LADY IN THE
DARK
Composer: Kurt
Weill
Lyricist: Ira Gershwin
Opened: January 23, 1941,
Alvin Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 467
Note: Only numbers not found on the 1997 original London cast recording are noted below.
Artist's Waltz (M: Robert Emmet Dolan) (written for the film
version):
1. Autumn Roses, MCA Coral (SS)
CB-20036 (Victor Young and his Orchestra) (as "Glamour Waltz") [reissued on
Hollywood Rhapsodies/Night Music, CD/Dutton Vocalion 5201]
Jenny (L: Johnny Burke, Ira Gershwin) (new lyrics to "The
Saga Of Jenny" written for the film version):
1. Ginger Rogers, Curtain Calls
100/21 (Ginger Rogers and Chorus) [also found on The Ginger Rogers Collection,
Deja Vu 2058]
Suddenly, It's Spring (M:
Jimmy Van Heusen; L: Johnny Burke) (written for the film
version):
1. Click here for recordings of
"Suddenly, It's Spring."
(You Are) Unforgettable (unused):
1. Kurt Weill Revisited, Painted
Smiles (S) PS-1375 (Arthur Siegel and his three Really Grand Pianos) [reissued
as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-108]
Unrecorded
Numbers:
Bats About You (cut)
The Boss
Is Bringing Home A Bride (unused)
Dream Love (M: Victor Schertzinger; L:
Clifford Grey) (written for the film version)
In Our Little San Fernando
Valley Home (unused)
Minstrel Dream (unused)
No Matter Under What Star
You're Born (unused; later adapted into "You Have To Do What You Do Do" from
THE FIREBRAND OF FLORENCE)
Overture (original version)
Party Parlando
(aka Hollywood Party) (unused)
Prelude Song Of The Zodiac, The (unused;
music later used for "Madame Zuzu" in LOVE LIFE)
A Trial Combined With
Circus (unused)
The Unspoken Law (unused)