MISS LIBERTY
Composer: Irving Berlin
Lyricist: Irving Berlin
Opened: July 15, 1949, Imperial Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 308
Note: Only recordings not found on the original Broadway cast album are noted below.
Business
For A Good Girl Is Bad (dropped during rehearsals):
1. 78/Col mx XCO-40709
(Irving Berlin with possibly Helmy Kresa at the piano) (demo)
[reissued on Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI]
The Hon'Rable Profession Of The Fourth
Estate (dropped):
1. 78/Col mx XCO-40710
(Irving Berlin with possibly Helmy Kresa at the piano) (demo)
[reissued on Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI]
Me An' My Bundle:
1. Demo (Irving Berlin with Helmy
Kresna, piano?);
2. 78/Columbia 38548 (Buddy Clark with Hugo Winterhalter’s
Orchestra)
Mr. Motonony (cut; also cut from EASTER PARADE and MISS
LIBERTY and later used in JEROME ROBBINS' BROADWAY):
1. Irving Berlin
Revisited, MGM E-4435 OC (Dorothy Loudon with musical direction
by Norman Paris) [reissued as Painted Smiles PS-1356; CD/Painted
Smiles PSCD-118]
2. Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin with
possibly Helmy Kresa at the piano) (demo)
3. Easter Parade, CD/Turner Classic Movies 836023-2 (Judy
Garland)
4. Jerome Robbins' Broadway, CD/RCA Victor 60150-2-RC (Debbie
Shapiro with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)
5. Jerome Robbins' Broadway, CD/RCA Victor 60150-2-RC (orchestra
conducted by Paul Gemignanin) (as "Mr. Monotony Dance")
6. Something To Shout About: The Music Of Irving Berlin, CD/JAY
CDJAY 1381 (Kim Criswell with the National Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Richard Balcombe) [also found on The Musicality Of
Berlin, CD/JAY CDJAZ 9007]
7. The Broadway Musicals Of 1949, CD/Bayview RNBW035 (Marla
Schaffel with the Ross Patterson Little Big Band)
8. Let's Face The Music: Ann Tofflemire Sings Irving Berlin,
CD/Harbinger HCD 1708 (Anne Tofflemire with musical direction by
Ross Patterson)
9. Trap, CD/Zonk 6 (Flat Earth Society)
10. One Night On Broadway With Irving Berlin, CD/Nocturne 11303
(artist unknown)
11. The Songs That Got Away, CD/Polydor 839116 (Sarah Brightman
with orchestra conducted by Michael Reed)
Sing A Song Of Sing Sing (not used):
1. Irving Sings Berlin,
CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin with possibly Helmy Kresa at
the piano) (demo)
The Story Of Nell And The Police
Gazette (same music as "Mr. Monotony"):
1. Irving Sings Berlin,
CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin with possibly Helmy Kresa at
the piano) (demo)
What Do I Have To Do To Get My Picture
In The Paper? (dropped):
1. Irving Sings Berlin, CD/Koch 3-7510-2 HI (Irving Berlin with possibly Helmy Kresa at the piano) (demo)
Unrecorded Songs:
Consul Bows (not used)
For A Good Girl It's Bad (not used; replaced by "Business For A
Good Girl Is Bad")
If I Had Never Been Born (not used)
I'll Know Better Next Time (dropped and replaced with "Falling
Out Of Love Can Be Fun") (aka "The Next Time I Fall In Love" and
"Next Time")
Only In America (not used) (same music as "Only For Americans")
The Pulitzer Prize (not used)
They Say It's Full Of Indians (not used)
A Woman's Place Is In The Home (not used) (replaced by
"Homework")