Act One
No. 1 Introduction and Opening Ensemble ‘Ain’t it awful the heat’ and ‘Oi de moiders!’ - Kaplan, An elderly man, Man munching peanuts, A voice, Mrs. F, Mrs. J, Mrs. O, Olsen, Shirley, 2 Salvation army girls
No. 2 Blues ‘I got a marble and a star’ - Henry, Mrs J
No.3 Scene and Trio ‘ You wouldn’t think a married woman’ - A boy, Willie, Anna Maurrant, Mrs F, Mrs J, Mrs O, A girl and a boy
Dialogue: ‘Be careful she’s coming!’ - Mrs J, Anna Maurrant, Mrs F, Mrs O, Olsen, Sam, Buchanan
No. 4 Arietta ‘When a woman has a baby’ - Buchanan, Mrs F, Anna Maurrant, Mrs J, Mrs B
No. 5 Scene and Aria ‘She shouldn’t be staying out nights’ - Maurrant, Anna Maurrant, Mrs Fiorentino, Jones
Aria ‘Somehow I never could believe’ - Anna Maurrant, Mrs J, Mrs F, Jones, Children, Mrs. Olsen
No. 6 Scene and Quartett ‘Get a load of that’ - Sankey, Mrs J, Mrs F, Anna Maurrant, Jones, A Voice, Olsen, Mrs O, Maurrant
Dialogue: ‘They need a lot of looking after’ - Maurrant, Mrs K, Lippo, Olsen, Mrs F
No. 7 Ice-cream Sextet ‘First time I come to da America’ - Lippo, Mrs J, Mrs F, Mrs O, Jones, Olsen, Henry
Dialogue ‘Here’s your wife now Mr. Maurrant’ - Anna Maurrant, Lippo, Maurrant, Kaplan, Shirley, Olsen, Jones, Mrs F, Mrs J
No. 8 ‘Let things be like they always was’ - Maurrant
Dialogue ‘And I tell you it’s time something was done, to put the fear of God into people’ - Maurrant, Mrs. F, Lippo, Olsen, Jones
No. 9 Scene and Ensemble ‘Hail to the school that floats the banner blue’ and ‘Wrapped in a ribbon and tied in a bow’ - Children, Jones, Mrs. F, Anna Maurrant, Mrs. J, Jenny, Mrs. H, Charlie and Mary, Mrs. O, Olsen, Lippo, Henry, Grace, Three Graduation Girls, Buchanan, Sankey
Dialogue ‘Say, go right ahead. Don’t let me stop you’ - Sankey, Anna Maurrant, Mrs. J, Maurrant, Mrs. H, Willie, Sam, Mrs. F, Lippo, Jones
No. 10 Arioso ‘Lonely House’ - Sam
Dialogue ‘This is where I live Mr. Easter’ - Rose, Mrs. F, Easter, Mrs. O
No. 11 Scene and Song ‘Wouldn’t you like to be on Broadway?’ - Rose, Easter, Mrs. J
No. 12 Cavatina and Scene ‘I’ve looked in the window at diamonds’ and ‘What good would the moon be?’ - Rose, Easter, Maurrant
Dialogue ‘I think the baby’s coming’ - Buchanan, Rose, Mae, Dick
No. 13 Song, Scene and Dance ‘Moonfaced, starryeyed’ - Dick, Mae
Dialogue ‘I’ll say’ - Dick, Mae, Buchanan, Rose, Vincent, Sam, Mrs. J
No. 14 Duet ‘Pain, nothing but pain’ - Rose, Sam
Finaletto ‘Miss Maurrant’ - Buchanana, Rose, Dr Wilson ‘And don’t forget the lilac bush’ - Sam, Rose, Maurrant ‘I got a marble and a star’ - Henry
Act Two
Scene One
No. 15 Introduction and Children’s Game ‘Fat, fat the water rat’ - Jones, Dr. Wilson, Buchanan, Dick, Mae, Policeman, Milkman, Tramp, Rose, Henry, Joan, Myrtle, Sam, Willie, Mrs. J., Workman, Lippo, A Voice, Charlie, Children, Grace, Joe,
Dialogue ‘Hello Rose’ - Sam, Rose, Shirley, Mrs. F, Buchanan, Lippo, Anna Maurrant, A Voice, Mrs J, Mary, Charlie, Maurrant
No. 16 Scene and Trio ‘I was up all night’ - Maurrant, Rose, Anna Maurrant, Mrs J
Dialogue ‘Look out Ma. Somebody’s coming’ - Rose, Jones, Anna Maurrant, Willie
No. 17 Song ‘Somebody’s going to be so handsome’ - Anna Maurrant, Willie, Rose
Dialogue ‘I put some water on to boil’ - Rose, Anna Maurrant, Shirley, Vincent, Sam
No. 18 Duet and Scene ‘When birds get old enough’ - Rose, Sam, Easter, A distant voice, Buchanan, Anna Maurrant, Sankey
Dialogue ‘Dis is it’ - James Henry (Marshall), Fred Cullen (his assistant), Sam, Henry, A voice, An Old-Clothes Man, Mrs. J, Maurrant, Sam, Anna Maurrant, A Workman, A Man, Olsen, Policeman, Another Man, Grocery Boy, Officer Murphy, Buchanan, Ambulance-Driver, Girl (piano player), Intern, Rose
No. 19 Choral Scene and Lament ‘Who’s she… her daughter… poor thing’ and ‘Now love and death have linked their arms together’ - Crowd, Mrs K, Sam, Rose, Intern, Marshal, Policeman, Anna Maurrant, Fred
Interlude
Scene Two
Dialogue ‘All right. That’s all Charlie’ - Two furniture movers, two nursemaids
No. 20 Lullaby ‘Sleep baby dear’ - Two nursemaids, Officer Murphy
No. 21 Scene ‘She never opened her eyes again’ - Rose, Murphy, Henry, Sam, Shirley
Dialogue ‘Papa the police are going to make me testify against Maurrant’ - Sam, Olsen, Mrs. O, Shirley, Murphy, Buchanan, Mrs. J, Rose, Mrs. F, Two policemen
No. 22 Finale ‘Rose, you’re wearing a black dress’ and ‘Ain’t it awful the heat’ - Maurrant, Rose, Officer Murphy, Chorus, Sam, Man, Woman, Shirley, Mrs. F, Kaplan, Mrs. O, Child, Mrs. J, Henry, Sailor and two girls
