LITTLE ME score - 1982 revival

[North2009]

On the search for some music from LITTLE ME and I found a few songs from the show I had never heard of, and was wondering if any one had any info on them.
Apparently the 1982 revival had a new opening and a new song in the second act - "Don't Ask The Lady (What The Lady Did Before)" as the new opening (apparently they cut the role of Patrick Dennis) and a duet between Younger Belle and a millionaire called "I Wanna Be Yours".
Both songs appear in a vocal selections offering on Amazon (which oddly has original logo on the cover). Neither are on original cast recording.
So my question is, were these two songs cut from original production, were they trunk songs, or written for the revival?

[Ed_Mottershead]

I saw both the original and the '82 revival, which was awful. I'd always loved the show but that 1982 revival almost did me in. Interestingly, when revived in 1997, they changed the book again (Faith Prince played Young and Old Belle), gave an additional role to Martin Short, rearrnaged the order in which the some of the songs were cut, but did not include the new numbers for the 1982 revival. Since Coleman was alive at the time, I wonder what the rationale for that was -- about the only thing I liked about the '82 version was the new (at least to me) number, "Don't Ask a Lady. Was glad when it showed up on a Kaye Ballard album several years latter.

[jayinchelsea]

Original show really worked best. Sid Caesar was brilliant, but probably overexposed at the time (also had a TV variety series running) and show got mixed-to-positive reviews. The 1982 revival was a half-hearted mess, with the roles originally all done by Caesar broken into pieces (some by Victor Garber, some by James Coco), but nothing worked. The Roundabout revival was much better, although this time having Faith Prince play both young and older Belle really wasn't necessary.

Original score way better than either of the revival changes.

[darquegk]

I have the vocal scores to the Caesar and Short versions, plus music for the two bonus songs from the Victor/Coco.

Don't Ask The Lady was performed as part of the show's play-within-a-play structure, as Belle's opening number. In the Caesar version, the story is being narrated to memoir writer Patrick Dennis, author of the original novel, and Belle sings "The Truth" with her butlers as the expositionary number. In the Victor/Coco revival, the show is Belle's nightclub act, and that number is her actual opening number. In the Short version, the show is a party celebrating the publishing of Belle's autobiography, and the titular "Little Me" number is her openly jaded and cynical celebration of herself.

[EricMontreal22]

I love the performance from the original production of Little Me on Sullivan, but I really wish Swen Swenson's I Got Your Number had been recorded--I guess it would have been considered outrageous to do on national tv at the time. In one of the Fosse books (I think All His Jazz, a title I've always considered unfortunately a bit too close to some gay porn title), Swen says that the number got such a reaction that women came rushing out of their seats to get close to the stage. I have a strong suspicion that that is hyperbole, but would still like to see a Fosse done male strip tease (and the song is fantastic, regardless).

[Gypsy9]

I saw the original production of LITTLE ME in 1962, I believe, and fell in love with it. Sid Cesear led a terrific cast, including Virginia Martin as the young Belle and the trouper Nancy Andrews as the older Belle who narrated. This show remains the funniest musical I have ever seen. And the score had some gems that were also hilarious: "The Other Side of the Tracks", " Be a Performer", and "I Love You", not to forget the wistful closing number, "Here's to Us". I am glad that I missed the two revivals which sound like they were a mess. Get the OBCR.

[North2009]

Greatly appreciate all the information shared here. Not sure when I first discovered LITTLE ME, but has been a favorite for a very long time. In fact just reread the published libretto yesterday after posting here yesterday.
Still wondering if the two additional songs for the '82 revival were trunk songs or written specifically for the rewritten libretto.
Also recalled reading (most likely in the 60's Ethan Mordden book) that there is another cut numer - "The Girls of '17". The cutting of which is said to have ended the writing relationship between Coleman and Leigh.