A NEW BRAIN
Composer: William
Finn
Lyricist: William Finn
Opened: May 14, 1998, Mitzi Newhouse Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 78
Note: Only recordings of material not otherwise found on the original cast album are noted below.
Anytime (I Am There) (cut; subsequently used in ELEGIES: A SONG CYCLE):
1. Elegies: A Song Cycle,
CD/Fynsworth Alley 302 062 189 2 (Carolee Carmello with
orchestra conducted by Vadim Feichtner)
2. Make Me A Song, CD/Ghostlight 8-4427 (Sally Wilfert with
musical direction by Darren R. Cohen)
3. Infinite Joy: The Songs Of William Finn, CD/RCA Victor
09026-63766-2 (Norm Lewis with music direction by Vadim
Feichtner)
4. The Journey Home, CD/PS Classics 976 (Malcolm Gets with
musical direction by John McDaniel)
Be Polite To Everyone:
1. A New Brain, CD/PS Classics 1633 (Christian Borle, Ana
Gasteyer, Jonathan Groff, and Alyse Alan Louis with orchestra
conducted by Vadim Feichtner)
Craniotomy:
1. A New Brain, CD/PS Classics 1633 (Bradley Dean, Jenni Barber,
Jonathan Groff, Ana Gasteyer, Aaron Lazar, and Alyse Alan
Louis with orchestra conducted by Vadim Feichtner)
Craniotomy (reprise):
1. A New Brain, CD/PS Classics 1633 (Bradley Dean with orchestra
conducted by Vadim Feichtner)
MRI Day:
1. A New Brain, CD/PS Classics 1633 (Jenni Barber and Jonathan
Groff with orchestra conducted by Vadim Feichtner)
MRI Tomorrow:
1. A New Brain, CD/PS Classics 1633 (Josh Lamon, Aaron Lazar,
and Jonathan Groff with orchestra conducted by Vadim
Feichtner)
Roger
Arrives:
1. A New Brain, CD/PS Classics 1633 (Rema Webb, Aaron Lazar,
Alyse Alan Louis, Ana Gasteyer, and Jonathan Groff with
orchestra conducted by Vadim Feichtner)