SMILE (1986)



Composer: Marvin Hamlisch
Lyricist: Howard Ashman

Opened: November 24, 1986, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 48


Big Bob's Song (cut; resinstated for revised rental version after show closed):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano) (workshop demo)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jeff McCarthy)


Disneyland:

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson)
3. Unsung Musicals, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5462 (Jodi Benson with musical direction by Tom Fay)
4. New Faces Of 1999, No label CD990382 (Adriene Daigneault with Jerry DePuit, piano)
5. Something That I Wanted You To Know, CD/Tagline 000129 (Tom Grounds with music direction by Ricky Pope)
6. So Far It's Wonderful, CD/Original Cast 32 (Sammy Goldstein)
7. Faith, Trust And Pixie Dust, CD/PS Classics 862 (Kerry Butler with musical direction by Michael Kosarin)
8. On My Own, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5810 (Michelle Nicastro with music conducted by Lanny Meyers) (hidden bonus track)
9. Hybrid Songbird, CD/Ava Victoria 65481 83212 (Ava Victoria)
10. Illusions, CD/Miranda Music MMCD1011 (Marissa Mulder with music direction by Bill Zeffiro)
11. Everything Possible, CD/EPCD992-0 (Bill McKinley with James Moore, piano)
12. Kids With Heart, CD/KWH2000 (Rachel Antonoff with musical direction by Aaron Hagan)


Dressing Room Scene (including "Do It For Me" and "Ted Farley Sequence"):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano) (with variant beginning)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Anne Marie Bobby, Jodi Benson, Dick Patterson, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, et al.)


Finale (original version including "Pretty As A Picture") :

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)


Finale (revised version):

1. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Dick Patterson, Jeff McCarthy, Anne Marie Bobby, Jodi Benson, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling et al.)


In Our Hands:

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, et al.)
3. Unsung Musicals, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5462 (Lynnette Perry with Julie Anne Aho, Lisa Mayer, Christa Fuller, and Lisa Beth Carroll with musical direction by Tom Fay)


Nerves:

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, et al.)


Orientation (aka "The Very Best Week Of Your Lives"):

1. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Marsha Waterbury, Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, et al.)


Postcard #1:

1. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Anne Marie Bobby)


Postcard #1 (unused version):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano) (as part of "Santa Rosa Intro")


Postcard #2:

1. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Anne Marie Bobby)


Postcard #2 ("What Was I Thinking?") (unused version):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch, piano)


Postcard #3:

1. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Anne Marie Bobby)
2. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlish, piano) (used in abridged form as a portion of "Act II Opening")


Santa Rosa Intro (unused):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlish, piano)


Shine:

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, Michael O'Gorman, Marsha Waterbury, et al.)


Smile:

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Dick Patterson, Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, et al.)
3. Unsung Musicals, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5462 (Harry Groener with Julie Anne Aho, Lisa Mayer, Christa Fuller, and Lisa Beth Carroll with musical direction by Tom Fay)


There Goes The Girl:

1. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Dick Patterson)


Tonight (Act I Finale) (unused; portion reused in "Until Tomorrow Night"):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlish, piano)


Typical High School Senior (aka "Prologue"):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, et al.)
3. Hamlisch Uncovered, CD/Broadway Records BR-CD08917 (Mana Allen, Jenny Baker, Taylor Brauer, Ashley Bruce, Daisy Carnelia, Jessie del Rio, Sara Glancy, Aja Goes, Sarah Grace, Leigh Ellen Jones, Linda Van Kesteren, Caitlin Kinnunen, Caroline Liff, Molly Modell, Chelsie Nectow, Jaime Rosenstein, and Amy Weaver with Michael Levine, piano)


Until Tomorrow Night:

1. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, Marsha Waterbury, Jeff McCarthy, et al.)


We Wish We Were You (not in programs):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)


Welcome To Santa Rosa (cut):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlish, piano)


Young And American (Preliminary Night) (interior segment entitled "Maria's Song" later used in HUNDREDS OF HATS):

1. Howard Sings Ashman, CD/PS Classics PS-869 (Howard Ashman and Marvin Hamlisch with Marvin Hamlisch, piano)
2. Smile: Unreleased Samuel French Perusal Recording (Jodi Benson, Anne Marie Bobby, Veanne Cox, Tia Riebling, et al.)
3. Unsung Musicals III, CD/Varese Sarabande VSD-5769 (Diana Canova with music conducted by Lanny Meyers) ("Maria's Song" segment only)


Unrecorded Number:

Letters (written for revised rental version after show closed)