SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING
Composer: Jule
Styne
Lyricists: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Opened: December 27, 1961, St. James Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 205
Note: Only numbers not found on the original Broadway cast recording are noted below.
Getting Married (cut):
1. Commercial Demo,
Private LP XTV 69396 (Rose Marie Jun and Jack Haskell) [reissued
on Subways Are For Sleeping, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-0001-LE
(bonus track)]
2. The McGuire Sisters Sing Subways Are For Sleeping, Coral (S)
CRL7-57398 (The McGuire Sisters with Orchestra and Chorus
directed by Burt Farber)
3. A Jazz Version Of The Broadway Hit Subways Are For Sleeping,
Epic (S) BN-622 (Dave Grusin, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; and Don
Lamond, drums)
4. Subways Are For Sleeping, Columbia (S) CS 8533 (Percy Faith
and His Orchestra) [reissued on Subways Are for Sleeping/Do I
Hear a Waltz, CD/Collectables 7480]
5. The Unknown Theatre Songs Of Jule Styne, Blue Pear BP1011
(singers unknown) (likely the commercial demo recording)
6. Theatre Party, Contract (M) 15003 (Claude Williamson Quartet)
Hey, Charlie, Let's Talk (aka "Hey,
Fella, Let's Talk") (cut):
1. Composers' Demo (Betty
Comden and Adolph Green with Jule Styne, piano) [reissued on
Subways Are For Sleeping, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-0001-LE (bonus
track)]
2. Commercial Demo, Private LP XTV 69396 (Rose Marie Jun and
Jack Haskell)
3. The Unknown Theatre Songs Of Jule Styne, Blue Pear BP1011
(singers unknown) (likely the commercial demo recording)
I Walk A Little Dog (cut):
1. Composers' Demo (Adolph
Green and Betty Comden with Jule Styne, piano) [reissued on
Subways Are For Sleeping, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-0001-LE (bonus
track)]
Life's Not That Simple (cut;
previously cut from DO RE MI):
1. Composers' Demo (Betty
Comden with Jule Styne, piano) [reissued on Subways Are For
Sleeping, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-0001-LE (bonus track)]
2. Crazy 1961, CD/Karen Lotman Productions 84501 70763 (Mark Nadler)
A Man With A Plan (cut; a portion of
the music was later reused for "Don't Rain On My Parade" in
FUNNY GIRL):
1. Composers' Demo (Adolph
Green and Betty Comden with Jule Styne, piano) [reissued on
Subways Are For Sleeping, CD/Fynsworth Alley FA-0001-LE (bonus
track)]
Now I Have Someone (cut):
1. The McGuire Sisters
Sing Subways Are For Sleeping, Coral (S) CRL7-57398 (The McGuire
Sisters with Orchestra and Chorus directed by Burt Farber)
2. A Jazz Version Of The Broadway Hit Subways Are For Sleeping,
Epic (S) BN-622 (Dave Grusin, piano; Milt Hinton, bass; and Don
Lamond, drums)
3. Subways Are For Sleeping, Columbia (S) CS 8533 (Percy Faith
and His Orchestra) [reissued on Subways Are for Sleeping/Do I
Hear a Waltz, CD/Collectables 7480]
4. The Unknown Theatre Songs Of Jule Styne, Blue Pear BP1011
(singer unknown)
Unrecorded Songs:
Gotta Think Of Her
(unused)
A Man Of Vision (cut)
Station Rush (dance)
Subway Incident (dance)