First-time collection of Bernstein's theatre songs, with selections from Candide, Mass, On the Town, Peter Pan, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, West Side Story, Wonderful Town, and other shows. Includes songs cut from shows and other songs never before published. With extensive commentary.

Contents: America (from WEST SIDE STORY) * The Best Of All Possible Worlds (from CANDIDE) * A Boy Like That (from WEST SIDE STORY) * Carried Away (from ON THE TOWN) * Come Up To My Place (from ON THE TOWN) * Gee, Officer Krupke (from WEST SIDE STORY) * I Feel Pretty (from WEST SIDE STORY) * I Love My Wife (from 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE) * Life Is Absolute Perfection (from Life Is Happiness Indeed) (from CANDIDE) * Like Everybody Else * Never-Land (from PETER PAN) * New York, New York (from ON THE TOWN) * Oh, Happy We (from CANDIDE) * Ohio (from WONDERFUL TOWN) * One Hand, One Heart (from WEST SIDE STORY) * Rehearse (from 1600 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE) * Some Other Time (from ON THE TOWN) * Spring Will Come Again (from THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH (a proposed but uncompleted musical adaptation of the Thornton Wilder play)) * Tonight (from WEST SIDE STORY) * We Are Women (from CANDIDE) * What A Waste (from WONDERFUL TOWN) * The Wrong Note Rag (from WONDERFUL TOWN) * Ya Got Me (from ON THE TOWN) * You Were Dead, You Know (from CANDIDE)