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Subways Are for Sleeping (1962 Original Broadway Cast) | 
 enlarge | Artists: Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green
Label: Fynsworth Alley
Category: Music
Buy New: $28.95
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 129721
Format: Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 5.6 x 0.5
UPC: 030206212327
EAN: 0030206212327
ASIN: B000063BRM
Release Date: March 26, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Overture | | • | Subways Are For Sleeping | | • | Girls Like Me | | • | I'm Just Taking My Time | | • | I Was A Shoe-In | | • | Subway Directions: Ride Through The Night | | • | Who Knows What Might Have Been? | | • | Swing Your Projects | | • | Strange Duet | | • | I Said It And I'm Glad | | • | Be A Santa | | • | How Can You Describe A Face? | | • | I Just Can't Wait | | • | Comes Once In A Lifetime | | • | What Is This Feeling In The Air? | | • | Finale (Subways Are For Sleeping) | | • | Getting Married (Bonus Track) | | • | I'm Just Taking My Time (Bonus Track) | | • | I'm Just Taking My Time - Reprise (I Walk A Little Dog) (Bonus Track) | | • | Hey, Charlie, Let's Talk (Bonus Track) | | • | Life's Not That Simple (Bonus Track) | | • | A Man With A Plan (Bonus Track) |
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 A wondrous look at "What Might Have Been" with Sydney Chaplin and Company November 27, 2005
RareRare
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What a wonderful show! Sydney Chaplin,son of Charlie Chaplin and the grandson of Eugene O'Neill, was a great leading-man find in the 1960's. However, he didn't seem to get along with his leading ladies. First, he and Carol Lawrence almost fought onstage and then he and Barbra Streisand were great enemies in "Funny Girl." But Chaplin won a Tony for "Bells Are Ringing" as did his co-star Judy Holliday.
I think it's time for a revival of "Subways Are For Sleeping." There are two scripts and perhaps combining the two might create an acceptable script. Do it as a early 1960's pastiche and you might have a great revival with Bernadette Peters and James Naughton.
Great idea, huh?
Nostalgic Listening in a New Age February 6, 2004
Sidney L. Vaught (Roanoke, VA United States)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
In 1962, audiences were used to one primary plot in their entertainment. However, "Subways Are For Sleeping" introduced many sub-plots which was unusual for the time. Plus the topic of homelessness was considered extremely taboo in the early sixties. I believe if this show got a good face lift and put back out there, it may just find an audience that it never found before. I liked the "Subway Directions" part of "Ride Through The Night". These patters are still difficult even by today's standards. I think this show was before it's time.Sidney Vaught
www.sidneyvaught.net
 A fun show that flopped with good reason. February 4, 2004
Mark Andrew Lawrence (Toronto)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book for SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING was rewritten hastily while the show was undergoing an out-of-town try-out. Seems they threw the baby out with the bathwater and weakened the show. The score is better than average with typical Jule Styne songs and some sprightly lyrics from Comden and Green. You will NEVER mistake this for some overlooked masterpiece, but if you have a taste for fun flops this is one to enjoy. Carol Lawrence (of WEST SIDE STORY) is the femme lead while Sydney Chaplin croaks his way through his songs. (Jule Styne must have liked him - he cast him in BELLS ARE RINGING and FUNNY GIRL too!) Orson Beans sings about as well as most comics but Phyllis Newman won a Tony for her role as the girl with no clothes on. (The booklet will explain the convoluted plot though I doubt by the ened of the show few bothered to follow it.) It's nice to have this old album back on Cd. Even if you don't buy it for listening, get it as in investment: once the limited pressing sells out there will be no more and this will go up in value!
They don't make'm like this anymore! December 13, 2003
Jack Horohoe (Kenmore, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I saw "Subways" on opening night.It is a shame that this show didn't make the cut. It was truly a terrific Broadway show. A great score, superb cast and a show that made you hum the score as you left the theatre. I would love to see a revival. Perhaps the audiences of today would appreciate what the critics of 1962 didn't. Considering buying it? You will pleased.
 classy score with Carol Lawrence and Phyllis Newman October 25, 2003
Byron Kolln (the corner where Broadway meets Hollywood)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
SUBWAYS ARE FOR SLEEPING is another of those fabulous Broadway flops which has a million-dollar score, and a cast direct from heaven. This new limited edition reissue from Fynsworth Alley is a welcome addition to any cast album collection.
Carol Lawrence (the original Maria in WEST SIDE STORY) and Sydney Chaplin (the original Nick Arnstein in FUNNY GIRL) headlined the musical, with a feisty firecracker supporting performance from Phyllis Newman who won a Tony for her showstopping turn in the supporting role of Martha Vale.
The score from Jule Styne is, as always, top-notch (he also wrote the scores for FUNNY GIRL; DARLING OF THE DAY; HALLELUJAH, BABY! and PRETTYBELLE, among others) whilst the lyrics of Betty Comden and Adolph Green are caustic, canny and witty.
Carol Lawrence sings some of the score's choice material including her introductory "Girls Like Me" and the infectious eleven o'clock number "I Said It and I'm Glad". Phyllis Newman's comedic skills are showcased in "I Was a Shoo-In" in which her character enacts a sordid Civil War melodrama.
The score is sublime. Included as bonus tracks are some songs cut from the show during tryouts, including rare demos by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, as well as Rose Marie Jun.
This is a limited edition release from Fynsworth Alley (limited to 5000 pressings). In addition I also recommend Fynsworth's reissues of REDHEAD, SAIL AWAY and JUNO (the latter is a Fynsworth website exclusive).
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