate
Sikora and David Andrews with Margaret Counihan and Patrick
Johnson, pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
Come Back Little Girl
(M/L: Augustus Barratt) (added after Broadway opening)
Dance With Me (used in the return Broadway engagement)
Ferban Waltz (used in the return Broadway engagement)
Grown Up Children (M/L: Unknown) (added for the subsequent
American tour and/or Broadway return engagement; subsequently
used in FADS AND FANCIES)
I Want To Be The Captain (used in the Broadway return
engagement)
In The Movies (added after Broadway opening)
Julia Sanderson’s Popular Songs (added after Broadway opening or
on the subsequent American tour)
Phyllis Tango (sheet music only)
Step This Way (added for the subsequent American tour)
We’ll Take Care Of You All (The Little Refugees) (M: Jerome
Kern; L: Harry B. Smith) (not in programs; subsequently used in
FADS AND FANCIES)