Kismet

Show Details

Music

Alexander Borodin (38)

Lyrics

George Forrest (147), Robert Wright (144)

Book

Luther Davis (3), Charles Lederer (8)

Additional Music

George Forrest (147), Robert Wright (144)

Type

Operetta

Notes

Kismet was revived on Broadway in 1978 in a revised version titled Timbuktu!

Premiere

December 3, 1953

Recordings

Audio Recordings

		Kismet - 1953 Original Broadway Cast
		Selections From the Musical Production Kismet - 1953 Studio Cast
		Kismet - 1954 Percy Faith & His Orchestra
		Kismet - 1955 Film Soundtrack
		Kismet - 1955 Compilation Album
		Kismet: A Jazz Interpretation - 1958 The Mastersounds
		Vocal Gems From The Show And The Film Kismet - 1958 Studio Cast
		Kismet - 1960 Studio Cast
		Kismet - 1961 Studio Cast
		Kismet - 1963 Studio Cast
		Kismet - 1964 Studio Cast
		Kismet - 1965 Lincoln Center Cast
		Timbuktu! - 1978 Studio Cast
		Kismet - 1989 London Studio Cast
		Kismet - 1991 Studio Cast

Video Recordings

Kismet - 1955 Film

Noncommercial Audio Recordings

Kismet - 1994 BBC Radio

Noncommercial Video Recordings

Kismet - 1967 TV Cast

Songs also appear on these recordings (65)

		Recording	Songs
		And This Is My Beloved / Two Purple Shadows - 1953 Jerry Vale	And This Is My Beloved
		Baubles, Bangles and Beads / Fini - 1953 Lu Ann Simms	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Danny At The Palace - 1953 Danny Kaye	Not Since Nineveh
		I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me / Night Of My Nights - 1953 Champ Butler	Night of My Nights
		Stranger In Paradise / Why Does It Have To Be Me? - 1953 Tony Bennett	Stranger in Paradise
		Starring Sammy Davis Jr. - 1955 Sammy Davis Jr.	And This Is My Beloved
		Dancing Down Broadway - 1956 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra	Stranger in Paradise
		Theatreland Encores - 1957 Edmund Hockridge	Stranger in Paradise
		Baubles, Bangles, And Beads - 1958 The Kirby Stone Four	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		An Evening with Fred Astaire - 1958 Television Soundtrack	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Gormé Sings Showstoppers - 1958 Eydie Gormé	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Ros On Broadway - 1958 Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra	Stranger in Paradise
		Song Hits from Theatreland - 1958 Mantovani and his Orchestra	Stranger in Paradise
		The Stage Door Swings - 1958 Stan Kenton	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Swingin' on Broadway - 1958 Jonah Jones Quartet	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Front Row Center - 1959 Charles K.L. Davis	And This Is My Beloved
		Music From Shubert Alley - 1959 TV Special	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Percussion On Stage - 1960 Maury Laws Orchestra	Stranger in Paradise
		Broadway's Fair Julie Andrews - 1961 Julie Andrews	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Show Souvenirs - 1961 Harry Secombe	Stranger in Paradise
		Soft Strings And Two Guitars - 1962 Tommy Edwards	Stranger in Paradise
		Broadway Pianorama - 1963 Cy Coleman	Night of My Nights
		Overture: American Musical Theatre, Vol. 4 (1953-1960) - 1963 Hugo Montenegro & Orchestra	And This Is My Beloved, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Stranger in Paradise
		A Treasury of Golden Hits - 1963 Sammy Davis Jr.	And This Is My Beloved
		Meet Marvelous Marilyn Maye - 1965 Marilyn Maye	Night of My Nights
		I Hear a Symphony - 1966 The Supremes	Stranger in Paradise
		Invitation to Broadway - 1966 Matt Monro	Stranger in Paradise
		Broadway Spectacular - 1967 London Festival Orchestra	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Allan Jones Sings Only the Greatest - 1968 Allan Jones	And This Is My Beloved
		Born To Sing - 1970 Phyllis Diller	And This Is My Beloved
		A Little Bit Of Broadway - 1977 Julie Andrews	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		An Evening Of Musicals - 1991 Various Artists	Stranger in Paradise
		On the Boards - 1992 Anthony Warlow	Fate
		Romance & The Stage - 1993 Elaine Paige	And This Is My Beloved, He's in Love, Stranger in Paradise
		The Sullivan Years: Best Of Broadway, Vol. 2 - 1993 Original Cast Performances	Stranger in Paradise
		Celebrating the Musicals - 1994 Various Artists	And This Is My Beloved, He's in Love, Not Since Nineveh, Stranger in Paradise
		Leading Men Don't Dance - 1997 Off-Broadway Cast	Stranger in Paradise
		Here For You - 1998 Petula Clark	Stranger in Paradise
		Minnelli on Minnelli - 1999 Original Broadway Cast	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Make Believe: The Hollywood Baritones - 2000 Jason Howard	Stranger in Paradise
		Kismet & Camelot - 2001 Cecilia Coleman	And This Is My Beloved, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Night of My Nights, Sands of Time, Stranger in Paradise
		The Broadway Musicals of 1953 - 2003 Town Hall Broadway by the Year Series	And This Is My Beloved, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, Stranger in Paradise
		Harem - 2003 Sarah Brightman	Stranger in Paradise
		Dreamer - 2004 Eliane Elias	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		Broadway Unplugged 2 - 2005 Concert Cast	Fate
		The Great Musicals: Wonderful Tales - 2005 Compilation	The Olive Tree
		I Believe My Heart: Broadway Duets with All My Leading Men - 2006 Laurie Gayle Stephenson	Stranger in Paradise
		Stranger In Paradise - 2007 Alfie Boe	Stranger in Paradise
		Sweet Hello - 2007 Sarah Lawrence	And This Is My Beloved
		Dreamland - 2008 Brent Spiner	Stranger in Paradise
		My Personal Property - 2008 Christiane Noll	And This Is My Beloved
		Wonderful At Last - 2008 Marilyn Michaels	Stranger in Paradise
		Moments to Remember - 2009 Beegie Adair	Stranger in Paradise
		World In Union - 2009 Jack Foley & Franz Hepburn	Stranger in Paradise
		At The Movies: The Bonus Tracks - 2013 John Wilson Orchestra	Stranger in Paradise
		My Baby Just Cares for Me - 2014 Rachael Beck and David Hobson	Stranger in Paradise
		Something's Gotta Give - 2014 Simon Keenlyside & Scarlett Strallen	Stranger in Paradise
		Plays With Music - 2019 Brian Stokes Mitchell	Gesticulate
		Together at a Distance - 2021 Sierra Boggess and Julian Ovenden	Stranger in Paradise
		At Last - Phyllis Pastore	Night of My Nights
		L'Etranger Au Paradis / Toi, Mon Démon - Gloria Lasso	Stranger in Paradise
		Guys Allowed: A Collection of Male Vocalists of the '50s Highlighting the Rarities - Compilation	Night of My Nights
		Leading Ladies Sing the Movie Classics - Compilation	Baubles, Bangles and Beads
		My Fair Lady / Gigi / Kismet - The Senator Singers	And This Is My Beloved, Baubles, Bangles and Beads, He's in Love, Stranger in Paradise
		Super-Singer: A Tribute to Johnny Carson - Marilyn Maye	Night of My Nights

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