Rodgers: Babes In Arms

 
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RICHARD RODGERS / LORENZ HART
Rodgers: Babes In Arms
Judy Blazer & Gregg Edelman / 1989 Cast Recording

[ New World Records / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 5 October 1990

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Babes in Arms is a 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart and book by Rodgers and Hart. It concerns a group of small-town Long Island teenagers who put on a show to avoid being sent to a work farm by the town sheriff when their actor parents go on the road for five months in an effort to earn some money by reviving vaudeville.

Several songs in Babes in Arms became pop standards, including the title song, "Where or When", "My Funny Valentine", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Johnny One Note" and "I Wish I Were in Love Again".

Babes in Arms opened on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on April 14, 1937, transferred to the Majestic Theatre on October 25, 1937, and closed on December 18, 1937, after 289 performances. The production, under the auspices of Dwight Deere Wiman, was staged by Robert B. Sinclair with choreography by George Balanchine. Settings were by Raymond Sovey, and costumes by Helene Pons. Hans Spialek created the orchestrations and Gene Salzer led the orchestra which included pianists Edgar Fairchild and Adam Carroll. The cast featured Mitzi Green, Ray Heatherton, and Alfred Drake, as well as the Nicholas Brothers.

A studio cast recording starring Gregg Edelman as Val, Judy Blazer as Billie, Jason Graae as Gus, Donna Kane as Dolores, Judy Kaye as Baby Rose, Adam Grupper as Peter, with JQ and the Bandits as the Quartet and featuring the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra was released by New World Records in 1990. (Wiki)

Tracks:

Overture 4:35
Where Or When 4:22
Babes In Arms 2:56
I Wish I Were In Love Again 4:02
Way Out West 5:05
My Funny Valentine 4:03
Johnny One-Note 2:12
Ballet: Johnny One-Note 5:35
Imagine 4:11
All At Once 3:35
Imagine Reprise 1 1:03
Ballet: Peter's Journey 11:25
Imagine Reprise 2 1:04
The Lady Is A Tramp 4:20
You Are So Fair 5:50
Finale 1:14