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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow; A Musical by Crayola
Topic Started: Aug 19 2017, 06:57 AM (46 Views)
TheNewImprovedCray

So this is a revue (spelled revue not review) of my songs I wrote earlier this year set to the theme of my time in an institution, although these characters I met in outpatient hospitalization and changed all their names. I'm Alex in the show. I will say that. I'll post a bit of the script at a time. Here's the breakdown.

Orchestra
Trumpet in C, Trombone, Oboe, Flute (x2), Clarinet in Eb, Clarinet in Bb, Harp, Violin I (2), Violin II, Viola, Cello (2), Alto Saxophone, Piano (2 if possible), Drum Set, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Electric Bass Guitar.

Characters
Tenors
1. Alex
a. Contemporary Musical Theatre-voice
b. D3-C5
c. 21-24, or 26-40
d. mover
e. A dreamer and narrator, rather small and dark-haired. He visits the hospital, experiences the dream of the character, and imagines his former self dead. He is a typical romantic anti-hero.

2. Teddy
a. Opera Buffo
b. C3-G4, falsetto to D5
c. 25-27, or 36-52
d. mover
e. A big, hairy gay guy, best friend of Alex who he meets, afraid to confess his feelings for Alex, and instead flirts with Clara.


3. Grant
a. Jazz, Folk
b. F3-Bb4
c. 18-21, or 18-30
d. mover
e. An athletic mixed-race stoner who falls in love with Anne, and competes with Martin, for her love, then falls for Martin, a man in his own image.

Baritones
4. Johnny
a. Patter, Classical Musical Theater
b. Bb2-F4
c. 21-24, or 26-40
d. dancer
e. A “Don Juan”-type, a half-Black, half-Latino, sort of a bad boy with a heart of gold.

5. Martin
a. Jazz, Folk
b. Ab2-F#4
c. 18-21, or 18-30
d. mover
e. Grant’s competition for Anne, an Irish boy, a good-looking guy, who knew Anne longer, but then falls for Grant.


6. Ross
a. Opera, Rock
b. G2-F4 (falsetto to G4)
c. 21-24, or 26-40
d. mover
e. The bad guy in Alex’s mind, who deceives the women into sexual favors, because Alex is threatened by him. A nerdy philosopher.


Basses
7. Paul
a. Patter
b. Gb2-Cb4
c. 28-30, or 36-52
d. little movement
e. A former priest, he helps the people find their center of love, and peace.

8. Mario
a. Rock
b. Eb2-Eb4
c. 28-30
d. little movement
e. A man who feels he’s ugly and can’t please his wife sexually and provide her with a son, which is Alex projecting for his sexual problems.

Sopranos
9. Marie
a. Rock, Legit
b. D4-Bb5
c. 18-21, or 18-30
d. mover
e. A girl who represses her memories, and burns bridges, and is blonde.

10. Judy
a. Legit
b. E4-A5
c. 25-27, or 36-52
d. little movement
e. A tall girl, a lesbian, who is looking to be loved.

11. Anne
a. Pop, Opera Buffo
b. C4-C6
c. 25-27, or 36-52
d. dancer
e. A prima donna, who loves attention, a bleached blonde.

Mezzos
12. Fiona
a. Legit/Opera, Belt/Jazz
b. B3-G#5
c. 21-24, or 26-40
d. dancer
e. A Tina Fey-type, a young mother, and promiscuous.

13. Lucy
a. Belt/Jazz, Legit/Opera
b. Bb3-F#5
c. 18-21, or 18-30
d. little movement
e. A girl realizing her identity, and in love with nature. Constantly changes herself.


14. Clara
a. Belt/Jazz
b. C4-G5
c. 18-21, or 18-30
d. mover
e. A girl who wants to feel “real” by being loved. A petite brunette with blue eyes.


Altos
15. Tanya
a. Legit
b. G3-C5
c. 28-30, or 48-60
d. little movement
e. A big girl, ethnic, motherly, supportive.


16. Luisa
a. Contemporary Legit
b. Ab3-Eb5
c. 28-30, or 48-60
d. dancer
e. A red-head dancer and painter, very quiet and introverted.
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TheNewImprovedCray

1. Prologue
(A single bed. ALEX is laying in it. Enter MEN IN WHITE, played by MARTIN and GRANT, and LANDLADY, played by ANNE.)

MAN IN WHITE #1/MARTIN
Good evening, sir,
We're glad we came when we came...

MAN IN WHITE #2/GRANT
You needed us,
We came to aid,
Please tell us your name.

ALEX
What makes you think I'm in need of help?

MAN IN WHITE #1/MARTIN
Your mental state is a shell of its former self,

MAN IN WHITE #2/GRANT
Come take a breath of the outside world...

MAN IN WHITE #1/MARTIN
Time is ticking...

MAN IN WHITE #2/GRANT
Follow us...

ALEX
I shall not go with you...

MAN IN WHITE #2/GRANT
But you have no choice,
You have orders.

MAN IN WHITE #1/MARTIN
We've been ordered to take you.

Enter LANDLADY.

LANDLADY/ANNE
Take him away,
He has nothing else to say,
Take him away,
Into the light of the day!

(ALEX goes with them. Set of the hospital comes up.)

ALEX
What is this place,
Is it a house for the insane?

MAN IN WHITE #1/MARTIN
Hush now, you won't feel anymore pain.

(Enter DOCTOR, who steps away from piano)

MAN IN WHITE #2/GRANT
Good Doctor, he's in your hands now.

DOCTOR/PIANIST
A single dose of this, and you're out.
Now it's time to la-la.

ALEX falls.

(Transition)

ALEX
Yesterday,
I wanted you too much,
Today,
I wish we could go back again,
Tomorrow,
I hope we can have what we had,
But I know,
Yesterday becomes today,
Today becomes tomorrow,
Tomorrow becomes yesterday,
And my dream of you,
Will begin and end,
And do you comprehend,
That it's a game we play,
And what more can I say,
Time is a circle
Once upon a dream,
The world stirred,
Like coffee to cream,
The day began.
And situations,
Reality fixed,
But those dreamers,
That's what's life's meant.

(The patients slowly process.)

COMPANY
Hello,
Hello,
Hello,
The world is just beginning for you,
It's not an end,
It's a beginning,
Just count up to ten,
And start all over again.
We've all had our demons,
We've all had our dreams,
But in life it seems,
It's a long, long way...
To the right track.
So...
Hello...
Hello...
Hello...
Goodbye yesterday...
Hello today…
See you tomorrow…
Time is a circle…

DOCTOR/PIANIST
This is Alex, he is just joining us...

COMPANY
Hello, Alex.

DOCTOR/PIANIST
Why don't we go around and share our stories?

ALEX
I'm Alex, and I'm wishing,
Wishing for these youthful moments back,
I need someone good, in this world,
In this dear old, forsaken world,
And I know they're there over the horizon.

CLARA
A guy like you, for a girl like me,
A girl like Clara, can set me free,
Because I can break your heart,
I don't want anything, just to feel,
That's a problem when you're not real.

TEDDY
You'll never find a bear like me,
A guy named Teddy, don't you see,
How can I tell you how I feel,
How can I speak angel words to you,
This Hell up here is Heaven with you.

LUCY
Lucy is a diamond in the sky, her eyes,
Oh her eyes, and her hair change, sparkle,
She's growing like birds to the breeze,
She wants to climb mountains and trees,
She is special, she is snow.

ROSS
If she would just say hello to me, somehow,
I would tell her Ross, and I have words to say,
I don't know her name, but who cares all the same,
I really think she's good, and someday,
If it's good for her she'll know.


MARIE
And I'm Marie and I'm burning bridges,
I love you, I hate you, I want you, I need you,
Wait I said that, I don't remember, but I remember,
Seagulls, seagulls, seagulls, yes I remember,
Seagulls, flapping, against the wind...


JOHNNY
And I'm Johnny, and I'm waiting for a girl,
To show me through the cypress trees, where we walk,
Can it be that a boy and a girl fall in love,
And I know there's something about she thinks,
Drinks, and there's something about me.


DOCTOR/PIANIST
Your turn...

PAUL
That's Luisa, she's a girl of few words,
Picture in your mind, with a world in her brain,
Who can't sing a single refrain,
Because she chooses not to,
Isn't that strange?
I'm Paul, I left the ministry,
Became totally deranged,
From my family estranged,
A lost shepherd from its flock,
In the desert circled by a clock.


MARIO
I'm a beast, of terrible physique,
My wife left me, I'm Mario,
Because our marriage was troubled,
A son she wanted, but what she wanted,
I could not give her, but I need her.


TANYA
Look for her the beauty within,
Your wishes are dear,
What you need will come true,
Hear what Tanya sings to you,
Rest, rest, rest.


JUDY
I wished for her, she came true,
She said Judy, come to me,
That was our love story,
For one summer morning,
I won't feel her slip away.

ANNE
Don't you know the real star is me, Anne?
I've been here before, many times,
And now I'm here, one more time,
Just for one more bow,
I will take one more bow,.

GRANT
I never knew, I was the man of your dreams,
Your dear Grant,
And I'll stay and I'll stay,
Until your heart I find.
Maybe that's why I love you.

MARTIN
And how green was my valley,
Your own Martin,
Anne, come on and choose me,
Until you choose me,
I'll never know what life means!


FIONA
Love forsake me, give me an answer do,
Do you love Fiona like I love you...
Don't worry sonny, it will be okay,
Chin up, chin up, everything will be
Okay.

ALEX
Hmm. Everything will be okay.
(Transition, Judy, Tanya, Martin, Grant function as back-up singers)
I remember an event in time—
When we all met—
It was so long ago—
But it was an inciting—
An inciting event.
I remember seeing a horizon—
A line by the beach—
A boundary—
When I was young—
Here’s to days sung—
And time goes by—
But I know you’re waiting somewhere—
Somewhere—
Somewhere we’ll be.
And you’re still there,
Waiting,
Waiting for me.
(Everyone fades into the darkness, with the exception of Luisa, who begins to paint, and ALEX who sings the number.)
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2. Over the Horizon
(Alex by a painted beach. Two couples, MAN 1/JOHNNY, WOMAN 1/MARIE, MAN 2/ROSS, and MAN 2/CLARA walk by. They walk in opposite directions. LUCY dances in the shore as a seagull. She flaps her arms like a bird. LUISA sits in the sand behind ALEX, and paints the scene. After ALEX finishes singing, she reveals a painting of ALEX and the seagull, and the couples passing by the beach.)

ALEX
There’s a star waiting for me,
Somewhere over the horizon,
There’s a chance waiting for me,
Somewhere over the horizon,
And I know,
Wherever I go
That tomorrow I’ll be free,
If I just can somehow be,
Somewhere over the horizon.
There’s a dream waiting for me,
Somewhere over the horizon,
There is love waiting for me,
Somewhere over the horizon,
And I know,
Wherever I go,
That tomorrow I will see,
If I just can somehow be,
Somewhere over the horizon.
Over there, over there,
Be someone great, over there,
Not like who I am now.
Over there, over there,
Gonna find myself, over there,
Gonna find who I am, somewhere.
I know I’ll make it someday,
Somehow, somewhere.
There’s a start waiting for me,
Somewhere over the horizon,
There’s a road waiting for me,
Somewhere over the horizon,
And I know,
Wherever I go,
I’ll find something new,
Gonna make it,
Gonna make it,
Wait and see,
I can just somehow be,
Somewhere over the horizon!

3. Intro/What’s Her Name
(After LUISA reveals the painting, ALEX walks upstage. The scene is changed to an amusement park. A bench is placed. MARIO dresses as a clown. FIONA, MARIE, and ANNE dress as bathing beauties. ALEX looks out and sees CLARA on the bench, and JOHNNY and ROSS on the other side of the boardwalk. He sits at the bench where CLARA is reading.)

Alex
My memory of Ross—
And Johnny—
Is all the same.
Who is to blame?

Clara
Say, what is your name?

Alex
My name is Alex,
What’s yours?

Clara
Call me what you will,
I’m just not real.

Alex
You’re clear as day,
Your eyes blue,
Your hair black,
As night,
That is real to me,
You’re a somebody.

Ross
There’s somebody!
Somebody there.
Lately, I’ve been lonely,
Lately, I’ve been thinking,
Could a soul uplift me—
Johnny, who is that—

Johnny
Ross, she’s just some girl—

Ross
I’ve seen her before—
Was it yesterday—
I see you today—
I’ll see you tomorrow—
All I know,
She’s not just some girl,
She’s the only girl for me,

Johnny
But she’s just some girl,
She’s not worth it don’t you see,

ROSS
How can a girl matter so much,

JOHNNY
You hold and her and feel her touch,
But do you know her name,

ROSS
Who cares man, all the same—
What’s her name
What’s your name
I’ve forgotten if they’re green or blue
Your eyes I mean
What’s your name
I’ve forgotten how much I love you.
Though I’ve never been
In love at all.

ROSS & JOHNNY
Every day I call it strange thinking of your face

ALEX
What’s your name
I’ve forgotten if there was rain or sun
The day that we met
And who’s to blame—
Clara...

(Clara gets up. She walks towards Ross. She pauses and smiles. She waves.)

4. She Said Hello

CLARA
Hello.

ROSS
What do I say
To a girl who speaks the world
In one word?

JOHNNY
Just say hello—

(Exit Alex)

ROSS
Hello!

JOHNNY
See you later.

(JOHNNY exits.)

CLARA
Hello…
Hello, friend…

Ross/Clara
She said hello,/Hello
I stopped and life became clear,/Nothing to fear
When she said hello,/Hello
And suddenly,/It’s me
There was nothing else to fear,/I’m here
Knowing that she was near,/It’s clear
I swore to love her always,/I’ve always
And I’ll gladly love her always./Yes always
Since the minute she walked in,/Been
And said how do you do,/In love with you
The instant that she came in,/I never win
And said it was you,/Then you
I knew it was meant to be,/Came to me
You must believe me,/Suddenly
When I felt something within,/Something within
And every tear became a grin./Brought a grin
And such little words,/How can I find the words
Turned to such poetry,/I’m no good at poetry
And notes to chords,/Putting them to chords
Which became symphonies./Or into symphonies
I said hello,/Hello
I spoke to her and life started then,/Life’s been
I said hello,/Mellow
And suddenly,/You and me
My wildest fantasy,/My fantasy
There was nothing else to say when,/Came true, It has been
I thank the Heavens for the moment when,/Bliss, ever since the moment when
She said hello./You said hello

5. Kiss Me
(He leans towards her. The sun glares on them. Eerie string music plays. Ross dips her.)
ROSS/
Kiss me!
CLARA/
No! No!
ROSS/
Why won’t you kiss me?!
CLARA/
I don’t love you!
ROSS/
Love me!
CLARA/
I don’t know you!
ROSS/
Take me!
CLARA/
I don’t want you!
ROSS/
A girl like you needs a man like me/
CLARA/
Let go/
ROSS/
A girl like you needs to be kissed by me/
CLARA/
I won’t follow/
ROSS/
A girl like you needs to kiss my lips/
CLARA/
Get away from me/
ROSS/
A man like me needs to put my hands around your hips/
CLARA/
Hear what I say!/
ROSS/
Kiss me!/
CLARA/
Give me a reason-
ROSS/
I love you!
CLARA/
Why I should not-
ARNOLD/
ROSS/
Let me feel—
CLARA/
Hate you, I hate you!
ROSS/
Why aren’t you real
Like the other girls?

(SAILOR/PAUL, enters with SAILOR GIRL #1/TANYA and SAILOR GIRL #2/JUDY. He waves, and whistles, and ROSS follows him. The scene darkens, a light on CLARA.)

6. Real
CLARA
What is this thing
This thing called real
Will someone tell me
What’s the deal
It seems that’s what
Stands in my way
At least that’s
What they say
If I could just be
How the others be
I would be real
If my chest was steel
And would crush men that feel
I would be real
If I don’t run
When you say hey let’s have fun
I would be real
If I knew
He was true
Then I’d know I would be real
And maybe then he’d want me
And maybe then he’ll love me
And maybe then he’ll hold me
The way I dream he would
If my eyes cried tears
Or bled when cut by shears
I would be real
If you gave me chills
And I then became ill
If I died I would be real
But I have this feeling
This feeling called love
And I have this dream this dream of
Being wanted the way
That I hope he’ll want me
So doesn’t that make me real too?

(Transition.)
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Track List

*dancer in song, possible to also be a singer

This musical should be noted as sung-through. Some of these musicals are adaptations but all done by me.


1. Prologue (“original”)…Alex, Doctor/Pianist, Company
2. Over the Horizon…Alex, Lucy* (from Lewis and Clark: The Musical)
3. What’s Her Name…Johnny, Ross, Clara, Alex (from I Miss You, Matthew D’Aubigne)
4. Intro/She Said Hello…Johnny, Ross, Clara (from I Miss You, Matthew D’Aubigne)
5. Kiss Me…Clara*, Ross* (from I Miss You, Matthew D’Aubigne)
6. Real…Clara, Luisa* (from A.I.: The Musical)
7. Birds to the Breeze…Lucy* (from Garden Party)
8. The First Night We Kissed/Transition…Alex*, Teddy, Clara, Lucy (from 50 First Dates)
9. Confession 1/O Dolce Mia Clara…Alex, Teddy (from Man of the Year)
10. Confession 2/Lucy, Lucy….Alex, Teddy (from 50 First Dates)
11. Intro/That Kind of a Guy…Clara, Teddy (from Weekend at the Beach)
12. Teddy’s Song…Teddy* (from A.I.: The Musical)
13. Words to Say…Teddy, Alex, Clara (from War is a Picnic)
14. Growing Old…Alex (from War is a Picnic)
15. You are Good…Alex, Lucy (from Edward Scissorhands)
16. One Summer Morning…Lucy, danced by Johnny* (from Picnic- not War is a Picnic)
17. Somebody Woke Up…Anne, Lucy*, Fiona*, Johnny*, Alex* (from Pedrolino)
18. How Can I Tell Him…Fiona, Lucy (from Edward Scissorhands)
19. Love Forsake Me…Fiona, danced by Luisa* (from Man of the Year)
20. Beauty Within….Fiona, Mario (from Elephant Man)
21. I Am a Man…Mario, Fiona (from Elephant Man)
22. Simple Woman…Mario, Teddy, Martin, Grant, Alex, danced by Anne* (from Garden Party)
23. One More Bow…Anne (from Topper)
24. Klonopin Pop…The Eight Girls (from Black Sheep)
25. Man of Your Dreams…Grant*, danced by Anne* (from Garden Party)
26. How Green Was my Valley…Martin*, danced by Anne* (from Tourist)
27. Anne…Martin, Grant (from Picnic- in show called “Madge”)
28. Why I Love You…Anne*, Lucy* (originally for Mulholland Drive, now for Weekend at the Beach)
29. I Never Knew...Martin, Grant (from Lewis and Clark)
30. Evening Wish…Judy, danced by Luisa* (from the Tourist)
31. Nocturne…Tanya, danced by Luisa* (from A.I.)
32. Intro (Breathe)/Slipping through my Fingers…Judy, Tanya, Marie, Johnny (from Man of the Year)
33. Don’t Cry…Paul (originally for Persephone and Hades, now for Weekend at the Beach)
34. There We Walked…Paul, Johnny (from The Stranger)
35. Something About Marie…Johnny* (from the Stranger)
36. Boy and a Girl…Johnny*, Marie* (from Pedrolino)
37. Burning Bridges…Johnny, Marie (Black Sheep)
38. I Remember Seagulls…Ross, Marie* (Black Sheep)
39. If That’s Good For You…Ross (Black Sheep)
40. Dear World…Alex (Black Sheep)
41. Don’t Worry Sonny…Fiona* (Black Sheep)
42. Picture in your Mind…Luisa* (Black Sheep)
43. Isn’t it, Darling…Judy, Tanya, Johnny (Garden Party)
44. Finale (“original”)/Bless Our Happy Home…Paul, Alex, Company (from Topper)
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