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)