Once On This Island > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: Once on This Island (6)
Music: Stephen Flaherty (75)
Lyrics: Lynn Ahrens (63)
Book: Lynn Ahrens (63)

Recording Details

Date: July 11, 1990
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Method: Studio
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue: Booth Theatre
Group/Studio: Playwrights Horizons
Recording Studio: BMG Studio C
Producer: Jay David Saks (62)
Engineer: Paul Goodman (33), James Nichols (21)
Liner Notes: Bill Rosenfield (78)
Package Design: J.J. Stelmach (5)
Photography: Martha Swope (21)
Director: Graciela Daniele (26)
Choreography: Graciela Daniele (26)
Conductor: Steve Marzullo (8)
Music Director: Steve Marzullo (8)
Orchestrations: Michael Starobin (112)
Performer: Jerry Dixon (13), Andrea Frierson-Toney (6), Andrea Frierson (3), Sheila Gibbs (7), Grands Hommes, LaChanze (37), Kecia Lewis-Evans (10), Afi McClendon, Gerry McIntyre (9), Milton Craig Nealy (7), Nikki Renée (23), Eric Riley (7), Keith Tyrone (2), Fuschia Walker, Ellis Williams, Ellis E. Williams (3)
Shortcode: [r2292]

Tracks also appear on these releases / recordings

Celebrate Broadway, Vol. 7: Kids! - 1995 Compilation

Waiting for Life

Releases (3)

Format: CD
Label: RCA 60595-2-RC
Released: 1990-09-25
Barcode: 090266059522
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# Tracks: 20
Lists: 491 collectors / 16 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl1941]

1.	We Dance
2.	One Small Girl
3.	Waiting for Life
4.	And the Gods Heard Her Prayer
	Rain
5.	Pray
6.	Forever Yours
7.	The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes
8.	Ti Moune
9.	Mama Will Provide
10.	Some Say
11.	The Human Heart
12.	Pray (Reprise)
13.	Some Girls
14.	The Ball
15.	Ti Moune's Dance
16.	When We Are Wed
17.	Forever Yours (Reprise)
18.	A Part of Us
19.	Why We Tell the Story

Format: LP
Label: Masterworks Broadway 585759
Released: 2018-08-31
Barcode: 0190758575919
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Notes: 2-LP Gatefold Set. Available for the first time on vinyl. Barnes & Noble exclusive.
# Tracks: 19
Lists: 3 collectors / 1 wish list
History: 1 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl61343]

Side A:
1. We Dance
2. One Small Girl
3. Waiting for Life
4. And the Gods Heard Her Prayer / Rain
Side B:
5. Pray
6. Forever Yours
7. The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes
8. Ti Moune
Side C:
9. Mama Will Provide
10. Some Say
11. The Human Heart
12. Pray (reprise)
13. Some Girls
Side D:
14. The Ball
15. Ti Moune's Dance
16. When We Are Wed
17. Forever Yours (reprise)
18. A Part of Us
19. Why We Tell the Story

Format: CD
Label: Masterworks Broadway 790258
Released: 2011-05-31
Barcode: 886979025820
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Notes: Budget re-release in cardboard ecopack sleeve
# Tracks: 19
Lists: 10 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl35051]

1. We Dance
2. One Small Girl
3. Waiting For Life
4. And The Gods Heard Her Prayer / Rain; And The Gods Heard Her Prayer Rain
5. Pray
6. Forever Yours
7. The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes
8. Ti Moune
9. Mama Will Provide
10. Some Say
11. The Human Heart
12. Pray (Reprise)
13. Some Girls
14. The Ball
15. Ti Moune's Dance
16. When We Are Wed
17. Forever Yours (Reprise)
18. A Part of Us
19. Why We Tell the Story