Enchanted Evenings:The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber
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“Take Him” (Linda and Vera)
Reprise: “Bewitched” (Vera)
Scene 5:
The Pet Shop. Later that evening.
Finale: “I Could Write a Book” (Joey)
[“I’m Talking to My Pal” (Joey) dropped during Philadelphia tryouts]
Brackets include 1952 changes.
Appendix I: The Cradle Will Rock (1937)
Scene 1:
Street Corner.
“Moll’s Song” (Moll)
Moll and Gent
Moll and Dick
Scene 2:
Night Court.
Moll and Druggist
“Oh, What a Filthy Night Court” (Ensemble)
Scene 3:
Mission.
Mrs. Mister and Reverend Salvation
Scene 4:
Lawn of Mr. Mister’s Home.
“Croon-Spoon” (Junior and Sister Mister)
“The Freedom of the Press” (Mr. Mister and Editor Daily)
“Let’s Do Something” (Junior and Sister Mister)
“Honolulu” (Editor Daily, Junior Mister, Mr. Mister, and Sister Mister)
Scene 5:
Drugstore.
Drugstore scene
“Gus and Sadie Love Song” (Gus and Sadie)
Scene 6:
Hotel Lobby.
“The Rich” (Yasha and Dauber)
“Ask Us Again” (Mrs. Mister, Yasha, and Dauber)
“Art for Art’s Sake” (Yasha and Dauber)
Act II
Scene 7:
Night Court.
“Nickel under the Foot” (Moll)
“Leaflets” (Larry Foreman)
“The Cradle Will Rock” (Larry Foreman)
Scene 8:
Faculty Room.
Scene 9:
Dr. Specialist’s Office.
Doctor and Ella
“Joe Worker” (Ella Hammer)
Scene 10:
Night Court.
“Finale: The Cradle Will Rock” (reprise) (Ensemble)
Appendix J: Lady in the Dark (1941)
Act I
1.
Glamour Dream.
“Oh Fabulous One” (Liza Elliott’s Admirers)
“Huxley” (Sutton and Liza)
“One Life to Live” (Liza)
“Girl of the Moment” (Liza Elliott’s Admirers)
2.
Wedding Dream.
“Mapleton High Choral” (Boys and Girls of Mapleton High)
“This Is New” (Randy and Liza)
“The Princess of Pure Delight” (Liza)
Act II
3.
Circus Dream.
“The Greatest Show on Earth” (Ringmaster [Russell Paxton] and Paraders)
Ballet: “Dance of the Tumblers”
“The Best Years of His Life” (Ringmaster, Randy, and Liza)
“Tschaikowsky” (Ringmaster)
“The Saga of Jenny” (Liza)
4.
Childhood Dream.
“My Ship” (Liza and Charley Johnson)
Appendix K: One Touch of Venus (1943)
Act I
Scene 1:
Main Gallery of the Whitelaw Savory Foundation of Modern Art.
“New Art Is True Art” (Savory and Students)
“One Touch of Venus” (Molly)
Scene 2:
Rodney’s Room.
“How Much I Love You” (Rodney)
Scene 3:
Radio City Plaza.
“I’m a Stranger Here Myself” (Venus)
Scene 4:
Arcade of the N.B.C. Building in Radio City.
Ballet: “Forty Minutes for Lunch”
“West Wind” (Savory)
Scene 5:
Waiting Room of Mid-City Bus Terminal.
“Way Out West in Jersey” (Mrs. Kramer, Rodney, and Gloria)
Scene 6:
The Roof Garden of the Foundation.
“Foolish Heart” (Venus)
Scene 7:
Rodney’s Barbershop.
“The Trouble with Women” (Taxi, Stanley, Savory, and Rodney)
“Speak Low” (Venus)
Scene 8:
The Roof Garden of the Foundation.
“Doctor Crippen” (Savory)
Act II
Scene 1:
Savory’s Bedroom.
“Very, Very, Very” (Molly)
Scene 2:
The Tombs.
“Speak Low” (reprise) (Rodney and Venus)
Scene 3:
The Sitting Room of a De Luxe Suite.
“That’s Him” (Venus)
“Wooden Wedding” (Rodney)
Scene 4:
The Main Galley of the Foundation.
“Speak Low” (reprise) (Rodney)
Appendix L: Carousel (1945)
Prelude
An Amusement Park on the New England Coast. May.
“Carousel Waltz” (Orchestra)
Act I
Scene 1:
A tree-lined path along the shore. A few minutes later.
“You’re a Queer One, Julie Jordan” (Carrie and Julie)
“Mister Snow” (Carrie)
“If I Loved You” (Billy and Julie)
Scene 2:
Nettie Fowler’s Spa on the ocean front. June.
“June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” (Nettie, Carrie, and Ensemble)
Reprise: “Mister Snow” (Carrie and Girls)
“When the Children Are Asleep” (Mr. Snow and Carrie)
“Blow High, Blow Low” (Jigger, Billy, and Men)
“Soliloquy” (Billy)
“Finale” (Billy, Jigger, Nettie, and Chorus)
Act II
Scene 1:
On an island across the bay. That night.
“A Real Nice Clambake” (Carrie, Nettie, Julie, Mr. Snow, and Ensemble)
“Geraniums in the Winder” (Mr. Snow)
“There’s Nothin’ So Bad for a Woman” (Jigger and Ensemble)
“What’s the Use of Wond’rin’” (Julie)
Scene 2:
Mainland waterfront. An hour later.
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” (Nettie)
Scene 3:
Up there.
“The Highest Judge of All” (Billy)
Scene 4:
Down here. On a beach. Fifteen years later.
Ballet (Louise, A Younger Miss Snow, The Brothers and Sisters Snow, Badly Brought Up Boys, A Young Man Like Billy, A Carnival Woman, Members of the Carnival Troupe)
Scene 5:
Outside Julie’s cottage.
Reprise: “If I Loved You” (Billy)
Scene 6:
Outside a schoolhouse. Same day.
Reprise: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (Company)
Appendix M: Kiss Me, Kate (1948)
Act I
Scene 1:
Stage of Ford’s Theatre, Baltimore.
“Another Op’nin, Another Show” (Hattie and Singing Ensemble. Danced by Dancing Ensemble.)
Scene 2:
The corridor backstage.
“Why Can’t You Behave?” (Lois Lane)
Scene 3:
Dressing rooms, Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi.
“Wunderbar” (Lilli and Fred)
“So In Love” (Lilli)
Scene 4:
Padua.
“We Open in Venice” (Petruchio, Katherine, Bianca, Lucentio)
Scene 5:
Street Scene, Padua.
Dance (Dancing Ensemble)
“Tom, Dick, or Harry” (Bianca, Lucentio, and the Two Suitors (Gremio and Hortensio)
Specialty Dance (Lucentio)
“I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua” (Petruchio and Singing Ensemble)
“I Hate Men” (Katherine)
“Were Thine That Special Face” (Petruchio. Danced by Janet Gaylord and Dancing Girls)
Scene 6:
Backstage.
Scene 7:
Fred’s and Lilli’s dressing rooms.
Scene 8:
Before the curtain.
“I Sing of Love” (Bianca, Lucentio, and Singing Ensemble)
Scene 9:
Exterior church.
Tarantella (Danced by Bianca, Lucentio, and Dancing Ensemble) Finale: “Kiss Me, Kate” (Katherine, Petruchio, and Singing Ensemble)
Act II
Scene 1:
Theatre alley.
“Too Darn Hot” (Paul, Fred Davis, and Eddie Sledge. Danced by Fred Davis, Eddie Sledge, Bill Calhoun and Dancing Ensemble)
Scene 2:
Before the curtain.
Scene 3:
Petruchio’s house.
“Where Is the Life That Late I Led?” (Petruchio)
Scene 4:
The corridor backstage.
“Always True to You in My Fashion” (Lois)
Scene 5:
Lilli’s dressing room.
Scene 6:
The corridor backstage.
“Bianca” (Bill Calhoun and Singing Girls. Danced by Bill Calhoun and Dancing Girls)
Reprise: “So in Love” (Fred)
Scene 7:
Before the asbestos curtain.
“Brush Up Your Shakespeare” (First Man and Second Man)
Scene 8:
Baptista’s home.
Pavane (Dancing Ensemble)
“I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple” (Katherine) Finale (Petruchio, Katherine, and Company)
Spewack Libretto Draft (May 28, 1948)
Act I
Scene 1:
The bare stage of Ford’s Theater, Baltimore.
Scene 2:
Connecting dressing rooms of Fred and Lilli.
Background music: “Another Opnin’[Op’nin’], Another Show”
“Wunderbar” (Fred and Lilli)
“It Was Great Fun” [No. 2] (Fred and Lilli)
Scene 3:
Iron stairs and landing.
“Why Can’t You Behave?” (Lois and Bill)
Scene 4:
Exterior of Ford Theater.
“Another Opnin’, Another Show”
Scene 5:
Dressing rooms of Lilli and Fred.
Background music: “Another Opnin’, Another Show”
“We Shall Never Grow Younger”
Scene 6:
Same.
Background music: “We Shall Never Grow Younger” (Counterpoint, “It Was Great Fun”)
Scene 7:
Shrew curtain.
“We Open in Venice” (Shrew players)
“If Ever Married I’m” (Bianca) [crossed out]
“I Sing of Love” (Lucentio and Petruchio) [crossed out]
“I’ve Come to Wive It Wealthily in Padua” (Petruchio) [crossed out]
“Were Thine That Special Face” (Petruchio) [crossed out]
Scene 8:
Wings.
Scene 9:
Opposite wings.
Scene 10:
On stage.
Bill does his specialty with Ballet.
Scene 11:
Exterior of Baptista’s house and church.
Scene 12:
Same.
Scene 13:
Walled garden of Baptista’s house.
“Tom, Dick or Harry” (Bianca and her suitors, Gremio, Tranio, and Lucentio) [crossed out]
Scene 14:
Wings.
Scene 15:
Garden.
Scene 16:
Lilli’s dressing room.
Scene 17:
Exterior church.
Finaletto: “Kiss Me, Kate” (Petruchio, Katharine, Bianca, Lucentio, and Company) [lyrics yet to be written]
Act II
Scene 1:
Theatre alley.
“Too Darn Hot” (Negroes) [crossed out]
Scene 2:
Shrew curtain.
Background music: “Where Is the Life That Late I Led?”
Scene 3:
Main room in Petruchio’s house.
“Where Is the Life That Late I Led?” (Petruchio)
Scene 4:
Back stage.
“I’ve Been Faithful to You, Darlin’ in my Fashion” (Lois) [p. 2–4–16 missing in typescript]
Scene 5:
Lilli’s dressing room.
“A Woman’s Career” (Fred) [p. 2–5–27 missing in typescript]
Scene 6:
Iron staircase.
Reprise: “We Shall Never Be Younger”
Scene 7:
Garden of Baptista’s house.
Reprise: “I Sing of Love” (Shrew players) [no text included in typescript]
“I Am Ashamed That Women Are So Simple” [entirely spoken]
Reprise: “Were Thine That Special Face” [crossed out]
Reprise: Finaletto. First Act Finale. New lyrics.
Appendix N: Guys and Dolls (1950)
Act I
Scene 1:
Broadway.
Opening (Runyonland) (Ensemble)
“Fugue for Tinhorns” (Nicely-Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet, and Rusty Charlie)
“Follow the Fold” (Sarah, Arvide, Agatha, and Mission Group)
“The Oldest Established” (Nathan, Nicely-Nicely, Benny, Brandy-Bottle Bates, and the Crapshooters)
Scene 2:
Interior of the Save-A-Soul Mission.
“I’ll Know” (Sarah and Sky)
Scene 3:
A Phone Booth.
Scene 4:
The Hot Box, Nightclub.
“A Bushel and a Peck” (Adelaide and the Hot Box Girls)
“Adelaide’s Lament” (Adelaide)
Scene 5:
A Street Off Broadway.
“Guys and Dolls” (Nicely-Nicely and Benny)