The Last Midnight... - Has anyone seen it?

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Last Midnight

Witch:

It's the last midnight.
It's the last wish.
It's the last midnight,
Soon it will be boom--
Squish!
Told a little lie, stole a little gold, broke a little vow,
Did you?
Had to get your Prince, had to get your cow,
Have to get your wish, doesn't matter how..
Anyway, it doesn't matter now.
It's the last midnight,
It's the boom--
Splat!
Nothing but a vast midnight,
Everybody smashed flat!
Nothing we can do...
Not exactly true:
We can always give her the boy...
No?
No, of course, what really matters is the blame.
Somebody to blame.
Fine, if that's the thing you enjoy, placing the blame,
If that's the aim, give me the blame.
Just give me the boy.
No?
You're so nice.
You're not good, you're not bad,
You're just nice.
I'm not good, I'm not nice,
I'm just right.
I'm the witch.
You're the world.
I'm the hitch, I'm what no one believes.
I'm the witch.
You're all liars and thieves,
Like his father!
Like his son will be too!
Oh, why bother?
You'll just do what you do!
It's the last midnight,
So goodbye, all.
Coming at you fast, midnight--
Soon you'll see the sky fall!
Here, you want a bean?
Have another bean.
Beans were made for making you rich!
Plant them and they soar--
Here, you want some more?
Listen to the roar:
Giants by the score--!
Oh well, you can blame another witch.
It's the last midnight,
It's the last verse.
Now, before it's past midnight,
I'm leaving you my last curse:
I'm leaving you alone.
You can tend the garden, it's yours.
Separate and alone,
Everybody down on all fours.
All right, Mother, when?
Lost the beans again!
Punish me the way you did then!
Give me claws and a hunch,
Just away from this bunch
And the gloom
And the doom
And the boom
Cruuuunch!

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Above: A photo of the Martin Beck Theatre and it's facade advertising their production of "Into the Woods", a music theatre drama by the one and only Stephen Sondheim

Chorus (ALL):

Into the woods - you have to grope,
But that's the way you learn to cope.
Into the woods to find there's hope
Of getting through the journey.
Into the woods, each time you go,
There's more to learn of what you know.
Into the woods, but not too slow -
Into the woods, it's nearing midnight -
Into the woods to mind the wolf,
To heed the witch, to honor the giant,
To mind, to heed, to find, to think, to teach, to join,
To go to the Festival!
Into the woods,
Into the woods,
Into the woods,
Then out of the woods -
And happy ever after!
Cinderella: I wish...

(end of on-stage drama)

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Has anyone seen it?

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No one has seen the musical? It's a must... it's very interesting!

Ever After

Narrator: And it came to pass, all that seemed wrong was now right, the kingdoms were filled with
joy, and those who deserved to were certain to live a long and happy life. Ever after...

Company: Ever after!
Narrator: Journey over, all is mended,
And it's not just for today,
But tomorrow, and extended
Ever after!
Company: Ever after!
Narrator: All the curses have been ended,
The reverses wiped away.
All is tenderness and laughter
For forever after!

Company: Happy now and happy hence
And happy ever after!

Narrator: There were dangers--
Company: We were frightened--
Narrator: And confusions--
Company: But we hid it--
Narrator: And the paths would often swerve.
Company: We did not.
Narrator: There were constant--
Company: It's amazing--
Narrator: Disillusions--
Company: That we did it.
Narrator: But they never lost their nerve.
Company: Not a lot.
Narrator, Company: And they (we) reached the right conclusions,
And they (we) got what they (we) deserve!
Company: Not a sigh and not a sorrow,
Tenderness and laughter.
Joy today and bliss tomorrow,
And forever after!

Florinda: I was greedy.
Lucinda: I was vain.
Florinda: I was haughty.
Lucinda: I was smug.
Both: We were happy.
Lucinda: It was fun.
Florinda: But we were blind.
Both: Then we went into the woods
To get our wish
And now we're really blind.

Witch (Over): I was perfect.
I had everything but beauty.
I had power,
And a daughter like a flower,
In a tower.
Then I went into the woods to get my wish
And now I'm ordinary.
Lost my power, and my flower.
Florinda, Lucinda: We're unworthy.
Florinda, Lucinda, Witch: We're (I'm) unhappy now, unhappy hence,
As well as ever after.
Had we used our common sense,
Been worthy of our discontents...

Company: To be happy, and forever,
You must see your wish come true.
Don't be careful, don't be clever.
When you see your wish, pursue.
It's a dangerous endeavor,
But the only thing to do--
(in three groups: round)
Though it's fearful,
Though it's deep, though it's dark,
And though you may lose the path,
Though you may encounter wolves,
You mustn't stop,
You mustn't swerve,
You mustn't ponder,
You have to act!
When you know your wish,
If you want your wish,
You can have your wish,
But you can't just wish--
No, to get your wish

(unison)

You go into the woods,
Where nothing's clear,
Where witches, ghosts
And wolves appear.
Into the woods
And through the fear,
You have to take the journey.
Into the woods
And down the dell,
In vain perhaps,
But who can tell?

Into the woods to lift the spell,
Into the woods to lose the longing.
Into the woods to have the child,
To wed the Prince,
To get the money,
To save the house,
To kill the wolf,
To find the father,
To conquer the kingdom,
to have, to wed,
To get, to save,
To kill, to keep,
To go to the Festival!

Into the woods,
Into the woods,
Into the woods,

Then out of the woods--

Narrator: To be continued...

All: --And happy ever after!