KEAN
Composer: Robert
Wright and George Forrest
Lyricist: Robert Wright and George Forrest
Opened: November 2, 1961, Broadway Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 92
Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.
Amsterdam (cut; same music as "Toinette" in THE CAREFREE HEART):
1. Composers' Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest)
2. The Carefree Heart Composer Demo (Robert Wright and George
Forrest) ("Toinette")
3. Anastasia: The Musical, CD/Original Cast OC-9837 (Douglas
Holmes and Marcia Lewis with Mark Hummel, piano)
Disorder And Genius (cut):
1. Composers' Demo (Robert Wright and George Forrest)
Domesticity (cut after opening):
1. A Bag Of Popcorn And A
Dream, CD/Original Cast OC-8801 (Judy Kaye and David Green with
musical direction by Fred Barton)
Inevitable (cut):
1. Composers' Demo (Robert
Wright and George Forrest) ("Inevitable [To Solomon]")
2. Composers'
Demo (Robert Wright and George Forrest) ("Inevitable [To Kean]")
3. Commercial Demo, 7"/Private Label MO8Q-1629/1640
(unidentified singer)
4. Kean, Columbia CS 8532 (Robert Mersey and His Orchestra with
Dave Grusin, piano)
5. A Jazz Version Of Kean, Riverside (M) RLP 397 (The Riverside
Jazz Stars featuring Blue Mitchell, Jimmy Heath, and The Bobby
Timmons Trio)
6. Living Voices On Broadway, RCA Camden (S) CAS-692 (The Living
Voices with orchestra conducted by Johnny Douglas) [reissued as
CD/Dulcima DLCD 123]
7. A Bag Of Popcorn And A Dream, CD/Original Cast OC-8801 (Judy
Kaye with musical direction by Fred Barton)
(Ado About) Kean (cut):
1. Composers' Demo (Robert Wright and George Forrest)
Shadow Play (cut):
1. Composers' Demo (Robert Wright and George Forrest)
Social Whirl (cut after opening):
1. Kean, Columbia CS 8532
(Robert Mersey and His Orchestra)
Who, Dear? (unused):
1. Composers' Demo (Robert Wright and George Forrest)
Unrecorded Songs:
Clown Of London
Finale (Act 1)
Fracas At Old Drury