Children of Eden

• Original London Production (1991)
  London, England
• Paper Mill Playhouse Production (1997)
  Millburn, NJ
• Civic Light Opera Northwest Production (1998)
  Seattle, WA
• London Revival (2000)
  London, England
• World AIDS Day Concert (2003)
  New York, NY
• London Concert Revival (2012)
  London, England
• New York Concert (2024)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Let There Be
• Naming, The
• The Tree of Knowledge
• Grateful Children
• Children of Eden
• Spark of Creation, The
• In Pursuit of Excellence
• World Without You, A
• Expulsion, The
• Wasteland
• Lost in the Wilderness
• Close to Home
• Ring of Stones, A
• The Death of Abel
• Generations
• Civilized Society
• Degenerations
• Shipshape
• Return of the Animals, The
• Stranger to the Rain
• In Whatever Time We Have
• Flood, The
• Dove Song, The
• Hardest Part of Love, The
• Ain't It Good
• In the Beginning
• What Is He Waiting For?
• May Your Perfect Garden Grow

Added to revised version

• Father's Day
• Perfect
• The End of a Perfect Day
• Childhood's End
• Mark of Cain, The
• The Gathering Storm
• Piece of Eight, A
• Noah's Lullaby
• What Is He Waiting For?
• Sailor of the Skies
• Words of Doom
• The Hour of Darkness
• Precious Children

• Demo Recording [audio]
• Composer Demo [audio]

The show was originally written as a short musical for Youth Sing Praise, a religious based theatre camp for high school students, in 1986.  Schwartz was later approached by John Caird and the Royal Shakespeare Company to develop the show further into a full-length musical.  Schwartz went to London to work on the show but while they were developing it and prepping it for a workshop, Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher decided to cut funding from the RSC's budget, which put all developmental productions on hold.  Subsequently they decided to just open the show cold in the West End.  Later, Schwartz would admit that it was a bad move and more like they were putting a first draft up in front of audiences.

• Family Tree (original title)