Enchanted Evenings:The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber Block, Geoffrey (large ebook reader .txt) 📖

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. Prologue (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”