ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
Composer: Mary
Rodgers
Lyricist: Marshall Barer
Opened: May 11, 1959,
Phoenix Theatre, N.Y.C. and transferred on November 25, 1959 to the Alvin
Theatre
Performances: 460 (combined)
Note: Only numbers not found on the CD reissue of original cast recording are noted below.
Entr'acte:
1. Once Upon A Mattress, Private
label EC 4709 (orchestra directed by Andrew Sieff)
2. Once Upon A Mattress,
CD/RCA Victor 68728-2 (orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
Goodnight, Sweet Princess (added to the 1994 Broadway
revival):
1. Once Upon A Mattress, CD/RCA
Victor 68728-2 (David Aaron Baker, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Ensemble with
orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
Here I
Come to Save the Day (M: Philip Scheib; L: Marshall Barer) (originally used as
the "Mighty Mouse" theme song; added to the 2005 TV
version):
1. B.J. Ward Sings Marshall
Barer, CD/Feinery 3103 (B.J. Ward with arrangement by Scott Lavender)
2. Man
On The Moon, CD/Warner Bros. 47483 (The Sandpipers)
3. Toon Tunes:
Action-Packed Anthems, CD/Rhino 74337 (unknown performer)
4. Mighty Mouse
And Friends, CD/Turn Up The Music 2340 (Hit Crew)
The Minstrel, The Jester And I:
1. Once Upon A Mattress, Private
label EC 4709 (Thomas Everett, Robert Deutsch, and Jerrold Segal with orchestra
directed by Andrew Sieff)
2. Once Upon A Mattress, CD/RCA Victor 68728-2
(David Hibbard, Lawrence Clayton, and Heath Lamberts with orchestra conducted
by Eric Stern)
On A Stormy Night
(dialogue):
1. Once Upon A Mattress, CD/RCA
Victor 68728-2 (Lawrence Clayton with orchestra conducted by Eric Stern)
Unrecorded Numbers:
That Baby Of Mine (M/L: Kenneth
H. Welch and Marilyn Welch) (added in the 2005 TV version)
Under A Spell
(added for the 1964 TV version)