The cast was restricted to youngsters, many of whom eventually became stars, and included Mitzi Green, Alex Courtney, Alfred Drake, Ray Heatherton, The Nicholas Brothers, Dan Dailey, Robert Rounseville, Grace MacDonald, and Wynn Murray. Rodgers and Hart had decided they wanted this show to be all their own so they wrote the book as well as the words and music and they brought in George Balanchine for the choreography. Despite its lack of the de rigueur line of semi-nude show girls to stir up ticket sales, it ran for the better part of a year (289 performances), closing December 18, 1937. Nothing much comes of it until a deus ex machina in the form of a French transatlantic aviator crash-landing his plane in their midst generates enough publicity to make the kids' show a hit.īabes in Arms tried out in Boston and then opened in New York at the Shubert Theater April 14, 1937. The youngsters decide to resist an attempt to send them to a work-farm by putting on a show of their own to raise money for a local youth center. The story finds a troupe of Depression era vaudeville performers who are unable to get work deciding to light out for the territories in an attempt to make some kind of living, leaving behind,as unlikely as it might seem, even for show biz types, their kids to fend for themselves. It's plot was slight and far fetched but the Rodgers and Hart score produced more American Standard songs than any other show by the songwriting team. The idea for it emerged while Rodgers and Hart were walking in Central Park and noticed some creative children making up their own games. The Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland Collection (Babes in Arms / Babes on Broadway / Girl Crazy / Strike Up the Band)īabes in Arms was not only a typical "Come on kids, let's put on a show" musical, but perhaps the first of its kind. Lorenz Hart: A Poet on Broadway, New York, Oxford University Press, 1994. Musical Stages: An Autobiography, New York: Random House, 1975 (Da Capo paper bound Ed., 2002, pictured above.īabes in Arms cast album from the 1999 New York City Center Encores! production Songs from Babes in Arms other than "Where or When" included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook:įor a complete listing of songs used in the original production of the Broadway show Babes in Arms, see IBDB song list.įor a complete listing of songs used in the movie Babes in Arms, see IMDB soundtrack. View at Amazon.Ĭafe Songbook Reading Room "Where or When" More Performances of "'Where of When" in the Cafe SongbookĬhristine DiGiallonardo has recorded an album with her sisters. On the Diana Krall studio album Quiet Nights (2009) - See below. "Where or When," also in Bossa Nova style, is featured Two Twenty-first century live performances Main Stage || Record/Video Cabinet || Reading Room || Posted Comments || Credits (Portions of this page have not yet been completed. 3) When searching for a song title on the catalog page, omit an initial "The" or "A". Search Tips: 1) Click "Find on This Page" button to activate page search box. Home || Songs || Songwriters || Performers || Articles and Blogs || Glossary || About Cafe Songbook || Contact/Submit Comment Welcome to Cafe Songbook Internet Home of the "Where or When": Song history, Commentary, Discography, Performances on Video
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