Good morning, all! I am very pissed over last night's noise from the pig above me between midnight and 2 am last night, especially since I went to bed at 11, knowing i had to be up for the McGlinnventory at 6:30. I have no idea how much sleep I got last night and I susopect that by 3 pm I will be comatose. So, I wil shortly be off to Park Avenue and 23rd Street for today's McGlinnventory. After that, I have a stop at Toyland before I head back uptown.
DR Jose, the 1902 WIZARD OF OZ bears as much relationship to the Baum book as I do. Julian Mitchell and his producer Fred Hamlin ran all over Baum and Paul Tietjen's comic opera proposal and brought in a ton of Broadway writers to redo the score. Most of the numbers have absolutley nothing with the plot and provide every excuse for one of the cast to have a star turn in front of an audience. The original production had a lot of numbers and by the time it went into the Witmark Music Library, a lot of interpolations had replaced things. My friend Joseph Rubin has about 30 cut songs and there are another 22 songs now lost.
1903 Broadway Tams-Witmark Rental
Prologue (Tietjens) Prologue
Nicolo's Piccolo Nicolo's Piccolo
In Michigan Down on the Brandywine
When the Circus Comes to Town
Carrie Barry Carrie Barry
The Scarecrow The Scarecrow
Love Is Love (Baum/Tietjens) Love Is Love
When You Love, Love, Love (Baum/Tietjens) When You Love, Love, love
Poppy 'Chorus (Baum/Tietjens) Poppy Chorus
Act Two
Phantom Patrol (Baum/Tietjens) Phantom Patrol
On A Pay Night Evening On a Pay Night Evening
The Witch Behind the Moon Enough to Make A Perfect Lady Mad
Ball of All Nations Dance of All Nations (condensed)
1. Connemara Christening 1. Sitting Bull
2. Spanish Bolero
3. Wee-High and Mon
4. Rosalie
5. I Love Only One Girl 2. I Love Only One girl
Sammy Sammy
Hurrah for Baffin's Bay Baffin's Bay
Star of My Native Land Finale Act Two (original Baum/Tietjens)
Act Three
[Some Sort of Opening?] Opening Act Three
Pimlico Malinda The Traveler and the Pie
Honey, My Sweet Honey, My Sweet