THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Composer: Various
Lyricist: Various

Opened: November 7, 1990, Edison Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 130

Note: Only recordings of songs performed by original cast members are noted below.

Hootsatsa (M/L: Finshl Kanapoff):

1. An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre, CD/Ethnic 3 (Bruce Adler)


Hudl Mitn Shtrudl (Hudl With The Shtrudl) (M/L: Aaron Lebedeff):

1. An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre, CD/Ethnic 3 (Bruce Adler)
2. Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn: Great Songs Of The Yiddish Stage, Vol. 2, CD/Naxos 559432 (Benzion Miller, Bruce Adler, David Krakauer, Joanne Borts, Robert Abelson, Robert Block and Simon Spiro with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra conducted by Elli Jaffe)
3. Introducing The World Of American Jewish Music: Rare, New And Rediscovered American Classics, CD/Naxos (Barbara Feldon, Bruce Adler, Cantor Alberto Mizrahi, Carol Meyer, Chris Bowers Broadbent, Daniel Stepner, David Krakauer, Eliot Fisk, Fritz Weaver, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Harry Kalensky, Ian DeNolfo, James Guttmann, Kevin Deas, Lucy Shelton, Nell Snaidas, Paul Schwendener, Richard Clement, Richard Stoltzman, Robert Bloch, Robert G. Vernon, Robert Schulz, Tovah Feldshuh, and Yaron Windmueller)


Mamenyu Tayere (Dear Mama) (M: Traditional; L: Mani Leib):

1. An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre, CD/Ethnic 3 (Bruce Adler)


Oyfa Pripetshik (At The Fireplace) (M/L: M. Warshavsky):

1. An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre, CD/Ethnic 3 (Bruce Adler)


The Palace Of The Czar (M/L: Mel Tolkin):

1. An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre, CD/Ethnic 3 (Bruce Adler)


Papirosn (Cigarettes) (M/L: Bela Meisel; Herman Yablokoff):

1. An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre, CD/Ethnic 3 (Bruce Adler)


Rumania, Rumania (M/L: Aaron Lebedeff; Sholom Secunda):

1. An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre, CD/Ethnic 3 (Bruce Adler)


Yosl Ber (M: Traditional; L: Itsik Manger):

1. An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre, CD/Ethnic 3 (Bruce Adler)


Other Material:

Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen (To Me, You're Beautiful) (M: Sholom Secunda; L: Sammy Cahn; Saul Chaplin; Jacob Jacobs)
Der Ayznban (The Train) (M/L: Traditional)
Di Dinst (The Maid) (M/L: Traditional)
Di Rodd (The Circle) (M/L: M. Warshavsky)
Figaro's Aria (M: Giochino Rossini; L: Robert Abelson; Moishe Rosenfeld)
Halevay Volt Ikh Singl Geven (I Wish I Were Single Again) (M/L: Traditional; M. Younin)
In An Orem Shtibele (In A Poor Little House) (M/L: Traditional)
A Khazndl Oyf Shabes (A Cantor For The Sabbath) (M/L: Traditional)
Khosn - Kale Mazl Tov (Congradulations To The Bride And Groom) (M/L: Traditional)
Litvak/Galitsyaner (M/L: Hymie Jacobson)
Lomir Loybn (Let Us Praise) (M/L: Traditional)
Mayne Alte Heym (M/L: Traditional)
Motele (M/L: M. Gebirtig)
My Yiddishe Mame (M: Lew Pollack; L: Jack Yellen)
Saposhkelekh (The Boots) (M/L: Traditional)
Sha Shtil (The Rabbi's Coming) (M/L: Traditional)
Shabes, Shabes, Shabes (Welcome To The Sabbath) (M:Ben Yomen; L: Ben Bonus)
Shloymele-Malkele (M: Joseph Rumshinsky)
Shpil Gitar (Play Guitar) (M/L: Traditional)
Those Were The Days (M/L: Gene Raskin)
Ver Der Ershter Vet Lakhn (Who Will Laugh First?) (M/L: M. Gebirtig)
Yiddish International Radio Hour (M: Traditional; L: Chana Mlotek)
Yoshke Fort Avek (Yoshke's Going Away) (M/L: Traditional)
Yosl, Yosl (M: Samuel Steinberg; L: Nellie Casman)