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Act II has very little dialogue. Your audience sits back and
enjoys.
Characters
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Emcee: Miss Garland…
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Judy: …obsession…
Emcee: Just two years later when Judy was 14, Ethel
obtained an audition in front of Roger Edens, a music
director under contract with MGM. He asked you
what you wanted to sing…and you replied…
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(From backstage)
Specials on Liza
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(Behind curtain)
Frank: We met on the back lot of MGM. I was singing
with the Tommy Dorsey band. I taught her everything
she knows.
Frank: Forgedaboutit…
(all sing)
J: Let me
D: Let me.
F: Let me
ALL: Live under your spell
Keep doin’ that, voodoo that, you do so well.
Cause you do something to me
That nobody else can do
That nobody else can do.
(Judy exits)
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Liza: First call was 5AM and Mama was lucky to get
home 14 hours later. I never saw her.
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7) SMILE
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End of ACT I
ACT II
Judy: 3rd.
Frank: (from near the offstage bar) What did you say,
Judy?
SR – Special
Exit and special off
Judy: You can’t the audience home with you after the
curtain rings down. Professional happiness doesn’t
last through the night. It doesn’t protect you from the
terror of a lonely hotel room. And, in a way, it
destroys your soul to feed off applause. I know, I’ve
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Special on bar
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