Sail Away

• Original Broadway Production (1961)
  New York, NY
• London Production (1962)
  London, England
• Australian Production (1963)
• New York Concert (1999)
  New York, NY
• Lost Musicals Concert (2008)
  London, England

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Come to Me
• Sail Away
• Where Shall I Find Him?
  • aka Where Shall I Find Her [no note]
  • aka Where Shall I Find Her? [Reprise version for Barnaby]
  • aka Where Shall I Find Him [no note]
• Beatnik Love Affair
• Later Than Spring
• The Passenger's Always Right
• Useful Phrases
  • aka Useless Useful Phrases [no note]
• Go Slow, Johnny
  • aka Go Slow Johnny [no note]
• You're a Long, Long Way From America
• The Customer's Always Right
• Something Very Strange
• Italian Interlude
  • aka Italian Wedding Ballet [no note]
• The Little Ones' ABC
• Don't Turn Away From Love
• When You Want Me
  • aka If You Want Me [no note]
• Why Do the Wrong People Travel?
  • aka Why Do the Wrong People Travel [no note]

Cut prior to opening but added to London production

• Bronxville Darby and Joan
  • aka Bronxville Darby & Joan [no note]
  • aka Dear Old Couple [no note]

Cut prior to New York opening

• This Is a Night for Lovers
• I Am No Good at Love
• This Is a Changing World

Recordings listed here were done in the studio specifically to release as recordings. They do not represent cast recordings of a particular production.

• Composer-Lyricist Recording (1962)
  Noël Coward

The adventures of Mimi Paragon, cruise director on the S.S. Coronia, during a cruse to the Mediterranean. A younger man, Johnny Van Mier, quickly becomes romantically interested in Mimi, despite the disapproval of his mother, who is also on the cruise.

Also on the cruise is young Barnaby Slade. Barnaby immediately falls for Nancy Foyle, who is traveling as a companion and secretary for her aunt, a famous, acid-tongued novelist named Elinor Spencer-Bollard. Barnaby does his best to persuade Nancy to have a "beatnik love affair" with him.

Meanwhile, Mimi is having to deal with the various stresses and demands of her job. Perhaps most annoying to Mimi, who doesn't like children, is a particularly unpleasant child, Alvin Lush, and his only slightly less offensive mother.

By the time the Coronia returns home to New York, most everyone seems to be happy except Mimi, who has told Johnny that their relationship cannot work because of the difference in their ages. Just before the curtain falls, Johnny appears, looking for Mimi, and it's clear that their romance will happily resume.

Extensive notes on the creation of the show, including major changes made during the show's pre-Broadway tryout, can be found on the page for the Broadway production.