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)