228 Great Musicals of the American Theatre JARVIS: You must stay in Ndotsheni, STEP ‘That no man is a God He is hidden and has not spoken to ment That we are all let here, black and white, rich and poor, the fools and the wisel Lost and hopeless ‘and condemned on this rock that goes ‘round the sun without mean- ing! JARVIS: Not hopeless, Stephen, and not without meaning, For even out of the horror of this crime some things have come that are gain and not loss. My son's words to me and my understanding of my son. And your words in the chapel, and my undesstanding of those words and your son’s face i never forget that. You think well of my eon? : I tied not to. But you and I have never had to face what Absalom faced there, A man can hardly do better than he did when hhe stood before the judge. Stay in Ndotsheni, Stephen, stay with ‘You have something to give given, and T am forgiven? JARVIS: Let us forgive each oth STEPHEN: Umnumzane—umaumzana! JARVIS: Let us be neighbors. Let us be friends, STEPHEN: Uromumzina—before the clock strikes—t ‘Ndotsheni. You are weleome in this house. I have a JARVIS: Ihave a friend, (The clock strikes four. STEPHEN sits end buries his head in his hands. JARVIS goes to him, puis an arm around hint) CHORUS: (Sings) Bach Bives alone in a world of dark, Crossing the skies in alonely are, Save when love leaps out like a leaping spark Over thousands, thousands of miles! say in Curtain “WONDERFUL TOWN | Book by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov 1y Joseph Fields an i yries by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Fe ee oe by Leonard Bernstein ter ile by Josep Felson Jerome Chodorow (Bre pom the ay My Ser en th eb Ras Mek) Copyright © 1953 by Joseph Fields, Jerome Chodorov, Betty eee et cesta ‘Adolph Green, Musical compos luding lyrics published herein, Copyright © $3 by Betty Comden, Adolph Gree and Leonard Bernstein, Go, Inc. and G. Schirmer, Inc., Owners of publication and allied rights. ics used iesion of & Co. Inc. ana Sa Bowe Reserved CAUTION: Professionals end emateurs ere hereby wamed that Wonderful Town, being fully protected under the Copyright Laws of Chay per ‘be secured from the authow!’ agents in viting, 1g tighis, whether for peoft ae ark Music Library, Inc, 757 ra ee SGEGCEES232 Grant Musicals of the American Theatre for the ailing conductor Brano Welter, His pecformance electrified the audience and the next day's press coverage exceeded that beetowed on ‘most musical events, His growing renown as guest conductor of some of the nation's finest crchestras brought him offers from abroad and in 1946, he began the frst of a series of many international tours. Tn 1958, he was appointed Music Director of the New York Phitharmoni, serving in this post ‘until 1969 when he was given the lifetime title of Laureate Conductor, Jn 1953, he made his operatic debut as the fist American bom ‘conductor to conduct at La Seala in Mien, Tealy. Since then, he has frequently appeared at other leading opera houses of the world, includ ing the Metropolitan in New York, As a composer, Bemstein has been successful in ballet, symphonic composition GJleremiah, The Age of Ansiety, and the Kaddish Sym phony), songs, choral and chamber works, and, of course, the museal theatre. Tn addition to the aforementioned Broadway musicals, he slso com posed the incidental music for Peter Pax (1950), The Lark (1955), and Katherine Cornell's 1958 production of The Firstorn. For flme, he did the score for the Academy Award-winning On the Waterfront. ‘Mass, one of the composers most resent major works, was specially commissioned for the opening of the Jobn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arcs, Washington, D.C. (September, 1971). Charismatic as well as supremely talented, Leonard Bemstein hes made more than one hundred recordings of classical music, has won countless awards, and hes been decorated by at least a half-dozen For eign countries, (NOTE: For comments on Betty Comdea and Adolph Green, see Ap: pause.) Production Notes Wonderful Town was Grst presented by Robert Fryer at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York, on Februsry 25, 1953, The cast was as fol Tews. Guide, Warren Galjour Lonigin, Walter Kelvin Appopolous, Henry Laseoe Helen, Michele Burke Wonderful Town 233 Mrs, Wade, Isabella Hoopes Wreck, Jordan Bentley 5 Frank Lippencott, Chris Alecan- A Strange Man, Delivery Boy, Alvin Beara Dams, Lee Papel, Chick Clark, Dort Clerk desson Shore Patrolman, Lee Papell Robert Baker, George Gaynes First Cadet, David Loher ‘Assciate Eto, Warren Caljur, Second Caet, Ray Dorks Albert Linville Policemen, Lee Papell, Albert Linville, Delbert Anderson, Chris Robln- ‘som, Nathantel Frey, Warren Galjour, Robert Kole Ruth's Escort, Chris Robinson Greenwich Villagers, Jeas Eliot, Carol Cole, Marte Becket, Maxine Berke, Helena Sere line Delaney, Margaret Cudaty, Dody Beam, Ray Doriaa, Edward Heim, Joe r Moreno, William Weslow, Pat John- et, Patty Wilkes, Helen Rice, Delbert Anderson, Warren Galjour, Robert Kole, Ray Kirchner, Lee Papell, Chris Robinson Production Directed by George Abbott Dances and Musical Numbers Steged by Doneld Saddler Sets and Costumes by Raoul Pene du Bois ‘Musical Direction and Vocal Arrangements by Lekman Engel ‘Miss Russell’s Clothes by Mainbocher Lighting by Peggy Clerk Onkace ‘by Don Welker Scane: The play takes place in Greenwich Village in the ’20s, Musical Numbers Act One Christopher Street Sung by Guide end The Villagers Ohio Ruth, Hileen Conquering New York Ruth, Eileen, and the Ensemble One Hundred Easy Ways Ruch What a Waste Baker and Editars234 Great Musicals of the American Theatro Story Vigneties by Miss Comden snd Me, Green Rexford, Mr. Mallory, Danny, Trent, and Ruth A Little Bit in Love Eileen Pass the Football Wreck and ‘The Villagers Conversation Piece by Miss Comden and Mz. Green Ruth, Edeen, Frank, Boker, Chick A Quiet Gist Baker Conget Ruth, Dancod by the Cadets Ac Two ‘My Dazlin’ Eileen Een and Policemen Swi Ruth and The Villagers Reprise: Ohio Ruth, Eileen Wes Love Baker and ‘The Villegers Wrong Note Rag Ruth, Eileen and The Villagers ACT ONE SCENE 1 In front of the curtain, which isa som abstract inopression of Gree ‘wich Village, @ GUIDE and a group of gaping TOURISTS enter to a ‘neusical vavep in a style highly characteristic of the 1930s. GUIDE: Come along! et in the brish offhand manner of a barker and indicating Smrerest nea EBsig song.) ies your lef Weshington Square, “Right inthe heart of Grébmwtch Vilage, rou ‘Looking around ecstatically)) My, what trees Smell. \Painters and pigeons in Washington Square. come! On your right, Wonderful Town 235 ‘TOURISTS: ‘My, what charm— ‘My, what gracel Poets and peasents on Waverly Pla GUIDE: (Reeling off his customary oe Greenwich Villoge has been th& Bobemien cradlg of pain % who've gone on e. Today hd ning Sve) Yoho Inows what future greats live in th rs along! Band group crass to the side, the curtain opens, ophor Stroct. The seane looks lke a cheery postoard of Greenwich Village, with Village characters exhibiting their paintings, grouped ina tableau tender a henner which reads “Greenwich Village ‘Art Contest, 1935") Here you see Christopher Street, Typical spot in Greewwick Village. Pleasant and peaceful on Christopher Street? (Suddenly the tableau comes to life and all hell breaks loose. An angry artist smashes his painting over the head of an artcontest judge who retires in confusion) VILLAGER: Here comes another judge. (A second judge enters, examines the paintings and awards First Prize to a bewildered jamitor, whose wellfilled ash can the judge mis takes for an ingenious mobile sculpture, The angry anists smash an- other painting over the second judge's head and all freeze into another tableau) GUIDE: Here is home, Christopher Streat— Right in the heort of Greenwich Village.