UP IN CENTRAL PARK
Composer: Sigmund Romberg
Lyricist: Dorothy Fields
Opened: January 27, 1945, New Century Theatre, N.Y.C.;
transferred on June 11, 1945 to the Broadway Theatre
Performances: 504
Note: Only recordings of
material not found on the original 1945 Decca album with original cast members are
noted below. The film version also included a rendition of
“Pace Mio Dio” from Verdi’s LA FORZA DEL DESTINO.
Boss Tweed:
1. Up In Central Park,
CD/Sepia 1203 (Company with the Universal Studio Orchestra) (as
“Tammy Hall Song”?)
Currier And Ives Ballet:
1. Up In Central Park,
CD/Sepia 1203 (Universal Studio Orchestra)
Finale:
1. Up In Central Park,
CD/Sepia 1203 (Deanna Durbin and Dick Haymes with the Universal
Studio Orchestra)
Oh, Say Can You See? (written for the
film version):
1. Up In Central Park,
CD/Sepia 1203 (Deanna Durbin with the Universal Studio
Orchestra)
2. Up In Central Park, CD/Sepia
1203 (Deanna Durbin with orchestra
conducted by Maurice Carleton) (part of "Up In Central Park
Radio Preview")
3. Up In Central Park, CD/Sepia 1203
(Deanna Durbin with orchestra) (part of Screen Guild Theatre
radio broadcast)
Overture:
1. Up In Central Park, CD/Sepia 1203 (Universal Studio Orchestra)
Rip Van Winkle:
1. Up In Central Park,
CD/Sepia 1203 (Deanna Durbin and Company with the Universal
Studio Orchestra)
A Walk On The Promenade (M: Johnny
Green) (written for the film version):
1. Up In Central Park,
CD/Sepia 1203 (Universal Studio Orchestra)
Unrecorded Material:
The Birds And The Bees
Finaletto Act 2
Maypole Dance (inst.)
Opening Scene III
Opening Scene V
Up From The Gutter
When The Party Gives A Party
You Can’t Get Over The Wall