THE GIRLS AGAINST THE BOYS



Composer: Richard Lewine
Lyricist: Arnold B. Horwitt

Opened: November 2, 1959, Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 16


The Girls Against The Boys:

1. The Girls And Boys On Broadway, Capitol (S) ST-1418 (Billy May and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Girls And Boys On Broadway/The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings, CD/Capitol EMI 8 56730-2]


Girls And Boys:

1. 45/Capitol F-4310 (The King Sisters with the Music of Alvino Rey)[also found on 45 EP/Capitol EPA-1428 and 45 EP/Capitol PRO-1429]
2. The Girls And Boys On Broadway, Capitol (S) ST-1418 (Billy May and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Girls And Boys On Broadway/The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings, CD/Capitol EMI 8 56730-2]


Hostility (aka "The Love Nest," a sketch by Arnold B. Horwitt without dialogue):

A recording by Nancy Walker and Bert Lahr, live from the Ed Sullivan Show, CBS-TV (September 17, 1961) is known to exist.


I Gotta Have You (cut from MAKE MINE MANHATTAN but reinstated for the 2012 off-Broadway revival):

1. 45/Capitol F-4316 (Tommy Sands with orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle)[also found on 45 EP/Capitol EPA-1428 and 45 EP/Capitol PRO-1429]
2. The Girls And Boys On Broadway, Capitol (S) ST-1418 (Billy May and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Girls And Boys On Broadway/The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings, CD/Capitol EMI 8 56730-2]
3. Make Mine Manhattan + Great Revues Revisited, (Lynn Redgrave with Albert Evans, Susan Haska, Ken Parks, Christine Ranck, Jamie Rocco, John Sloman, and Patti Wyss) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-119]
4. The Many Moods Of Ann Richards, Capitol (S) ST-1406 (Ann Richards) [reissued on The Many Moods Of Ann Richards/Two Much, CD EMI 5970552]
5. Let's Dance The Cha-Cha, Capitol (S) ST-1350 (Harry Ortega and the Caribe Tropical Orchestra)

A recording by Sid Ramin conducting the CBS orchestra on American Musical Theatre, CBS-TV (January 21, 1962)  is also known to exist.


Lolita (cut):

1. A Jolly Theatrical Season, Capitol T (M)/ST (S)-1862 (Charles Nelson Reilly and Robert Morse with orchestra conducted by Elliot Lawrence) [reissued as CD/DRG 19101]


Noises In The Theatre (cut) (previously used in MAKE MINE MANHATTAN and ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1956):

1. Make Mine Manhattan & Great Revues Revisited, CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-119 (Arthur Siegel, Bob DeAngelis, and Dennis Deal)


Old Fashioned Girl (cut from MAKE MINE MANHATTAN but reinstated for the 2012 off-Broadway revival):

1. Bert Lahr On Stage, Screen And Radio, JJA (M) 19765 (M) (Bert Lahr)
2. The Girls And Boys On Broadway, Capitol (S) ST-1418 (Billy May and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Girls And Boys On Broadway/The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings, CD/Capitol EMI 8 56730-2]
3. Only These People…, Riverside (M) RLP 847 (Ralph Strain, piano and voice, with vocal chorus)
Recordings by Sid Ramin conducting the CBS orchestra on American Musical Theatre, CBS-TV (January 21, 1962)  is also known to exist.


Phone Call To Girl Friend After A Date (monologue by Shelley Berman):

1. The Edge Of Shelley Berman, Verve MGV-15013 (M) [reissued as CD/Laugh.com]


Phone Call With Jewish Father (monologue by Shelley Berman):

1. Outside Shelley Berman, Verve MGV-15007 (M) [reissued as CD/Laugh.com]


Rich Butterfly:

1. The Girls And Boys On Broadway, Capitol (S) ST-1418 (Billy May and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Girls And Boys On Broadway/The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings, CD/Capitol EMI 8 56730-2]
2. The Perry Como Show, March 2, 1960 acetates (Nancy Walker and Shelley Berman with orchestra conducted by Mitch Ayers)


Too Young To Live:

A recording by Nancy Walker and Bert Lahr Live from Arthur Murray Party, NBC-TV (November 17, 1959) is known to exist.



Where Did We Go? Out:

1. 45 EP/Capitol EPA-1428 (Jonah Jones Quartet) [also found on 45 EP/Capitol PRO-1429; Hit Me Again, Capitol (M) T1375]
2. 45/Capitol F-4299 (Dakota Station with Sid Feller and Orchestra)[also found on 45 EP/Capitol EPA-1428 and 45 EP/Capitol PRO-1429]
3. 45/Strand 25009 (Yolanda Lisl)
3. The Girls And Boys On Broadway, Capitol (S) ST-1418 (Billy May and His Orchestra) [reissued on The Girls And Boys On Broadway/The Sweetest Swingin' Sounds Of No Strings, CD/Capitol EMI 8 56730-2]
4. Let's Dance The Cha-Cha, Capitol (S) ST1350 (Harry Ortega and the Caribe Tropical Orchestra)


Unrecorded Material:

Assignation (sketch by Arnold B. Horwitt)
Can We Save Our Marriage? (sketch by Arnold B. Horwitt)
Crossover (cut)
He And She (sketch by Arnold B. Horwitt)
Here It Comes Again, Spring (M: Albert Hague)
Home Late (sketch by Arnold B. Horwitt)
Hostility (sketch by Arnold B. Horwitt)
I Remember (monologue)
Light Travelin' Man (M: Albert Hague)
Nightflight (sketch by Arnold B. Horwitt)
Nobody Else But You (M: Albert Hague)
Overspend
Thank You, Doctor