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

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