Scores We Will Probably Never Ever Hear

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 2:42am

1.Marty
2.The Night They Raided Minsky's
3.Paper Moon
4.The Visit
5.Over & Over
6.Grovers Corners
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Updated On: 12/11/04 at 02:42 AM

[wildcat]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 10:01am

"Say Hello to Harvey"...the musical version of "Harvey" starring Donald O'Connor;
"Hello, Suckers!"...the bio of Texas Guinan that did a summer stock season starring Martha Raye;
"Cherry"...the "Bus Stop" musical;
"W.C."...as in Fields, with Mickey Rooney and Bernadette Peters.
Did all of these sink without a trace?
Was Steve Allen's score for "Belle Starr" starring Betty Grable ever recorded?

[timote316]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 10:27am

Hm, I like the idea of "Cherry"... They should dig that up!

[Mattio98]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 10:33am

I was actually lucky enough to see Paper Moon at the Paper Mill Playhouse with Christine Ebersole when I was very young. I wish I could remember more but I do remember it being very good.

I still have hope for The Visit.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 10:35am

I have a demo of Cherry plus a live audio recording of Richard Chamberlain & Mary Tyler Moore in Breakfast At Tiffanys

There was a recording made of WC but probably out of print by now.

By the way, the song "A Lousy Life" from "Sherlock Holmes was originally in Say Hello To Harvey

To bad one record label did not record all these orphan scores

[wildcat]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 10:39am

"Copper and Brass", the Nancy Walker flop?
"Rumple", with Eddie Foy and Gretchen Wyler?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:00pm

Here are some more:

Here's Where I Belong
Billy
Gantry
Rockabye Hamlet
Something's Afoot

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:04pm

mr roxy, what's BREAKFAST like? i love moore and chamberlain.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:06pm

Haven't listened to it in years. Plus it is a recording made from theater sound system so the quality is not professional When I listen to it again, I will let you know

[iluvtheatertrash]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:12pm

A demo of GROVER'S CORNERS was recorded. I have it. You can PM me and I can see about sending it to you through AIM.

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-Rachel Lily Rosenbloom
-Marilyn
-Portofino
-Dude
-Via Galactica

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:21pm

I can safely say you will never hear the score I wrote for AIRPLANE THE MUSICAL...

[wildcat]

Posted: 12/11/04 at 8:05pm

Although my Death of a Salesman musical, "Willy's Boys" may one day tread the boards of Broadway...
Has anyone heard Jule Styne's score for "Something More" which starred Barbara Cook?

Posted: 12/12/04 at 8:07am

Dude was recorded--you can get the CD from www.amazon.com (it's a compilation of two recordings made of the work)

Howabout some of the scores of the incredible Michael John laChiusa

Little Fish
Nutcracker
Lovers and Friends
The Highest Yellow
Petrified Prince

All of these deserve to be recorded and preserved in some form and are IMHO important works from perhaps the most promising more recent theatre composer.

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[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 12:05pm

Even with the 2 recordings of Dude, there were so many songs not on either recording lost forever as there were a ton of songs in the show.

[Loge]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 12:56pm

I have the studio recording of Breakfast at Tiffany's, which represents two versions. It's quite enjoyable. The booklet discusses what went wrong with the show and reportedly Moore was absolutely terrible in the role.

[cturtle]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 1:15pm

loge, that's interesting! thanks for the info

[bryan]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 1:41pm

here are my list that should be on cd 1. inner city 2.by jupiterob rev 67 3. jimmy 4. let it ride 5. maggie flynn 6. say darling. 7. two's company.

[DancerGirl16]

Posted: 12/12/04 at 3:01pm

Anchorman the musical

I hated that movie!