Kismet Lyrics: Song List
- Act 1
- Overture, Sands Of Time
- Rhymes Have I
- Fate
- Bazaar of The Caravans
- Not Since Nineveh
- Baubles, Bangles And Beads
- Stranger In Paradise
- He's In Love!
- Gesticulate
- Act 2
- Night Of My Nights
- Was I Wazir?
- Rahadlakum
- And This Is My Beloved
- The Olive Tree
- Zubbediya, Samahris' Dance
- Finale: Sands Of Time
- Was I Wazir?
About the "Kismet" Stage Show
Release date: 1953
"Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night" was created by E. Knoblock’s Kismet spectacular of 1911. This histrionic was made in 1953 with the premiere in Vegas. It arrived afterwards to San Francisco. After successful performances in the theaters of two major cities, hit staged on Broadway on December 1953, settling at Ziegfeld Theatre’s stage. The leading roles on Broadway were played by popular actors: A. Drake, R. Kiley, H. Calvin, J. Diener & D. Morrow. In the same year, it was recorded on vinyl, after which copied on CD by Broadway Records.
During the first night of the histrionics on the main stage of the world, it was a collective boycott of workers of newspapers & therefore producers had to make quite an effort to let the play on television advertising. Musicals became popular. We cannot say that all the reviews about it were good. Some critics have pointed out that humor could be made thinner & the plot – deeper. But even they could not help but notice that some songs have become extremely popular & lasted long on the radio & TV (such as Stranger in Paradise).
On Broadway, the play officially ended performances in 1954, after 583 fantastic exhibitions. In London's West End, Kismet was even more successful. It happened on the scene of Stoll Theatre in April 1955, and stayed there for 648 appearances.
The musical was nominated for three Tony Awards, winning all of them, one of which was an honorable Best Musical.