Enchanted Evenings:The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber (108 page)

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)

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.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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”?]