MADAME MORRIBLE (spoken) Oh, Miss Elphaba: (sung) Many years I have waited For a gift like yours to appear Why, I predict the Wizard Could make you his Magic grand vizier! My dear, my dear I’ll write at once to the Wizard Tell him of you in advance With a talent like yours, dear There…
PERSON IN CROWD (spoken) Glinda! Is it true – were you her friend?! GLINDA (spoken) Well – it depends on what you mean by “friend.” I did know her. That is, our paths did cross. At school: STUDENTS O hallowed halls and vine-draped walls The proudliest sight there is When grey and sere our hair…
CITIZENS OF OZ: Good news! She’s dead! The Witch of the West is dead! The wickedest witch there ever was The enemy of all of us here in Oz Is Dead! Good news! Good news! SOMEONE IN THE CROWD: (spoken) Look! It’s Glinda! GLINDA (spoken) Fellow Ozians: (sung) Let us be glad Let us be…
Child of the wilderness Born into emptiness Learn to be lonely Learn to find your way in darkness Who will be there for you Comfort and care for you Learn to be lonely Learn to be your one companion Never dreamed out in the world There are arms to hold you You’ve always known your…
PHANTOM: Say you’ll share with me, one love, one lifetime… Lead me, save me, from my solitude… Say you want me here beside you… Anywhere you go let me come too… Christine, that’s all i ask of… RAOUL: Oh my god, Oh my god MADAME GIRY: Monsieur Le Vicomte, come with me Monsieur Le Vicomte…
Past the point of no return – no backward glances: our games of make believe are at an end . . . Past all thought of “if” or “when” – no use resisting: abandon thought, and let the dream descend . . . What raging fire shall flood the soul? What rich desire unlocks its…
CHORUSHere the sire may serve the dam, here the master takes his meat! Here the sacrificial lamb utters one despairing bleat! CARLOTTA AND CHORUS Poor young maiden! For the thrill on your tongue of stolen sweets you will have to pay the bill – tangled in the winding sheets! Serve the meal and serve the…
Raoul: We have all been blind and yet the answer is staring us in the face. This could be the chance to ensnare our clever friend. Firmin and Andre: We’re listening. Go on. Raoul: We shall play his game, perform his work, but remember we hold the ace. For if Ms. Daae sings, he is…
The PHANTOM emerges from behind the cross) PHANTOM (very soft and enticing) Wandering child . . . So lost . . . So helpless . . . Yearning for my Guidance . . . (Bewildered, CHRISTINE looks up, and murmurs breathlessly): CHRISTINE Angel . . . or father . . . Friend . . ….
CHRISTINE: To my father’s grave, please. In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came That voice which calls to me and speaks my name…Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing Her Father promised her that he would send her the Angel of Music Her father promised her? Her father promised her… You were…