PETER PAN (1954)



Composer: Moose Charlap
Lyricist: Carolyn Leigh
Additional Music and Lyrics: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green

Opened: October 20, 1954, Winter Garden Theatre, NYC
Performances: 152

Note: Only numbers not found on the CD reissue of the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.


Bows/End Title (2000 television soundtrack):

1. Peter Pan, CD/JAY CDJAY 1352 (National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Craig Barna)


The Fight (inst.):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (orchestra conducted by David Chase)



First Impression (unused):

1. 45/Sparton 4-395R (Eydie Gorme with orchestra conducted by Don Costa) [also 45/ABC Paramount 45-9780; reissued on Eydie Gorme/Love Is A Season, CD/MCA International 19385]


I'm Flying (reprise) (additional lyrics by Amanda Green written for the 2014 television version):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (Allison Williams with orchestra conducted by David Chase)



It's What You Believe In (cut):

1. The Musical Adventures Of Peter Pan, CD/Varese Sarabande 5722 (Liz Larsen with music direction by Todd Ellison)


Mermaids' Lagoon (inst.):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (orchestra conducted by David Chase)


The Old Gavotte (M: Morgan Lewis; L: Nancy Hamilton) (interpolation dropped after San Francisco tryout):

1. 10"/Odds Songs And A Poem, Dolphin 1 (Cyril Ritchard with Stuart Ross, piano) [reissued on John Murray Anderson's Almanac And Other Broadway-London Revues, CD/DRG 19009]


Only Pretend (M: Jule Styne; L: Amanda Green) (written for the 2014 television version; same music as "I Know About Love" originally used in DO RE MI):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (Taylor Louderman with orchestra conducted by David Chase)
2. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (Kelli O'Hara with orchestra conducted by David Chase) (reprise)


Opening Act Two (2000 television soundtrack):

1. Peter Pan, CD/JAY CDJAY 1352 (Elisa Sagardia with the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Craig Barna)


Peter Flies In (inst.):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (orchestra conducted by David Chase)



Pirate March (M: Jule Styne; L: Betty Comden; Adolph Green) (version of "Pirate Song" with additional lyrics by Amanda Green written for the 2014 television production):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (Christian Borle and Pirates with orchestra conducted by David Chase)



The Pow-Wow Polka (dance) (M: Jule Styne):

1. Peter Pan, CD/JAY CDJAY 1352 (National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Craig Barna) (part of "Ugh-A-Wug" track)


True Blood Brothers (M: Jule Styne; L: Amanda Green) (updated version of "Ugg-A-Wugg" written for the 2014 television version):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (Alanna Saunders, Allison Williams, Taylor Louderman, Jake Lucas, John Allyn, Islanders, and Lost Boys with orchestra conducted by David Chase)


The Usual Rivalries (inst.):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (orchestra conducted by David Chase)



Vengeance (M: Jule Styne; L: Amanda Green) (written for the 2014 television version; same music as "Ambition" originally used in  DO RE MI):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (Christopher Walken, Christian Borle and Pirates with orchestra conducted by David Chase)


When I Went Home (cut during tryout):

1. An Awfully Big Adventure: The Best Of Peter Pan (1904-1906), CD/Delos DE 3201 (Los Angeles Opera Orchestra conducted by Grant Gershon)
2. Lost In Boston, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5475 (Michelle Nicastro with musical direction by James Stenborg)
3. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (Allison Williams with orchestra conducted by David Chase)


Wonderful World Without Peter (M: Jule Styne; L: Amanda Green) (written for the 2014 television version; same music as "Something's Always Happening On The River" originally used in SAY, DARLING):

1. Peter Pan, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD02114 (Christopher Walken, Allison Williams, and Pirate Trio with orchestra conducted by David Chase)



Youth, Joy, And Freedom (M: Jule Styne; L: Tom Adair) (added to the 1973 touring production):

1. 45/NBC Entertainment PP1/2 (Yvonne Green)
2. Peter Pan, Crown Records CST-12-24 (Betty Chung) [reissued as CD/Honda Music International HMI-103]


Unrecorded numbers:

(Today I Went) Adventuring (only in first draft)
The Battle (M: Trude Rittman and Elmer Bernstein)
The Big Battle
Be Our Mother (cut during tryout)
Beware Of The Boy With His Mind Made Up (ASCAP/Library of Congress)
The Big Battle (only in first draft)
Capturing The Boys And Wendy (only in first draft)
Death Of Tinker Bell (only in first draft)
Dressing Up (only in first draft)
Echo Song (ASCAP/Library of Congress)
Happily Ever After (M: Jule Styne; L: Betty Comden and Adolph Green) (written for but cut from 1979 revival)
Happy Is The Boy (originally entitled "Be Our Parents") (cut after the San Francisco tryout)
Hook's Entrance Song (ASCAP/Library of Congress)
Hook's Hook (M: Jule Styne; L: Tom Adair) (added to the 1973 touring production)
I'm Hook (L: Roger Adams) (cut after San Francisco tryout)
Introduction To Neverland (only in first draft)
Lazy Shepherd (subsequently changed to "Tender Shepherd" after the San Francisco tryout)
Morning In Neverland (M: Jule Styne; L: Betty Comden and Adolph Green) (added to the 1979 revival)
Never Land (not in programs)
Never Land Waltz (M: Jule Styne; L: Betty Comden and Adolph Green)
Now It's Hook Or Me (only in first draft)
The Parade (cut after the San Francisco tryout)
Poisoning Peter's Medicine (only in first draft)
Remember Me (only in first draft)
Saturday Night Polka (cut during tryout)
Soliloquy And Song (only in first draft)
The Storm (only in first draft)
Tag (M: Jule Styne; L: Betty Comden and Adolph Green) (not in programs)
This Time It's Hook Or Me (ASCAP/Library of Congress)
To The Ship (M: Trude Rittman and Elmer Bernstein)
Who Are You (only in first draft)
A Whole Long Year From Today (ASCAP/Library of Congress)
Wild Indians (ASCAP/Library of Congress)