West Side Story: A Boy Like That (Anita, Maria)

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Annotation

performed in West Side Story by characters Anita and Maria, sung in counterpoint.

Annotation last modified on 2011-06-16 11:22 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist:Stephen Sondheim
composer:Leonard Bernstein (US composer & conductor)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/115013 [info]
Wikidata:Q3298707 [info]
later translated versions:Un hombre así (A Boy Like That) (West Side Story, Spanish version)
part of:West Side Story (order: 17)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1957-09-29A Boy Like ThatChita Rivera and Carol Lawrence2:07
1957-09-29A Boy Like That / I Have a Love (1957 original Broadway cast)Chita Rivera, Carol Lawrence4:19
1961A Boy Like That / I Have a Love (West Side Story, 1961 film cast)Betty Wand / Marni Nixon, Betty Wand4:32
1962-03-05History of Musical ComedymedleyJulie Andrews and Carol Burnett9:52
1976-05A Boy Like ThatMillicent Martin, Julia McKenzie4:00
1984-09-07West Side Story: No. 15: A Boy Like ThatTatiana Troyanos, Kiri Te Kanawa2:06
1988-11Songs from West Side Story: A Boy Like That / I Have a LoveinstrumentalKatia & Marielle Labèque5:49
1990-09-29 – 1990-09-30A Boy Like That - I Have a LoveinstrumentalDave Liebman | Gil Goldstein8:19
1993A Boy Like That (West Side Story, 1993 London studio cast)Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth2:33
1993A Boy Like ThatCaroline O’Connor, Tinuke Olafimihan, National Symphony Orchestra, John Owen Edwards2:18
1995-09-14The Huge Medleylive and medleyAnn Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway9:47
1996A Boy Like That / I Have a Lovecover and instrumentalCanadian Brass5:59
2001West Side Story: A Boy Like That / I Have a LoveNashville Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Schermerhorn6:04
2013-06-27 – 2013-07-02West Side Story: Act II. A Boy Like ThatliveAlexandra Silber, Jessica Vosk, San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas2:30
2001-12-22: The Lesley Garrett Show #5, “Show Notes From New York”: A Boy Like That / I Have a LoveJosie Lawrence, Lesley Garrett4:45
A Boy Like ThatLeonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, The Musical Stage Company?:??
A Boy Like ThatinstrumentalTed Nash, Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison?:??
A Boy Like ThatcoverGlee Cast4:07
A Boy Like That[theatre]2:20
A Boy Like ThatcoverSelena5:53
A Boy Like That (West Side Story, 2007 studio cast)Melanie Marshall, Hayley Westenra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra2:22
A Boy Like ThatMary Thomas & Lucille Graham5:30
A Boy Like That / I Have a LoveAriana DeBose, Rachel Zegler5:25
Medley from West Side Story, Part II / The Best of All Possible Worlds / I Am Easily Assimilatedlive and medleyThe San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and Orchestra10:47
West Side Story: A Boy Like ThatinstrumentalThe Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet, Jaap van Zweden1:31