By George (1946)

Book, music, & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Miriam Dubin, & James Lincoln

Written for Sondheim's prep school, George School

Performed 5/25/46 at George School

Song(s) & Available Recordings

Act One

• Glad t' See Ya

• I'm a Fast Worker

• What to Do at George School

  • Sondheim Sings, Vol. II (1946-60)

• I'll Meet You at the "Donut"

  • Sondheim on Sondheim 2010 Original Broadway Cast Album [opening line only]

• Men

  • Sondheim Sings, Vol. II (1946-60)

• Routine Blues

• All's Fair

• Puppy Love

• After All

• No Fussing

• The Reason Why

Act Two

• George School Frowns

• Jitterbug

• Study Hall Dirge

• After All

• If There's Anything I Can't Stand

• Bitterness

  • Sondheim Sings, Vol. II (1946-60)

• Faculty Song

• Wallflowers' Waltz

• My Last K.O.B.

• Finale

Cut

• It Must Be Spring

Phinney's Rainbow (1948)

Book & lyrics by Stephen Sondheim & Josiah T.S. Horton

Written for Williams College

Performed 4/30/48 through 5/8/48 at Adams Memorial Theater, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

Song(s) & Available Recordings

Act One

• Opening Number

• Strength Through Sex

• Alumnum's Song

• Alma Mater

• How Do I Know?

  • Sondheim Sings, Vol. II (1946-60)

• Dance

• We're Gonna Have a Meeting

• The Dim Dinner

• I Opened a Book

• Faculty Song

• Ave Alumnum

• Professors' Reports

• Finaletto

Act Two

• Dogma Nu

• The Dim Dinner (Reprise)

• Gwendolyn and Yolanda

• The Q-Ladies' Waltz

• Fumblington Girls' Song

• Phinney's Rainbow

• Tap Dance

• Lullaby

• Dream Ballet

• The Q-Ladies' Waltz (Reprise)

• Still Got My Heart

• Finale

All That Glitters (1949)

Book by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the 1924 play Beggar on Horseback by George S. Kaufman & Marc Connelly

Assignment from Oscar Hammerstein II to adapt a play he admired

Performed 3/18/49 through 3/22/49 at Adams Memorial Theater, Williams College, Williamstown, MA

Song(s) & Available Recordings

Act One

• Prologue: When I See You

• Wedding Sequence

• I Love You Et Cetera

• The Cadys

• The Good Old American Dollar

• The Bordelaise

• Dance

• Let's Not Fall in Love

• The People Will Hear

Act Two

• It's a Grand Country

• I Need Love

• Dance

• Pantomime

• You've Broken My Heart

• Drink to Zee Moon

• I Must Be Dreaming

  • The Stephen Sondheim Album

  • Stephen Sondheim: The Story So Far...Suicide Sequence

• Epilogue: When I See You (Reprise)

High Tor (1949, unproduced)

Book by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the 1936 play High Tor by Maxwell Anderson

Assignment from Oscar Hammerstein II to adapt a play he liked but thought flawed

Song(s) & Available Recordings

High Tor

List a While, Lady

The Wonder of You

Mary Poppins (1950, abandoned)

Book by Stephen Sondheim
Based on the stories of Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Alternate title: Bad Tuesday

Assignment from Oscar Hammerstein II to adapt an existing novel or short story not previously dramatized

Song(s) & Available Recordings

Ad

Miss Andrew

The Sun Is Blue

Tea

Where To from Here (1950)

Revue for Williams College

Song(s) & Available Recordings

No Sad Songs for Me

Climb High (1952, unproduced)

Book by Stephen Sondheim

Assignment from Oscar Hammerstein II to write an original musical

Song(s) & Available Recordings

• Advice

• Bright Star

• Chris and David I (Stars Give Light) [cut]

• Chris and David II (No Star of Night) [cut]

• Climb High

• Cocktail Party [cut]

• Delta Iota Mu [cut]

• Have You Been Waiting Long?

• I Don't Want to Fall in Love with You

• I'm in Love with a Boy

  • Wall to Wall Sondheim

• In a Year from Now

• In the Tradition (Greek)

• Nice Town, But-

• Not for Children

• Party, Party

• Pavement Pounding Sequence

• The Lay of a Gay Young Man

• The New York Follies

• This Is Show Biz

• Waltz

• When I Get Famous

  • Move On: A Sondheim Adventure

  • Sondheim Sings, Vol. II (1946-60)

• Where Do I Belong?

  • Sondheim Sings, Vol. II (1946-60)

• Yoo-Hoo!

Bequest (1949, abandoned)

A novel by Stephen Sondheim