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