''On the Record'' (sometimes referred to as ''Disney's On the Record'') is a

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featuring many classic songs from a variety of

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and

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s and

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produced by

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s produced by Walt Disney Theatrical, and even

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attractions. This theatrical celebration of 75 years of

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music tells the story of four singers recording a

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in a magical recording studio. After opening in

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in 2004, the production toured for nine months, visiting 24 cities in the

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before closing in

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in mid-2005.

Production development history

Following the successful stage productions of ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', Walt Disney Theatrical began to brainstorm a way to showcase Disney's wide catalogue of songs without the use of a movie screen to present them. The result was ''When You Wish'', a new revue that, though intended to ultimately to play on Broadway, failed to make it past the

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stage, despite having

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-winning actress

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attached to the project. Instead, Walt Disney Theatrical president Thomas Schumacher, along with director and choreographer

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, conceived a new show meant specifically for the road: ''On the Record'', which would tell a very simple story of four recording artists in a studio. Though the developers of the production originally planned to create more complex characters and greater tension between them in the studio, they instead eventually "watered down" the plot for more general revue entertainment, because, says Longbottom, the "songs were from so many different character points of views,

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couldn't begin to create a book musical that would allow them to coexist." After the basic concept of the show had been developed, musical arranger and supervisor David Chase joined the project. Collaborating with Longbottom, Chase delved through Disney's music canon to extract songs that would showcase the personality of the characters and would be able to tell the story without spoken words. Designers Robert Brill, Gregg Barnes, and Natasha Katz took on the task of creating a classy show with modest design elements, so the production would be able to travel easily. After technical elements of the show began to come together, casting auditions were held in June 2004 around the country, including New York City and Cleveland. Broadway veterans Emily Skinner and Brian Sutherland were cast as the older, more experienced couple of recording artists, while newcomers Ashley Brown and Andrew Samonsky were cast in the roles of the newer musicians. Richard Easton received the role of the Sound Engineer, a part that was ultimately cut from the show.

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, as the only actor to regularly replace one of the original four leads, took over Skinner's role as Diane on January 15, 2005. In its 36-week tour, ''On the Record'' was performed for over 350,000 people, opening on November 19, 2004 at

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's Palace Theater and closing July 31, 2005 at

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's Denver Center for the Performing Arts. While the production was originally planned to run through September 4, after playing to disappointing, small audiences, the production ultimately decided on an earlier closing date after only two months on the road. There are currently no plans for either

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or non-Equity licensing of the production. In April 2009, the show saw new life in the form of Children's Musical Theatre of San Jose's production of ''When You Wish'', a separate revue based on ''On the Record''. Adapted by the theater's artistic director, Kevin Hauge, ''When You Wish'', much unlike its basis, tells the story of three children who stumble upon a fantasy world in which they meet many beloved Disney characters. While ''When You Wish'' abandons the recording studio setting, it incorporates ''On the Records same catalog of 71 years of Disney music. Later in 201
White Plains Performing Arts Center
presented the regional premiere of the production in its original form with a few new additions to the production.

Original touring company

Regional Premiere (White Plains PAC)

Synopsis

''On the Record'', like most revues, involves characters that express their personalities and emotions with the use of song, rather than speech. In this case, the characters tell the show's simple, almost non-existent plot through selections of Disney music. The story is one of a love rectangle between four

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s, including reigning

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Diane, matinee idol Julian, and the fresh faces on the music scene Kristen and Nick, recording a Disney

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. Upon entering the studio, Kristen instantly develops a crush on teen heartthrob-to-be, Nick,Kristen: Oh, I really think you're swell. We could ring the bell. Oo wee! And if you stick with me, nothing could be greater, say hey alligator. Let's get together, yeah yeah yeah. (''On the Record'') Burbank: Disney, 2004 though Nick initially denies any attraction.Nick: At least out loud, I won't say I'm in love. (''On the Record'') Burbank: Disney, 2004 Meanwhile, Julian attempts to rekindle an apparent ex-relationship with DianeJulian: So the years went by – I stayed the same. She began to drift away – I was left alone. Still, I waited for the day when she'd say, "I will always love you." (''On the Record'') Burbank: Disney, 2004 but is often interrupted by his

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ation with the younger talent. As the show comes to an end, though, Diane comes back to Julian, remembering how precious their time together had once been.Diane: If I never knew you, if I never felt this love, I would have no inkling of how precious life can be. (''On the Record'') Burbank: Disney, 2004 Nick, in turn, learns to embrace love and professes that he will always be there for Kristen.Nick: I'll be with you. I'll be there for you always. / Kristen: Always and always. (''On the Record'') Burbank: Disney, 2004

Music

Musical numbers in ''On the Record'' are performed by the previously mentioned four principal characters, as well as a separate, unnamed

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, and an eight-member

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. While the show is often advertised as a collection of 64 Disney songs, there are actually 71, with three of them

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d. Hardly any song, however, is performed in its entirety.Nick: It's our problem free philosophy: / Company: Hakuna Ma— Bibbidi-bobbidi... (''On the Record'') Burbank: Disney, 2004 Under the musical adaptation and arrangement by David Chase, songs also take different twists on their original counterparts from film or stage. "Be Our Guest" especially drifts from the original film version in that it is sung in a surplus of different

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s. Julian sings a portion of the song in

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, Diane sings in

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, Kristen sings in

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, Nick sings in

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, and the company sings other portions in

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and other languages. "The Work Song", however, hardly drifts from the original version at all, digitally altering the characters' voices to imitate those of ''

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. The 75 years of Disney music represented in the revue dates back to "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo" from a

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Mickey Mouse short called ''Mickey's Follies'', with the recent selection being "Will the Sun Ever Shine Again" from the

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film ''

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''. ''On the Record'' includes a total of eight

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winners: " When You Wish Upon a Star" from ''

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'', "

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" from ''

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'', "

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" from ''

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'', "

" from ''

'', "

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" from ''

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'', "

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" from ''

'', "

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" from ''

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'', and " You'll Be in My Heart" from ''

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''. The catalogue of music does not only come from the screen, however, but also from such Disneyland attractions as

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and

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, both with songs by Disney's prolific songwriter brother duo, Richard and Robert Sherman. Also performed in the musical is

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's " A Change in Me" — a song written for

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when she entered the role of Belle in the

production of ''

''. The songs are grouped into 15 recording sessions, as well as a

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, finale, and a collection of

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s played after curtain call as the audience exits the

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, with each section's songs holding a unifying theme. Some sessions contain themes such as falling in love, while others may contain songs made up of entirely

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, or even numbers about foreign

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. More often than not, songs within a session are presented in the form of a

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, leading directly into one another, without a break between them.Company: Take my hand – there's a world I need to know (From ''

'''s "Strangers Like Me") just around the riverbend. (From ''

'''s "Just Around the Riverbend") / Diane: You think the only people who are people are the people who look and think like you. (From ''Pocahontas'''s "

") (''On the Record'') Burbank: Disney, 2004 Released to stores on March 15, 2005, the

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, featuring the entire original cast, excluding Emily Skinner and including Kaitlin Hopkins, received decent reviews. Produced by

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, the two-disc set with a total of 45 tracks was mostly acclaimed for the talent of the cast and the timelessness of the Disney favorites. Because the show contains very little dialogue, the two discs are a recording of very nearly the entire show. Further, in a meta-twist, because the show's plot involves the characters recording an album of Disney's greatest hits, the cast album effectively is the very compilation that the characters are working to create.

Prologue

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" is a song written and composed by Mack David, Al Hoffman and Jerry Livingston for the Walt Disney film ''Cinderella'' (1950). In the song, Cinderella (voiced by Ilene Woods) encourages her animal friends to ...

(

) *

Whistle While You Work "Whistle While You Work" is a song with music written by Frank Churchill and lyrics written by Larry Morey for the 1937 animated Disney film ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. It was performed in the film by voice actress Adriana Caselotti. It ...

/Give a Whistle (

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and

)

Session 1

I Won't Say (I'm in Love) "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist David Zippel for Disney's animated film ''Hercules'' (1997). Included on the film's soundtrack, the song is performed by American actress and singer Susan Egan in ...

/ Let's Get Together/Belle (

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, The Parent Trap, and

) *

Someday My Prince Will Come "Someday My Prince Will Come" is a song from Walt Disney's 1937 animated movie ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs''. It was written by Larry Morey (lyrics) & Frank Churchill (music), and performed by Adriana Caselotti (Snow White's voice in the mo ...

/ Once Upon a Dream (

and

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

)

Session 2

*The Walrus and the Carpenter/ I Wanna Be Like You (

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatur ...

and

The Jungle Book ''The Jungle Book'' (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, w ...

) *Prince Ali (

) *

I Just Can't Wait to Be King "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" is a song written by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) for the Disney animated feature film ''The Lion King'' (1994). The song is performed by American actor and singer Jason Weaver as the singing voice of y ...

Lavender Blue "Lavender's Blue" (also called "Lavender Blue") is an English folk song and nursery rhyme from the 17th century. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 3483. It has been recorded in various forms and some pop versions have been hits in the U.S. and ...

(

and

So Dear to My Heart ''So Dear to My Heart'' is a 1948 American live-action/animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Its world premiere was in Chicago, Illinois, on November 29, 1948. Like 1946's ''Song of the South'', the film comb ...

) *

When She Loved Me "When She Loved Me" is a song written by Randy Newman for Disney and Pixar's animated film ''Toy Story 2'' (1999), and recorded by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan. The song reveals the backstory of Jessie, a toy cowgirl, as she reflects upon her ...

(

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)

Session 3

*Minnie's Yoo-Hoo (Mickey's Follies) * Heigh-Ho (

) *The Work Song (

) *I'm Wishing/One Song (

)

Session 4

*You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly! (

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) *So This Is Love (

) *

(

) *The Second Star to the Right (

)

Session 5

(

) * Part of Your World (

) *

Poor Unfortunate Souls "Poor Unfortunate Souls" is a song from the Walt Disney Pictures animated film ''The Little Mermaid''. Written by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken and performed by Pat Carroll, "Poor Unfortunate Souls" is sung to Princess Ariel by Ursula the Sea W ...

(

) * Kiss the Girl (

)

Session 6

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Session 7

Bella Notte "Bella Notte" (Italian for "Beautiful Night") is a song for the 1955 animated motion picture ''Lady and the Tramp'' from Walt Disney Productions. The music is by Sonny Burke and the lyrics are by Peggy Lee. The song was performed in the film by ...

Les Poissons "Les Poissons" (in French "les poissons" simply means "the fishes") is a song from the 1989 film '' The Little Mermaid'', which is sung in the film and in ''The Little Mermaid'' Broadway show by the character Chef Louis. Chef Louis is voiced by Re ...

(

Lady and the Tramp ''Lady and the Tramp'' is a 1955 American animated musical romance film produced by Walt Disney and released by Buena Vista Film Distribution. The 15th Disney animated feature film, it was directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and ...

and

) *Ev'rybody Wants to Be a Cat/The Siamese Cat Song/ The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room (

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, and

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Session 8

*Higitus Figitus/

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/Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee/Following the Leader/

/The Dwarfs' Yodel Song (The Silly Song)/ Hakuna Matata/Mickey Mouse March ( The Sword in the Stone,

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*Let's Go Fly a Kite (

)

Session 9

*I Will Go Sailing No More/Just Around the Riverbend/Strangers Like Me (Toy Story,

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Session 10

*"When I See an Elephant Fly" (Dumbo) *"Look Out For Mister Stork" (Dumbo) *"Pink Elephants on Parade" (Dumbo) *"Baby Mine (song), Baby Mine" (Dumbo)

Session 11

*The Bells of Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame) *Out There (Disney song), Out There (The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996 film), The Hunchback of Notre Dame) *Something There/Beauty and the Beast (Disney song), Beauty and the Beast (

) *A Change in Me (Beauty and the Beast (musical), Beauty and the Beast: The Broadway Musical)

Session 12

*Be Our Guest (

)

Session 13

*Will the Sun Ever Shine Again (

)

Session 14

*You've Got a Friend in Me (Toy Story) *If I Never Knew You (

) * You'll Be in My Heart (

)

Session 15

* When You Wish Upon a Star (

) *A Dream is a Wish That Your Heart Makes (reprise) (

)

Finale

*The Bare Necessities (

) *A Spoonful of Sugar (

) *

(It's a Small World)

Exit Music

*Mickey Mouse March (Mickey Mouse Club) *Colonel Hathi's March (

) *Cruella De Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians, 101 Dalmatians) *A Spoonful of Sugar (

) *Winnie the Pooh (song), Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree) *I've Got No Strings (

)

Credits

Many composers and lyricists are credited as working on this project, inasmuch as their songs are included in the show: *Al Hoffman *Al Rinker *

*Allie Wrubel *Bob Hilliard *Carl Stalling *David Zippel *Eliot Daniel *Elton John *Floyd Huddleston *Frank Churchill *Glenn Slater *Howard Ashman *Jack Lawrence (songwriter), Jack Lawrence *Jerry Livingston *Jimmie Dodd *Larry Morey *Leigh Harline *Mack David *Matthew Wilder *Ned Washington *Oliver Wallace *Peggy Lee *Phil Collins *Randy Newman *Ray Gilbert *Richard M. Sherman *Robert B. Sherman *Sammy Cahn *Sammy Fain *Sonny Burke *Stephen Schwartz (composer), Stephen Schwartz *Ted Sears *Terry Gilkyson *Tim Rice *Walt Disney *Winston Hibler AllMusic
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Response

During its nine-month run, ''On the Record'' received mixed reviews. Regional theatre reviewer Ann Miner commented in her review of the production that the gimmicks giving new twists to the classic songs, including monkey imitations in ''

'''s " I Wanna Be Like You" and Chemiluminescence, glow-in-the-dark microphone cords in ''The Little Mermaid'''s "Poor Unfortunate Souls", translated poorly to stage. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer Christopher Rawson felt as though the attempt to create a storyline was too forced and that the show should have taken a general revue route by completely scrapping the plot. While Rawson described the production as "unimpressive", he, among others, felt that the eight-member cast was skill, talented.

Aftermath

The revue proved to be the beginning of Ashley Brown's relationship with Disney's theatrical department. After receiving positive reviews for her performance as Kristen, Brown landed the role of Belle in ''Beauty and the Beast (theatrical production), Beauty and the Beast'' on

on September 20, 2005. After completing her run as Belle on May 28, 2006, Brown opened the Broadway production of ''Mary Poppins (musical), Mary Poppins'' on November 16, 2006, in the title role — a performance which earned her a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. Brown ended her Broadway run on October 5, 2008, but subsequently returned to the role, opening the North American national tour of ''Mary Poppins'' in Chicago on March 25, 2009. Meredith Inglesby, who served as a member of the quartet and as Diane's understudy, also found success with Disney Theatrical Productions, landing the roles of Babette the feather duster in the same production of ''Beauty and the Beast'' and later, Carlotta in the Broadway production of ''The Little Mermaid (musical), The Little Mermaid''. She can be seen as Hannah in the North American tour of ''Newsies (musical), Newsies''. Also, Tyler Maynard of the quartet has gone on to work with Walt Disney Theatrical, both in ''Mary Poppins'' as Valentine and, subsequently, in ''The Little Mermaid'' as Flotsam.

References

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