Wonderful Town > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Wonderful Town (17)
Music: Leonard Bernstein (491)
Lyrics: Betty Comden (239), Adolph Green (246)
Book: Jerome Chodorov (7), Joseph Fields (5)

Recording Details

Date: March 8, 1953
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue: Winter Garden Theatre
Liner Notes: Louis Untermeyer (13)
Director: George Abbott [1] (37)
Choreography: Donald Saddler (14)
Music Director: Lehman Engel (116)
Orchestrations: Don Walker (125)
Vocal Arrangements: Lehman Engel (116)
Performer: Edith Adams (20) — Eileen Sherwood, Cris Alexander (12) — Frank Lippencott, Delbert Anderson (6), Ed Balin, Alvin Beam (3), Marta Becket, Jordan Bentley (4) — Wreck, Maxine Berke, Margaret Caddy, Dort Clark (3) — Chick Clark, Carol Cole (2), Geraldine Delaney, Ray Dorian, Jean Eliot, Nathaniel Frey (13), Warren Galjour (9), George Gaynes (15) — Robert Baker, Dody Goodman (11) — Violet, Edward Heim, Pat Johnson, Robert Kole, Joe Layton (26), Albert Linville (10), David Lober (2), Victor Moreno, Evelyn Page (3), Lee Papell (2), Helen Rice, Chris Robinson (2), Rosalind Russell (17) — Ruth Sherwood, Helena Seroy, Libi Staiger (5), William Weslow, Patty Wilkes
Shortcode: [r2192]

Tracks also appear on these releases / recordings

Front Row Center - 1996 Compilation Album

Ohio

Releases (6)

Format: LP
Label: MCA MCA 1528
Released: 1986
Audio: Duophonic
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Shortcode: [rl7807]

Title: American Musicals: Leonard Bernstein
Format: LP
Label: Time-Life STL-AM15
Released: 1983
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Also Contains: Candide - 1956 Original Broadway Cast
West Side Story - 1957 Original Broadway Cast
Notes: Box set containing 48-page booklet with show notes and lyrics.
Lists: 13 collectors / 0 wish lists
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl17591]

WONDERFUL TOWN
Side 1:
1. Christopher Street - Warren Galjour, The Villagers Chorus
2. Ohio - Edith Adams, Rosalind Russell
3. One Hundred Easy Ways - Rosalind Russell
4. What A Waste - George Gaynes, Warren Galjour, Albert Linville
5. A Little Bit Of Love - Edith Adams
6. Pass The Football - Jordan Bentley
7. Conversation Piece - Edith Adams, Chris Alexander, Rosalind Russell, Dort Clark, George Gaynes
Side 2:
1. A Quiet Girl - George Gaynes
2. Conga! - Rosalind Russell, The Cadets
3. My Darlin' Eileen - Edith Adams, Delbert Anderson, Police Chorus
4. Swing! - Rosalind Russell, The Villagers Chorus
5. It's Love - Edith Adams, George Gaynes, The Villagers Chorus
6. Ballet At The Village Vortex - Orchestra
7. Wrong Note Rag - Rosalind Russell, Edith Adams, The Villagers Chorus
CANDIDE
Side 1:
1. Overture - Orchestra
2. The Best of All Possible Worlds – Max Adrian, Barbara Cook, Robert Rounseville, Chorus
3. Oh, Happy We - Robert Rounseville & Barbara Cook
4. It Must Be So - Robert Rounseville
5. Mazurka - Orchestra
6. Glitter and Be Gay - Barbara Cook
7. You Were Dead, You Know - Robert Rounseville & Barbara Cook
8. My Love - William Olvis, Barbara Cook, Irra Petina
9. I Am Easily Assimilated - Irra Petina, George Blackwell, Thomas Pyle, Barbara Cook, Chorus
Side 2:
1. Quartet Finale – Robert Rounseville, Barbara Cook, William Olvis, Irra Petina, Max Adrian
2. Quiet - Barbara Cook, William Olvis, Irra Petina, Robert Rue
3. Eldorado - Robert Rounseville, Chorus
4. Bon Voyage - William Orvis, Chorus
5. What's the Use? - Irra Petina, William Chapman, Norman Roland, Robert Mesrobian, Chorus
6. Gavotte - Irra Petina, Robert Rounseville, Max Adrian, Barbara Cook
7. Finale: Make Our Garden Grow - Company
WEST SIDE STORY
Side 1:
1. Prologue; Jet Song – Mickey Calin, The Jets
2. Something's Coming – Larry Kert
3. The Dance At The Gym - Ensemble
4. Maria – Larry Kert
5. Tonight – Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence
6. America – Marilyn Cooper, Chita Rivera, Shark Girls
7. Cool – Mickey Calin, The Jets
8. One Hand, One Heart – Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence
Side 2:
1. Tonight (Reprise) – Quintet, Ensemble
2. The Rumble - Orchestra
3. I Feel Pretty – Carol Lawrence, Marilyn Cooper, Carmen Guiterrez, Elizabeth Taylor
4. Somewhere – Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence, Reri Grist, Ensemble
5. Gee, Officer Krupke! – Eddie Roll, Grover dale, The Jets
6. A Boy Like That; I Have A Love – Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence
7. Finale