THE HAPPY TIME



Composer: John Kander
Lyricist: Fred Ebb

Opened: January 19, 1968, Broadway Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 286

Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast album are noted below.


Allez-Oop (cut):

1. Composer Demo, Dick Charles 8267 (John Kander and Fred Ebb)


Being Alive (dropped after opening):

1. Composer Demo, Dick Charles 8267 (John Kander and Fred Ebb)


Getting Younger Every Day [Year] (cut):

1. Composer Demo, Dick Charles 8267 (John Kander and Fred Ebb) [reissued on John Kander: Hidden Treasures, 1950-2015, CD/Harbinger HCD3105]
2. Studio Demo, Ampco Music AM-101 (unidentified singer)


The Happy Time (reprise):

1. Composer Demo, Dick Charles 8267 (John Kander and Fred Ebb)
2. Studio Demo, Ampco Music AM-101 (unidentified singer)
3. John Gary On Broadway, RCA Victor (S) LSP-3928 (John Gary with orchestra conducted by Dick Grove)


If You Leave Me Now (cut):

1. Composer Demo, Dick Charles 8267 (John Kander and Fred Ebb) [reissued on John Kander: Hidden Treasures, 1950-2015, CD/Harbinger HCD3105]
2. Something Special, RCA (S) LSP-3870 (Kate Smith)
3. Lost In Boston, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5475 (Michael Rupert with musical direction by James Stenborg)


In His Own Good Time (cut; reinstated in 1975 Burt Wheeler Theatre and 1980 Goodspeed Opera House revivals):

1. Composer Demo, Dick Charles 8267 (John Kander and Fred Ebb) [reissued on John Kander: Hidden Treasures, 1950-2015, CD/Harbinger HCD3105]


Unrecorded Material:

Ballet
I Won't Go (cut; reinstated in 1975 Burt Wheeler Theatre and 1980 Goodspeed Opera House revivals)
I'm Sorry (cut; reinstated in 1975 Burt Wheeler Theatre and 1980 Goodspeed Opera House revivals)
Jeanne-Marie (cut; reinstated in 1975 Burt Wheeler Theatre and 1980 Goodspeed Opera House revivals)
Running (cut; reinstated in 1975 Burt Wheeler Theatre and 1980 Goodspeed Opera House revivals)