My Romance

• Closed prior to Broadway (1948)
• Original Broadway Production (1948)
  New York, NY

Click on the title for info on the song.

Original score

• 1898
• Debutante
• Written in Your Hand
• Millefleurs
• Love and Laughter
• From Now Onward
• Little Emmaline
• Aria
• Desire
• Polka
• If Only
• Bella Donna
• Paradise Stolen
• In Love With Romance
• Waltz Interlude
• Musical Scene
• Prayer

Titles not used in final version

• Entre Nous
• Ev'ry Time I Dance the Polka
• First Bouquet
• Food for Thought
• Laugh at Life
• Magic Moment
• No One's Heart
• Romance
• Romance With Music
• The Vision
• You're Near and Yet So Far

Based on Edward Sheldon's play Romance.

My Romance, an operetta based on Edward Sheldon's play Romance, opened a pre-Broadway tryout on Feb. 12, 1948, at the Shubert in New Haven. The book and lyrics were by Rowland Leigh, with music by Denes Agay and additional music by Philip Redowski. Reviews were not favorable and its pre-Broadway run was extended, but in May it closed in Chicago, canceling its Broadway opening. But it was soon resurrected with a major change: A new composer was hired, namely Sigmund Romberg. Neither Agay nor Redowski was credited for this new version, and presumably none of their music was retained. A number of cast members from the first version were also in the second version.