Shangri-La

• Original Broadway Production (1956)
  New York, NY
• Television Production (1960)

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• Om Mani Padme Hum
• Lost Horizon
• Dance of Welcome
• The Man I Never Met
• Everytime You Danced with Me
• Dance of Moderate Chastity
• The World Outside
• Requiem
• I'm Just a Little Bit Confused
• The Beetle Race
• Somewhere
• The Story of Shangri-La
  • aka Father Perrault Ballet [no note]
• What Every Girl Should Know
• Second Time in Love
• Talkin' with Your Feet
• Walk Sweet
• Love Is What I Never Knew
• We've Decided to Stay
• Dance of Time
• Shangri-La

Cut prior to opening

• Listen to the Sound of My Love
• No Night to Fear

Added to television production

• Oom-Vard-Lik
• Language
• I Handed Out a Leaflet
• All Danced Out
• Unexpected Holiday
• I Never Had the Time
• Deep in a Mystery
• Hollow of His Hand
• A Man in the Dark
• Chant of the Dead Pilot
• Men Are Only Boys

Based on the novel Lost Horizon by James Hilton

After surviving a plane crash, a diplomat discovers an idyllic Himalayan monastery where time seems suspended and peace prevails. Pressured by the dying leader to take charge of this utopia, he must choose between leading a life of serene purpose or returning to the demands of the outside world. Torn between enlightenment and duty, he weighs the cost of paradise against the pull of civilization.

Sheldon Harnick was called in during the preview stage of Shangri-La to help strengthen or replace lyrics. Lyricists Lawrence and Lee were at that time working on their new play Auntie Mame.

• Lost Horizon (no note)