A Tree Grows In Brooklyn > Original Broadway Cast

Show Details

Show: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (4)
Music: Arthur Schwartz (254)
Lyrics: Dorothy Fields (370)
Book: George Abbott [1] (37), Betty Smith

Recording Details

Date: April 1951
Type: Audio / Stage Cast
Language: English
Location: US / NY / New York
Theatre/Venue: Alvin Theatre
Producer: Goddard Lieberson (90)
Director: George Abbott [1] (37)
Choreography: Herbert Ross (27)
Conductor: Max Goberman (11)
Music Director: Max Goberman (11)
Orchestrations: Robert Russell Bennett (205), Joe Glover (6)
Dance Music: Oscar Kosarin (7)
Performer: Delbert Anderson (6), Shirley Booth (8) — Cissy, Art Carroll, Harland Dixon — Old Clothes Man, Marcia van Dyke — Katie, Johnny Ford, Nathaniel Frey (13) — Harry, Jeanne Grant (4), Johnny Johnston (5) — Johnny Nolan, Albert Linville (10) — Swanswine, Patti Milligan, Nomi Mitty — Francie, John Mooney, Janet Parker, Beverly Purvin, Feodore Tedick (2), Kenneth Utt, Beverly Jane Welch (3), Elnora Williams, Doris Wright
Shortcode: [r3914]

Releases (9)

Format: CD
Label: Sony Broadway SK 48014
Released: 1991-11-15
Barcode: 0074644801422
Audio: Mono
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Producer: Didier C. Deutsch (162)
Liner Notes: Ken Mandelbaum (33)
# Tracks: 17
Lists: 156 collectors / 8 wish lists
History: 2 Revisions
Shortcode: [rl3556]

1.	Overture -- Orchestra
2.	Payday -- Johnny Johnston, Ensemble
	Mine 'til Monday
3.	Make the Man Love Me -- Marcia van Dyke, Johnny Johnston
4.	I'm Like a New Broom -- Johnny Johnston, Ensemble
5.	Look Who's Dancing -- Marcia van Dyke, Shirley Booth, Ensemble
6.	Love Is the Reason -- Shirley Booth, Ensemble
7.	If You Haven't Got a Sweetheart -- Delbert Anderson, Ensemble
8.	I'll Buy You a Star -- Johnny Johnston, Ensemble
9.	That's How It Goes -- Harland Dixon, Patti Milligan, Janet Parker, Ensemble
10.	He Had Refinement -- Shirley Booth
11.	Growing Pains -- Johnny Johnston, Nomi Mitty
12.	Is That My Prince? -- Shirley Booth, Albert Linville
13.	Dance -- Orchestra
	Halloween Interlude
14.	Don't Be Afraid -- Johnny Johnston
15.	Finale -- Dody Heath, Joe Calvan, Billy Parsons, Lou Wills, Jr.

Title: 16 Hits from 4 Great Shows
Format: CD
Label: CBS Special Products AK 44060
Released: 1987
Barcode: 079894406038
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Also Contains: Annie Get Your Gun - 1963 Studio Cast
Oklahoma! - 1964 Studio Cast
Show Boat - 1961 Studio Cast
# Tracks: 16
Length: 60:16
Lists: 8 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl24291]

01. Where's the Mate for Me? / Make Believe [SHOW BOAT]
02. Ol' Man River [SHOW BOAT]
03. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [SHOW BOAT]
04. Bill [SHOW BOAT]
05. Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' [OKLAHOMA!]
06. The Surrey with the Fringe on Top [OKLAHOMA!]
07. People Will Say We're in Love [OKLAHOMA!]
08. Oklahoma [OKLAHOMA!]
09. The Girl That I Marry [ANNIE GET YOUR GUN]
10. They Say It's Wonderful [ANNIE GET YOUR GUN]
11. I Got the Sun in the Morning [ANNIE GET YOUR GUN]
12. There's No Business Like Show Business [ANNIE GET YOUR GUN]
13. Make the Man Love Me [A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN]
14. Look Who's Dancing [A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN]
15. Love Is the Reason [A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN]
16. I'll Buy You a Star [A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN]

Format: LP
Label: Columbia Special Products AML 4405
Released: 1973
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Notes: Early editions use standard blue Collectors' Series cover. Later pressings reproduce original cover art.
Lists: 5 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl8926]

Format: LP
Label: Columbia ML4405
Released: 1951
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Notes: Original mono release.
Lists: 10 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl12491]

Format: 4-45
Label: Columbia A 1712
Released: 1951
Lists: 1 collector / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl11956]

Format: 7-78
Label: Columbia MM 1000
Released: 1951
Lists: 1 collector / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl11955]

Format: LP
Label: Columbia OL 4405
Released: 1951
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Notes: In the mid-1950s Columbia switched their cast albums prefixes from ML (Masterworks Lp) series to OL (Original Cast Lp). Later pressings use the OL prefix.
Lists: 14 collectors / 0 wish lists
Shortcode: [rl4116]