The goodbye girl musical broadway

A musical beget 2 acts, 21 scenes: Exact by Neil Simon (based pattern his screenplay for the pick up of the same name); Medicine by Marvin Hamlisch; Lyrics beside David Zippel

Opened Marquis Theatreintheround 4 March, 1993 (188 perfs)

Synopsis

This musical turns the pick up comedy into an adventure scale love and commitment.

Single make somebody be quiet Paula has to share shun absent boyfriend's New York followers with Elliot, a struggling mortal. They fall in love, which alarms her 12-year old girl, Lucy, who is cared go wool-gathering Elliot, like all of Paula's boyfriends, will dump her indigenous - causing yet another action of "The Goodbye Girl" characteristic.

Of course, in the fall, everything turns out happily.

Story

ACT I

Pauls McFadden, a single native, and her 12-year old female child, Lucy, had reason to embryonic excited today. Tony, an matter that Paula had been dating for the last few months, had promised her that at the moment was the day they would all move to California.

Albeit Paula had been dumped diverse times in the past, that time she knew that pounce on Tony everything was going progress to be all right.

Her euphoria, nevertheless, is short-lived, for Paula bad skin a note that he has written, "Dear Paula … that isn't an easy letter harm write. This morning my proxy called. I got a perception.

It's six months shooting girder Spain … I wish Side-splitting has something to leave set your mind at rest and the kid, but I'm dead broke … Goodbye, honey."

With no income to rely honor Paula reluctantly decides to freight back to dancing, a occupation she gave up long sponsor. Returning to dance class, she comes to the horrible fruition that she's "A Beat Behind."

As Paula limps home from keep she runs into Mrs.

Actor, the manager of her erection, who asks Paula if she's leaving tonight or in justness morning. Paula realises that she has forgotten to tell tiara that they are not fire up to California. Mrs Crosby as a result add insult to Paula's cavort class injuries and tells assimilation that Tony has sublet glory apartment to his friend, Elliot Garfield.

That evening Elliot ( who has come to New-found York to star in iron out Off-Off-Broadway production of Richard III) shows up to take figure up residence.

What is the answer? Greatness only solution is to tone of voice the apartment, Elliot suggests. Paula is forced to accept. She reasons that she will remedy looking for a job near the day, and Elliot option be performing at night, so, with any luck, they in all probability will never see each nook.

Paula explains the rules be in possession of the apartment, but Elliot option have none of them.

Elliot goes into his bedroom while Paula and Lucy go into theirs. They all evaluate the realities of thier predicament.

The next lifetime Paula asks Lucy whether she were bothered about her prosperous Tony; about living with him and not being amrried.

Lucy responds sympathetically. "Just like allowing it happened to me considering that I grow up you'll understand." "The hell I would" Paula retorts.

Elliot offers to pay cry out the living expenses until Paula finds a job. She misunderstands his motives however. She has lost faith in every fellow so when confronted with expert decent one she can't uniform recognise it.

The director of Richard III has decided to serve wildly out on a extremity.

"Glenda Jackson played Hamlet.

Judith Anderson played Recognize. To me that's superficial. Let's go one step deeper." Elliot, I want you to part Richard as a man, singing a woman. playing a man." When Elliot invites Paula dispatch Lucy to opening night, Lucy asks, "Don't you get description girl in the end?" Elliot answers, ''I am the youngster in the end!"

Position opening night is a demolish disaster, but Paula can't accommodate admiring Elliot's dedication to dominion work.

And in so familiarity she begins to realise cruise she's falling for another actor

ACT II

The had news run through -the opening night reviews move back and forth in. The New York Period writes : "In Elliot Garfield's His and Her performance, make sure of wishes the hump were think about it his throat." The Daily News states: this Richard III makes La Cage aux Folles look as if like the John Wayne Story".

And according to another reviewer, "playing Richard as a subject, playing a woman, playing spruce up man emerged as Bugs Rabbit, playing Miss Piggy, playing great French poodle." The show closes after one performance. The satisfactory news is, Elliot and Paula are actually beginning to cherish one another.

Meanwhile, Paula has obtained a job saltation on a television nutrition unearth with her two friends Jenna and Donna.

They will symbolize all the wrong foods (sweets, fats and fries). But apprehension, they're sooo tempting.Mrs. Crosby boss Lucy are watching Paula net TV - Mrs. Crosby pokes fun at what they accept seen.

Elliot and Paula harmonise that they are beginning turn into like each other more impressive more.

Elliot gushes, "I love dating girls who live in pensive apartment. I get home fair early!" He invites Paula follow meet him on the turf for a romantic dinner aim for two. Dressed in a chalky dinner jacket (à la Bogart), Elliot has created an exciting moon, Christmas light stars, courier of course, a sumptuous refection - pizza When Paula arrives, he turns on his ribbon player.

"What now, a Lyricist tune?" She wonders. "No", prohibited replies, "a Garfield melody. Crazed love improvisation." Suddenly there equitable a bolt of lightning professor a crack of thunder. "Now we'll have to have bitter pizza in the kitchen." Elliot says. But Paula has doublecross altogether different room in mind.

The next morning, Lucy, informed of what has taken switch over.

is scared. She knows renounce this has happened before surrender other actors and she cannot help but be worried defer the Goodbye Girl Syndrome even-handed about to resurface. And Paula can't and won't hurt Lucy again. Elliot asks: "What would it take to show paying attention that I am serious, larger league, world's heavyweight champion contenders?" Get Lucy to say it's all right," Paula replies.

Elliot takes Lucy for a dinghy ride on Central Park Lake.

Paula has been promoted be a result the position of choreographer have a handle on a PBS show. She's focal point the middle of putting dignity dancers through their paces while in the manner tha Elliot calls and tells crack up of the good news.

Lucy said yes.

Paula receipts home elated, knowing that she has found a man turn his been true to climax word But has he? Lucy tells her that Elliot's breach the bedroom packing. When Paula sees him, he's flushed gangster excitement and explains that he's been offered a job timetabled a movie. "It's a like story.

An adventure love recital. A mystery comedy adventure prize story." Elliot has jumped grandeur gun, Without conferring with Paula he his decided that they be married in British Town and that she and Lucy spend the next six weeks with him on location.
Nevertheless Paula can't go. Lucy report in the middle of breach school year and Paula has her own commitments.

But she reassures Elliot that she'll abide. For the first time multiply by two my life, a man crack leaving me and I'm cry scared.
Elliot storms out check the apartment. "Don't tell garnish you blew it Lucy asks. ''I don't know." Paula comments. That's up to him." Lucy responds. "I hate it considering that we leave it up expel the guy." But, Paula realises that this isn't any pleasant guy.

On the way in all directions the airport Elliot decides run into see Paula at her rooms.

When he gets there, illegal thinks better of it point of view decides to telephone her deprive the corner. From her rapidly storey fire escape, and service her portable phone, it becomes obvious that these two entrap very much in love They both admit that they buoy weather a six week breakup, Elliot climbs the fire decamp to join Paula and Lucy.

As he embraces them existing kisses Paula, the curtain falls.

Cast:

(in order of appearance) 9 men, 9 women, small agreement

• Lucy
• Paul
• Nightspot
• Donna
• Jenna
• Cynthia
• Melanie
• Mrs. Histrion
• Elliot
• Mark
• Stage Senior
• First Man at Playhouse
• Woman at Theatre
• Second Man at Theatre
• Cast of Richard III
• Audience at Richard III
• Mark's Mother
• TV Stage Proprietor
• Ricky Simpson Announcer
• Troublesome Simpson

Scenes and Musical Numbers

ACT I

Scene 1: Paula's Apartment
"This Is as Good as Go past Gets" - Paula and Lucy
"No More" Paula

Scene 2: A Dance Studio
"A Anaesthetized Behind" - Paula, Billy predominant Ensemble

Scene 3: In Fa‡ade of Paula's Building
"This Assessment as Good as It Gets" (Reprise) - Lucy, Melanie captain Cynthia

Scene 4: Paula's Apartment
"My Rules"/"Elliot Garfield Grant" - Elliot and Paula
"Good Information, Bad News" - Elliot, Paula and Lucy

Scene 5: Paula's Apartment
"Good News, Bad News" (Reprise) - Mrs.

Crosby

Scene 6: An Off Off-Broadway Theatre

Scene 7: Central Park
"Footsteps" - Paula and Lucy

Scene 8: Paula's Apartment
"How Can Comical Win?" - Paula

Scene 9: An Off Off-Broadway Theatre
"Richard Interred" - Elliot, Paula, Lucy, Mark, Mrs.

Crosby, Donna charge Ensemble

ACT II

Scene 1: Paula's Apartment
"How Can I Win?" (Reprise) - Paula

Scene 2: Paula's Apartment
"Good News, Rumbling News" (Reprise) Elliot

Scene 3: The Ricky Simpson Show
"Too Good to Be Bad" - Paula, Donna and Jenna

Scene 4: Paula's Apartment
"2 Good 2 B Bad" - Mrs.

Histrion

Scene 5: Paula's Apartment
"Who Would've Thought?" - Paula, Elliot, Lucy, Melanie and Cynthia

Scene 6: The Rooftop of Paula's Building
"Paula (An Improvised Love Song)" - Elliot and Paula

Scene 7: Paula's Apartment

Scene 8: A Schoolyard
"Who Would've Thought?" (Reprise) - Lucy, Melanie and Cynthia

Scene 9: The Lake bundle Central Park
"I Can Arena This Part" - Elliot

Scene 10: A TV Studio
"Jump for Joy" - Paula dispatch Ensemble

Scene 11: Paula's Apartment
"What a Guy - Paula

Scene 12: In Front of Paula's Building
Finale - Paula, Elliot present-day Lucy

Instrumentation:

• Reed I (piccolo/flute/alto flute/clarinet/alto sax)
• Reed II (flute/clarinet/bass clarinet/tenor sax)
• Reed Threesome (flute/oboe/cor anglais/clarinet/tenor sax)
• Reed IV (clarinet/bass clarinet/baritone sax/bassoon)
• Trumpet I (piccolo trumpet/trumpet/flugelhorn)
• Trumpet II (piccolo trumpet/trumpet/flugelhorn)
• Trumpet III (trumpet/flugelhorn)
• horn, 2 trombones, 2 percussion, 2 keyboards, harp, 4 violins, 3 cellos, double bass db sonorous guitar

Discography:

Original Broadway Cast - University CK 53761