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)