LA STRADA
Composer: Lionel
Bart
Lyricist: Lionel Bart
Additional music by Elliot
Lawrence
Additional lyrics by Martin Charnin
Opened:
December 14, 1969, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances:
1
All My Worldly Belongings (cut):
1. La Strada, United Artists (S)
UAS 6688 (Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Belonging:
1. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell
with orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued as La Strada, CD/Bayview
RNBW028]
2. La Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688 (Sir Julian)
(instrumental)
Everything Needs Something
(aka "It's All So Simple") (M: Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin
Charnin):
1. Martin Charnin's Mini Album: 5
Great Songs From Not-So-Great Shows, 7"/ Take Home Tunes THT-771 (Laurie
Beechman)
2. Incurably Romantic, CD/Original Cast OC 9619 (Laurie Beechman
with music conducted by Keith Levenson) (remix EP vocal with new
orchestration)
The Great Zampano:
1. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell and
the Michael Sammes Singers with orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) (as "Zampano
The Great! (reprise)") [reissued as La Strada, CD/Bayview RNBW028]
2. La
Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688 (Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Hullo And Goodbye (cut):
1. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell and
the Michael Sammes Singers with orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued as
La Strada, CD/Bayview RNBW028]
2. La Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688
(Sir Julian) (instrumental)
If Her Mother
Only Knew! (cut; cf. "Wedding Dance"):
1. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell
and the Michael Sammes Singers with orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued
as La Strada, CD/Bayview RNBW028]
2. La Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688
(Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Introduction
(cut):
1. La Strada, United Artists (S)
UAS 6688 (Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Living
In Dreamland (Tan-Tan-Ta-Ra! Farewell) (cut):
1. La Strada, United Artists (S)
UAS 6688 (Sir Julian) (instrumental)
My
Turn To Fall (cut):
1. Demo, 45/No label
(unidentified vocalist)
2. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell with orchestra
conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued as La Strada, CD/Bayview RNBW028]
3. La
Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688 (Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Nothing (cut):
1. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell and
the Michael Sammes Singers with orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued as
La Strada, CD/Bayview RNBW028]
2. La Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688
(Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Overture:
1. Studio Demo (Orchestra
conducted by Ken Moule) (first draft score) [reissued as La Strada, CD/Bayview
RNBW028]
Seagull, Starfish, Pebble (M:
Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin):
1. Unsung Musicals, CD/Varese
Sarabande VSD-5462 (Judy Kuhn with musical direction by Tom Fay) (as
"Starfish")
Seashell Game
(cut):
1. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell
and the Michael Sammes Singers with orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued
as La Strada, CD/Bayview RNBW028]
2. La Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688
(Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Something
Special (cut; music used as part of "Encounters"):
1. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell and
the Michael Sammes Singers with orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued as
La Strada, CD/Bayview RNBW028]
2. La Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688
(Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Sooner Or
Later (M: Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin):
1. Martin Charnin's Mini Album: 5
Great Songs From Not-So-Great Shows, 7"/ Take Home Tunes THT-771 (Larry
Kert)
Tan-Tan-Ta-Ra! (aka "Zampano's Farewell")
(cut):
1. Studio Demo (Michael Sammes
Singers with orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued as La Strada,
CD/Bayview RNBW028]
2. La Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688 (Sir Julian)
(instrumental)
To Be A Performer
(cut):
1. Demo, 45/No label
(unidentified vocalist)
2. 45/United Artists (M) UA-50643 (Your Father's
Mustache)
3. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell and the Michael Sammes Singers with
orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) [reissued as La Strada, CD/Bayview
RNBW028]
4. Studio Demo (Madeline Bell and the Michael Sammes Singers with
orchestra conducted by Ken Moule) (as "Finale (To Be A Performer - Reprise)")
[reissued as La Strada, CD/Bayview RNBW028]
5. La Strada, United Artists (S)
UAS 6688 (Sir Julian) (instrumental)
To Be A Pioneer
(cut):
1. La Strada, United Artists (S) UAS 6688 (Sir Julian) (instrumental)
Unrecorded Material:
Encounters (dance) (contains
themes by Bart and Lawrence including "Seashell Game," "Everything Needs
Something," and "Something Special")
The End Of The Road (M: Elliot
Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin)
He Who Laughs Last (cut)
I Can't Wait (M:
Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin)
I Don't Like You (M: Elliot Lawrence; L:
Martin Charnin)
La-La-La-La (M: Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin)
Only
More! (M: Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin)
The Road (inst.) (M: Elliot
Lawrence)
There's A Circus In Town
The Trouble With Marriage (M: Elliot
Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin)
Wedding Dance (inst.) (M: Elliot Lawrence)
(contains theme by Bart for "If Her Mother Only Knew!)
What A Man (M: Elliot
Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin)
What's Going On Inside? (M: Elliot Lawrence; L:
Martin Charnin)
What's Left (M: Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin)
Where
Will We Be Tomorrow (M: Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin Charnin)
With All These
Worldly Possessions (cut)
You're Musical (M: Elliot Lawrence; L: Martin
Charnin)