Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain (57 page)

SCARS!
NOT JUST ON MY CORDS
SCARS ON MY EGO.
ONCE I PLAYED HAMLE7!
NOW, NIGHT AFTER NIGHT,
I JUMP OFF A PLASTIC BRIDGE.
I SWEAR, SINGING "STARS"
GIVES ME MORE VOCAL SCARS!

[He mimes jumpingojfa bridge. His last note trails off
into an echo.]

"Thank Heaven There Is Lez Miz"

MAURICE CHEVALIER

[Entering, he speaks directly to the audience.]

Bonjour, monsieur. Bonjour, madame. Things are
getting a little melodramatic around here, so I have
dropped by to add a little Gallic charm.

[He sings to the tune of "Thank Heaven for Little Girls.']

[Alternate version of bridge.]

"Ten Years More"

VALJEAN

FANTINE

VALJEAN

FANTINE