ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Composer: Stephen
Flaherty
Lyricists: Lynn Ahrens
Opened: October 18, 1990, Booth Theatre, N.Y.C.;
September 28, 1994, Royalty Theatre, London
Performances: 469 (N.Y.C.); 145 (London)
Note: Only recordings of songs not otherewise found on the original Broadway cast album are noted below.
Bows/Exit Music:
1. Once On This Island,
MTI Reference Recording (orchestra)
Come Down From That Tree (cut):
1. Lost In Boston,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5475 (Lillias White with musical
direction by James Stenborg)
2. How Glory Goes, CD/Elektra 79580 (Audra McDonald)
3. Letting Go, CD/Rita Harvey (Rita Harvey)
4. How Long Has It Been?, CD/Original Cast (Michael McAssey)
5. Story Songs, CD/Whit & Wisdom Productions (Denise
Whittier)
6. You Must Believe In Spring, CD/Lorraina Marro (Lorraina
Marro)
7. Crazy World, CD/Azahara (Sandy Campbell)
8. A New Normal, CD/In A Moment E20814-14 (Sally Wilfert with
musical direction by Richard Biever)
9. Green Up Time: Ellen Zachos Sings Botantical Broadway,
CD/Plantiques SSC1127 (Ellen Zachos)
10. You Keep Coming Back Like A Song, CD/Original Cast OC-8712
(Phillip Officer)
11. Introducing Trent Kendall: So Much To Say, CD/Dress Circle
DCTRENT 1995 (Trent Kendall)
Discovering Daniel:
1. Once On This Island,
CD/JAY CDJAY 1243 (Lorna Brown and the Storytellers with
orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe)
2. Once On This Island, MTI Reference Recording (unknown
performer)
3. You Can Count On Me, CD/Jazzheads, Inc. 9496 (Jonathan Long)
4. Once On This Island, CD/Broadway BR-CD09318 (Hailey Kilgore,
Phillip Boykin, Kenita R. Miller, Darlesia Cearcy, Rodrick
Covington, Alysha Deslorieux, Tyler Harwick, Cassondra James,
David Jennings, Grasan Kingsberry, Loren Lott, T. Oliver Reid,
and Aurelia Williams with music direction by Alvin Hough, Jr.)
Gossip:
1. Once On This Island, CD/Broadway BR-CD09318 (Darlesia
Cearcy, Rodrick Covington, Alysha Deslorieux, Tyler
Harwick, Cassondra James, David Jennings, Grasan
Kingsberry, Loren Lott, T. Oliver Reid, and Aurelia
Williams with music direction by Alvin Hough, Jr.)
Prologue:
1. Once On This Island,
CD/JAY CDJAY 1243 (The Storytellers with orchestra conducted by
Richard Balcombe)
2. Once On This Island, MTI Reference Recording (unknown
performer)
Promises:
1. Once On This Island,
CD/JAY CDJAY 1243 (Clive Rowe, Lorna Brown, and The Storytellers
with orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe)
2. Once On This Island, MTI Reference Recording (unknown
performer)
Wedding Sequence:
1. Once On This Island,
CD/JAY CDJAY 1243 (Sharon D. Clarke, Lorna Brown, Anthony
Corriette, and The Storytellers with orchestra conducted by
Richard Balcombe)
2. Once On This Island, MTI Reference Recording (unknown
performer)
When Daniel Marries (cut):
1. Lost In Boston III,
CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5563 (La Chanze with muscal direction by
Tom Fay)