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by Block, Geoffrey


  Scene 6:

  Exterior of the Mission. Noon, the next day.

  Scene 7:

  A Street Off Broadway.

  Scene 8:

  Havana, Cuba—El Café Cubana.

  Dance: Havana

  Scene 9:

  Outside El Café Cubana. Immediately following.

  “If I Were a Bell” (Sarah)

  Scene 10:

  Exterior of the Mission.

  “My Time of Day” (Sky)

  “I’ve Never Been in Love Before” (Sky and Sarah)

  Incidental music: The Raid

  Act II

  Scene 1:

  The Hot Box Nightclub.

  “Take Back Your Mink” (Adelaide and Dolls)

  “Adelaide’s Second Lament” (Adelaide)

  Scene 2:

  Forty-Eighth Street.

  “More I Cannot Wish You” (Arvide)

  Scene 3:

  Crap Game in the Sewer.

  “Luck Be a Lady” (Sky and the Crapshooters)

  Scene 4:

  A Street Off Broadway.

  “Sue Me” (Adelaide and Nathan)

  Scene 5:

  Interior of the Save-A-Soul Mission.

  “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” (Nicely-Nicely and the Crapshooters)

  Scene 6:

  Near Times Square.

  “Marry the Man Today” (Adelaide and Sarah)

  Scene 7:

  Broadway.

  Reprise: “Guys and Dolls” (Ensemble)

  Appendix O: The Most Happy Fella (1956)

  Act I

  OVERTURE

  Scene 1:

  A restaurant in San Francisco; January, 1927.

  “OOH! my feet!” (Cleo)

  “… I know how it is” (Cleo)

  “… Seven million crumbs” (Cleo)

  “… I don’t know” (Rosabella)

  “… Maybe he’s kind crazy” (Rosabella)

  “SOMEBODY, SOMEWHERE” (Rosabella)

  Scene 2:

  Main Street, Napa, California; in April.

  “THE Most HAPPY FELLA” (Townspeople)

  “… A long time ago” (Marie)

  “STANDING ON THE CORNER” (Herman, Jake, Clem, and Al)

  “JOEY, JOEY, JOEY” (Joe)

  “… Soon you gonna leave me, Joe” (Tony)

  “ROSABELLA” (Tony)

  Scene 3:

  Tony’s barn; a few weeks later.

  “ABBONDANZA” (Giuseppe, Ciccio, and Pasquale)

  “… Plenty bambini” (Tony)

  Scene 4:

  Tony’s front yard.

  “SPOSALiZiO” (Townspeople)

  “… I seen her at the station” (Postman)

  “BENVENUTA” (Giuseppe, Ciccio, and Pasquale)

  “… Aren’t you glad” (Rosabella)

  “… No home, no job” (Rosabella)

  “DON’T CRY” (Joe)

  Act II

  PRELUDE

  Scene 1:

  The vineyards; in May.

  “FRESNO BEAUTIES” (Vineyard Workers)

  “… Cold and dead” (Joe and Rosabella)

  “… Love and kindness” (Doc)

  “HAPPY TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE” (Rosabella and Tony)

  “… I don’t like this dame” (Cleo)

  “BIG D” (Cleo and Herman)

  Scene 2:

  Late in May.

  “HOW BEAUTIFUL THE DAYS” (Tony, Rosabella, Marie, and Joe)

  Scene 3:

  The vineyards; in June.

  “YOUNG PEOPLE” (Marie)

  “WARM ALL OVER” (Rosabella)

  “… Old people gotta” (Tony)

  Scene 4:

  The barn.

  “I LIKE EV’RYBODY” (Herman)

  Scene 5:

  The vineyards; in July.

  “… I love him” (Rosabella)

  “… I know how it is” (Cleo)

  “… Like a woman loves a man” (Rosabella)

  “MY HEART IS SO FULL OF YOU” (Tony and Rosabella)

  “MAMMA, MAMMA” (Tony)

  Act III

  PRELUDE

  Scene 1:

  The barn; an hour later.

  “… Good-bye darlin’” (Cleo and Herman)

  “… I like ev’rybody” (Duet) (Cleo and Herman)

  “SONG OF A SUMMER NIGHT” (Doc and the Townspeople)

  “PLEASE LET ME TELL YOU” (Rosabella)

  Scene 2:

  Napa Station; A little later.

  “… Tell Tony and Rosabella good-bye for me” (Joe)

  “… She gonna come home wit’ me” (Tony)

  “… Nobody’s ever gonna love you” (Trio) (Marie, Tony, and Cleo)

  “… I made a fist!” (Herman)

  Finale (Ensemble)

  Appendix P: My Fair Lady (1956)

  Act I

  Scene 1:

  Outside the Opera House, Covent Garden. A cold March night.

  Overture and Street Entertainers (The Three Buskers)

  “Why Can’t the English?” (Higgins)

  “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” (Eliza and Costermongers)

  Scene 2:

  A Tenement Section—Tottenham Court Road. Immediately following.

  “With a Little Bit of Luck” (Doolittle, Harry, and Jamie)

  Scene 3:

  Higgins’s Study. The following morning.

  “I’m an Ordinary Man” (Higgins)

  Scene 4:

  Tenement Section—Tottenham Court Road. Three days later.

  “With a Little Bit of Luck” (reprise) (Doolittle and Friends)

  Scene 5:

  Higgins’s Study. Later that day.

  “Just You Wait” (Eliza)

  “The Rain in Spain” (Higgins, Eliza, and Pickering)

  “I Could Have Danced All Night” (Eliza, Mrs. Pearce, and Maids)

  Scene 6:

  Near the Race Meeting, Ascot. A July afternoon.

  Scene 7:

  Inside a Club Ten, Ascot. Immediately following.

  “Ascot Gavotte” (Spectators at the Race)

  Scene 8:

  Outside Higgins’s House, Wimpole Street. Later that afternoon.

  “On the Street Where You Live” (Freddy)

  Scene 9:

  Higgins’s Study. Six weeks later.

  Scene 10:

  The Promenade of the Embassy. Later that night.

  “Promenade” (underscoring)

  Scene 11:

  The Ballroom of the Embassy. Immediately following.

  “The Embassy Waltz” (Higgins, Eliza, Karpathy, and Guests)

  Act II

  Scene 1:

  Higgins’s Study. 3:00 the following morning.

  “You Did It” (Higgins, Pickering, Mrs. Pearce, and Servants)

  “Just You Wait” (reprise) (Eliza)

  Scene 2:

  Outside Higgins’s House, Wimpole Street. Immediately following.

  “On the Street Where You Live” (reprise) (Freddy)

  “Show Me” (Eliza and Freddy)

  Scene 3:

  Flower Market of Covent Garden. 5:00 that morning.

  “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly” (reprise) (Eliza and Costermongers)

  “Get Me to the Church on Time” (Doolittle, Harry, Jamie, and Costermongers)

  Scene 4:

  Upstairs Hall of Higgins’s House. 11:00 that morning.

  “A Hymn to Him” (Higgins)

  Scene 5:

  The Conservatory of Mrs. Higgins’s House. Later that day.

  “Without You” (Higgins and Eliza)

  Scene 6:

  Outside Higgins’s House, Wimpole Street. Immediately following.

  “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” (Higgins)

  Scene 7:

  Higgins’s Study. Immediately following.

  Appendix Q: West Side Story (1957)

  Act I

  Prologue:

  The Months Before.

  1. Pr
ologue (Instrumental)

  Scene 1:

  5:00 P.M. The Street.

  2. “Jet Song” (Riff and Jets)

  Scene 2:

  5:30 P.M. A Back Yard.

  3. “Something’s Coming” (Tony)

  Scene 3:

  6:00 P.M. A Bridal Shop.

  Scene 4:

  10:00 P.M. The Gym.

  4. The Dance and the Gym (Instrumental)

  5. “Maria” (Tony)

  Scene 5:

  11:00 P.M. A Back Alley.

  6. Balcony Scene (“Tonight”) (Maria and Tony)

  7. “America” (Anita, Rosalia, and Girls)

  Scene 6:

  Midnight. The Drugstore.

  8. “Cool” (Riff and Jets)

  The Next Day

  Scene 7:

  5:30 P.M. The Bridal Shop.

  9. “One Hand, One Heart” (Tony and Maria)

  Scene 8:

  6:00 to 9:00 P.M. The Neighborhood.

  10. “Tonight” (Quintet) (Maria, Tony, Anita, Riff, and Bernardo)

  Scene 9:

  9:00 P.M. Under the Highway.

  11. The Rumble (Instrumental)

  Act II

  Scene 1:

  9:15 P.M. A Bedroom.

  12. “I Feel Pretty” (Maria and the Girls)

  13. Ballet Sequence (Instrumental, Tony, Maria and a Girl)

  Scene 2:

  10:00 P.M. Another Alley.

  14. “Gee, Officer Krupke” (Jets)

  Scene 3:

  11:30 P.M. The Bedroom.

  15. “A Boy Like That/I Have a Love” (Maria and Anita)

  Scene 4:

  11:40 P.M. The Drugstore.

  16. Taunting (Instrumental)

  Scene 5:

  11:50 P.M. The Cellar.

  Scene 6:

  Midnight. The Street.

  17. Finale (Maria and Tony)

  Libretto Drafts 1 (January 1956) and 2 (Spring 1956)

  Act I

  Scene 1:

  An Alleyway. Sundown.

  “Rumble Song” [“Mix” ?] (Jets and “Tonio”)

  Scene 2:

  The Crystal Cave. Night.

  Mambo (Pantomime)

  “Maria” (“Tonio”)

  Scene 3:

  Back of the Tenements. Night.

  “Maria” (second chorus) (“Tonio”)

  “Love Song” [“One Hand, One Heart” ?] (“Tonio” and Maria)

  “Song for Anita and Girls” [“America” ?]

  Scene 4:

  Drugstore. Night.

  “Cool” (Riff and Jets)

  Scene 5:

  The Neighborhood. The Next Day.

  “Tonight” (Quintet) (Maria, Tony, Anita, Riff, and Bernardo)

  Scene 6:

  Bridal Shop. Late Afternoon.

  “Love Song” [“Oh, Happy We” from Candide ?] (“Tonio” and Maria)

  “Rumble Song” [“Mix” ?] (Instrumental)

  Scene 7:

  The Park. Sundown.

  “Rumble Song” [“Mix” ?] (Jets)

  Act II

  Scene 1:

  An Apartment. Early Evening.

  “I Feel Pretty” (Maria and Girls)

  Scene 2:

  A Street. Night.

  Scene 3:

  Police Station. Night.

  “Love Song” (reprise) [“One Hand, One Heart” ? ] (“Tonio” and Maria)

  Scene 4:

  Outside the Bridal Shop. Night.

  “Duet” [“I Have a Love” ?] (Anita and Maria)

  Scene 5:

  Drugstore. Night.

  “Duet” (continuation) [“I Have a Love” ?] (“Tonio”)

  Scene 6:

  A Street. Night.

  Scene 7:

  Bridal Shop. Night.

  “This scene will be almost entirely to music. Maria comes in the back door, the music has brief theme of her love with Tonio” [“One Hand, One Heart”?]

  Appendix R: Follies: Broadway 1971 and London Revival 1987

  Broadway 1971*

  SCENE: A party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre

  TIME: Tonight

  There will be no Intermission

  “Prologue” [Based on “All Things Bright and Beautiful” from The Girls Upstairs, second draft, preceding “Could I Leave You?” and “It Wasn’t Meant to Happen,” planned in 1966 as a second duet for Ben and Sally]†

  “Beautiful Girls” (Roscoe and Company) [The Girls Upstairs, first and second drafts]‡

  “Don’t Look at Me” (Sally, Ben) [The Girls Upstairs, second draft]

  “Waiting for the Girls Upstairs” (Buddy, Ben, Phyllis, Sally, Young Buddy, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, Young Sally) [The Girls Upstairs, first and second drafts]

  “Rain on the Roof” (The Whitmans) [Follies, January 2, 1971]

  “Ah, Paris!” (Solange) [Follies, January 2, 1971]

  “Broadway Baby” (Hattie) [Follies, January 2, 1971]

  “The Road You Didn’t Take” (Ben) [Follies, January 2, 1971; replaced in London Follies 1987 by “Country House”]

  “Bolero d’Amour” (Vincent and Vanessa) [added in 1971 rehearsal; cut in London Follies 1987]

  “In Buddy’s Eyes” (Sally) [Follies, January 2, 1971]

  “Who’s That Woman?” (Stella and Company) [Mirror Dance Routine in The Girls Upstairs, first and second drafts]

  [“Can That Boy Fox-trot!” in The Girls Upstairs, second draft, cut in 1971 rehearsals]

  “I’m Still Here” (Carlotta) [replaced “Can That Boy Fox-trot!” during 1971 rehearsals]

  [“Pleasant Little Kingdom” in The Girls Upstairs, first draft; cut in 1971]

  “Too Many Mornings” (Ben, Sally) [The Girls Upstairs, first and second drafts]

  [“That Old Piano Roll” (Buddy) in Follies, September 1970 draft]

  “The Right Girl” (Buddy) [added in 1971 rehearsals]

  “One More Kiss” (Heidi, Young Heidi) [The Girls Upstairs, first and second drafts]

  “Could I Leave You?” (Phyllis) [The Girls Upstairs, second draft]

  *Includes songs retained from The Girls Upstairs (1965).

 

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