PAL JOEY

Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart

Opened: December 25, 1940, Ethel Barrymore Theatre and closed on August 16, 1941; reopened on September 1, 1941, Sam. S. Shubert Theatre, and transferred on October 21, 1941 to the St. James Theatre.
Performances: 374 (combined run)

Note: Only numbers not found on the 1952 revival cast album are noted below.

Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (encore):

1. Pal Joey, CD/DRG 94763 (Patti LuPone with the Coffee Club Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
2. Pal Joey, CD/JAY CDJAY 1288 (Sian Phillips with orchestra directed by Trevor York)


I'm Talking To My Pal (cut; reinstated in some subsequent revivals):

1. Not A Care In The World, Audiophile (S) AP-202 (Stan Freeman, piano and voice, with Jim Hackman, bass, and Nick Ceroli, drums)
2. Pal Joey, Contemporary (M) M 3543 (Andre Previn, piano, Shelly Manne, drums, and Red Mitchell, bass) [reissued as CD/Contemporary/OJC OJCCD-637-2]
3. Rodgers And Hart Revisited Vol. IV, Painted Smiles (S) PS-1367 (Anthony Perkins) [reissued as CD/Painted Smiles PSCD-126]
4. Pal Joey, CD/DRG 94763 (Peter Gallagher with the Coffee Club Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)
5. Just A Gigolo, CD/JAG 66204 (Lance Callahan)
6. Dress Casual, CD/Columbia MK-45998 (Mandy Patinkin with orchestra conducted by Paul Gemignani)


Joey Looks Into The Future (ballet):

1. Pal Joey, Col ML-4364 (orchestra conducted by Lehman Engel) [reissued as CD/Sony Classical/Columbia/Legacy SK 86856 (part of "Pal Joey (What Do I Care For A Dame?)")
2. Pal Joey, CD/DRG 94763 (The Coffee Club Orchestra conducted by Rob Fisher)


Pet Shop Scene (dialogue):

1. The Ultimate Rodgers & Hart Volume III, CD/Pearl GEM 0118 (Gene Kelly)


Unrecorded Number:

1. Love Is My Friend (same music as "What Is A Man?"; cut after opening and replaced with "What Is A Man?"; no lyric survives)


Note: The 2008 Roundabout Theatre revival interpolated the songs "Are You My Love?" from THE DANCING PIRATE and "I Still Believe In You" from SIMPLE SIMON.