HOUSE OF FLOWERS

Composer: Harold Arlen
Lyricists: Truman Capote and Harold Arlen

Opened: December 30, 1954, Alvin Theatre, NYC
Performances: 165

Note: Only numbers not found on the CD reissue of the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.

Can You Explain?:

1. Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs By Harold Arlen, CD/Angel CDC 077 7 54798 2 9 (Peggy Lee with Keith Ingham and His Octet)


Jump de Broom (added to revival):

1. House Of Flowers, United Artists (S) UAS-5180 (Charles Moore & Company with orchestra conducted by Joseph Raposo) [reissued as CD/Kritzerland KR 20012-6]


Love's No Stranger To Me (cut):

1. Love Held Lightly: Rare Songs By Harold Arlen, CD/Angel CDC 077 7 54798 2 9 (Peggy Lee with Keith Ingham and His Octet)


Madame Tango's Particular Tango (added to revival):

1. House Of Flowers, United Artists (S) UAS-5180 (Novella Nelson, Carla Pinza, Hope Clarke, and Thelma Oliver with orchestra conducted by Joseph Raposo) [reissued as CD/Kritzerland KR 20012-6]


Something Cold To Drink (added to revival):

1. House Of Flowers, United Artists (S) UAS-5180 (Josephine Premice with orchestra directed by Joseph Raposo) [reissued as CD/Kritzerland KR 20012-6]


Woman Never Understan' (Wife Never Understan') (added to revival):

1. House Of Flowers, United Artists (S) UAS-5180 (Robert Jackson with orchestra conducted by Joseph Raposo) [reissued as CD/Kritzerland KR 20012-6]


Unrecorded Numbers:

Albertina's Beautiful Hair (cut from revival)
Dark Song (cut from revival)
Do Not Be Afraid Of Love (cut from revival)
Finale Act One (ballet including House Of Flowers Waltz)
Husband Cage (same music as Smellin' Of Vanilla (Bamboo Cage))
Indoor Girl (added after opening) (L: Michael Brown)
Madame Tango's Tango
Monday Through Sunday (cut)
These Moments (not used)
Un Garçon Cette (not used)
Voudou
Walk To De Grave (added to revival)
What A Man Won't Do For A Woman (cut)
The Wonders Of A Barrel (cut from revival)