POOR LITTLE RITZ GIRL



Composer: Richard Rodgers
Lyricist: Lorenz Hart

Opened: July 28, 1920, Central Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 93


All You Need To Be A Star (same music as “Inspiration” in FLY WITH ME):

For a recording of “Inspiration,” see:
1. Fly With Me, CD/Original Cast OC-9869 (Marci Pliskin, Rod McLucas, and Peter L. Cromarty with musical direction by Howard Shanet)


Love Will Call (same music as “Dreaming True” in FLY WITH ME and SAY IT WITH JAZZ):

For a recording of “Dreaming True,” see:
1. Fly With Me, CD/Original Cast OC-9869 (Daniel Frank and Cheryl Suzanne Horowitz with musical direction by Howard Shanet)


Love’s Intense In Tents (same music as “Peek In Pekin” in FLY WITH ME):

For a recording of “Peek In Pekin,” see:
1. Fly With Me, CD/Original Cast OC-9869 (Peter L. Cromarty and Annie Laurita with musical direction by Howard Shanet)


You Can’t Fool Your Dreams (same music as “Don’t Love Me Like Othello” in YOU’D BE SURPRISED and FLY WITH ME):

KT Sullivan Sings The Sweetest Sounds Of Richard Rodgers, CD/DRG 91462 (KT Sullivan with musical direction by Larry Woodard)


Unrecorded Material:

The Bombay Bombashay (M: Ray Perkins; L: Alex Gerber)
The Boomerang (cut; also used in YOU’D BE SURPRISED)
Call The Doc (cut)
The Daisy And The Lark
Dear Heart My Heart Sweetheart (M/L: Bide Dudley; Fred [Ted] Barron) (added after opening)
Finale (Act 2)
The Gown In Mightier Than The Sword (cut)
I Love To Say Hello To The Girls (I Hate To Say Goodbye) (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: Alex Gerber)
I Surrender (cut; lyric missing)
In The Land Of Yesterday (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: Alex Gerber)
Lady Raffles Behave (cut)
Let Me Drink In Your Eyes (cut; also used in YOU ‘LL NEVER KNOW)
The Lord Only Knows (lyric missing)
Mary, Queen Of Scots (L: Herbert Fields) (cut; also used in YOU’D BE SURPRISED and in JAZZ A LA CARTE)
The Midnight Girl (aka “One Midnight Supper At Home” and “The Midnight Supper”) (cut)
My Violin (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: Alex Gerber)
Nothing New Beneath The Sun (M/L: Unknown)  (cut)
The Phantom Waltz (dance) (inst.) (M: Sigmund Romberg)
Poor Little Ritz Girl (cut; music reused for “Poor Little Model” in SAY MAMA)
Poor Little Ritz Girl (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: Alex Gerber)
Pretty Ming Toy (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: Alex Gerber)
Souvenirs  (cut; lyric missing)
What Happened Nobody Knows (lyric missing; possibly same song as “The Lord Only Knows”)
When I Found You (M: Sigmund Romberg; L: Alex Gerber)
Will You Forgive Me? (cut; also used in YOU’LL NEVER KNOW and A DANISH YANKEE IN KING TUT’S COURT)