STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW

Composer: David Shire
Lyricist: Richard Maltby, Jr.

Opened: June 19, 1977, Barbarann Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 120

Note: Only numbers not found on the original off-Broadway cast recording are noted below. A live performance recording is known to exist.

Beautiful (originally used in LOVE MATCH):

1. Love Match Composers' Demo (Richard Maltby, Jr. with David Shire, piano)
2. Love Match Commercial Demo, Chapell CM 4273 (unidentified male singer with female backup singers)
3. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/JAY CDJAY 1254 (Clare Burt and Michael Cantwell with musical direction by Caroline Humphris)


(I'm Going To Make You) Beautiful (same music as "Beautiful" from LOVE MATCH but with new lyrics written for this show):

1. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/ JAY CDJAY 1254 (Samantha Shaw with musical direction by Caroline Humphris)
See also entry for "Beautiful" above.


The Girl Of The Minute (originally used in NEW FACES OF 1968; added for the 1993 London production):

1. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/ JAY CDJAY 1254 (Michael Cantwell with musical direction by Caroline Humphris)


Hey There Fans (added for the 1993 London production):

1. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD JAY CDJAY 1254 (Clare Burt, Michael Cantwell, and Samantha Shaw with musical direction by Caroline Humphris)


(I'm) A Girl You Should Know:

1. Starting Here, Starting Now, CD/ JAY CDJAY 1254 (Clare Burt with musical direction by Caroline Humphris)]
2. Throw It To The Wind: The Songs Of Maltby & Shire, CD/PS Classics PS-1092 (Christa Jusus with musical direction by Andrew Gerle)


Unrecorded Song:

We Have To Give You More (written for this show but cut after opening)