Enchanted Evenings:The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber (107 page)

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)

  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]

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.

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)

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

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)

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 M
ost
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)

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)

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)