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(Vincent and Vanessa) [added in 1971 rehearsal; cut in London Follies 1987]

“In Buddy’s Eyes” (Sally) [Follies, January 2, 1971]

“Who’s That Woman?” (Stella and Company) [Mirror Dance Routine in The Girls Upstairs, first and second drafts]

[“Can That Boy Fox-trot!” in The Girls Upstairs, second draft, cut in 1971 rehearsals]

“I’m Still Here” (Carlotta) [replaced “Can That Boy Fox-trot!” during 1971 rehearsals]

[“Pleasant Little Kingdom” in The Girls Upstairs, first draft; cut in 1971]

“Too Many Mornings” (Ben, Sally) [The Girls Upstairs, first and second drafts]

[“That Old Piano Roll” (Buddy) in Follies, September 1970 draft]

“The Right Girl” (Buddy) [added in 1971 rehearsals]

“One More Kiss” (Heidi, Young Heidi) [The Girls Upstairs, first and second drafts]

“Could I Leave You?” (Phyllis) [The Girls Upstairs, second draft]

*Includes songs retained from The Girls Upstairs (1965).

† See Carol Ilson, Harold Prince, 177–97; Mandelbaum, “A Chorus Line,” 66–78; Prince, 158–70; Sondheim, “Musical Theater,” 231–32; and Zadan, Sondheim & Co. 135–53.

‡ Sondheim mentions a predecessor to “Beautiful Girls” called “Bring on the Girls” that Michael Bennett asked him to change when he “joined the show.” See Mandelbaum, “A Chorus Line,” 71.

LOVELAND

1. The Folly of Love

“Loveland” (Sung by The Ensemble) [rewritten in London Follies 1987]

The Spirit of First Love (Miss Kathie Dalton)

The Spirit of Young Love (Miss Margot Travers)

The Spirit of True Love (Miss Suzanne Briggs)

The Spirit of Pure Love (Miss Trudy Carson)

The Spirit of Romantic Love (Miss Linda Perkins)

The Spirit of Eternal Love (Miss Ursula Maschmeyer)

2. The Folly of Youth

Scene—A Bower in Loveland.

[“Who Could Be Blue?” and “Little White House”] [cut in 1971 rehearsals]

“You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow” (Sung by Mr. Ben Stone and Miss Phyllis Rogers) [added in 1971 rehearsals]

“Love Will See Us Through” (Sung by Mr. Buddy Plummer and Miss Sally Durant) [added in 1971 rehearsals]

3. Buddy’s Folly

Scene—A Thoroughfare in Loveland.

“The God-Why-Don’t-You-Love-Me-Blues” (Sung and Danced by Mr. Buddy Plummer) (With the Assistance of Miss Suzanne Rogers and Miss Rita O’Connor) [added in 1971 rehearsals]

4. Sally’s Folly

Scene—A Boudoir in Loveland.

“Losing My Mind” (Sung by Mrs. Sally Durant Plummer) [added in 1971 rehearsals]

5. Phyllis’s Folly

Scene—A Honky-Tonk in Loveland.

“Uptown, Downtown” [cut in 1971 rehearsals]

“The Story of Lucy and Jessie” (Sung by Mrs. Phyllis Rogers Stone) (Danced by Mrs. Stone and The Dancing Ensemble) [added in 1971 rehearsals; cut in London Follies 1987]

6. Ben’s Folly

Scene—A Supper Club in Loveland.

“Live, Laugh, Love” (Sung by Mr. Benjamin Stone) (Danced by Mr. Stone and The Dancing Ensemble) [cut in London Follies 1987]

London Revival 1987

PLACE: The stage of the Weismann Theatre, New York City

TIME: 1970

Act I

“Beautiful Girls” (Roscoe and Company)

“Don’t Look at Me” (Sally, Ben)

“Rain on the Roof” (The Whitmans)

“Ah! Paris” (Solange)

“Broadway Baby” (Hattie)

“Waiting for the Girls Upstairs” (Buddy, Ben, Phyllis)

“Who’s That Woman” (Stella and Company)

“In Buddy’s Eyes” (Sally)

“Country House” (Phyllis and Ben) [replaced “The Road You Didn’t Take”]

“Too Many Mornings” (Ben, Sally)

Act II

“Social Dancing” (Company)

“I’m Still Here” (Carlotta)

“The Right Girl” (Buddy)

“Could I Leave You?” (Phyllis)

“One More Kiss” (Heidi, Young Heidi)

“Loveland” (Roscoe and Company) [rewritten in 1987]

“Love Will See Us Through” (Sung by Mr. Buddy Plummer and Miss Sally Durant) [revised as Double Duet in 1987]

“Buddy’s Blues” (Sung and Danced by Mr. Buddy Plummer) (With the Assistance of Miss Suzanne Rogers and Miss Rita O’Connor)

“Losing My Mind” (Sung by Mrs. Sally Durant Plummer)

“You’re Gonna Love Tomorrow” (Sung by Mr. Ben Stone and Miss Phyllis Rogers)

“Ah! But Underneath” (Sung by Mrs. Phyllis Rogers Stone) (Danced by

Mrs. Stone and the Dancing Ensemble) [replaced “The Story of Lucy and Jessie”]

“Make the Most of Your Music” (Sung by Mr. Benjamin Stone) (Danced by Mr. Stone and the Dancing Ensemble) [replaced “Live, Laugh, Love”]

Double Duet (Young Sally, Young Ben, Young Phyllis, and Young Buddy) [revised “Love Will See Us Through”]

Appendix S: Sweeney Todd (1979)

Musical Numbers

THE PLACE: London: Fleet Street and environs

THE TIME: The 19th Century

Act I

“The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” (Company)

“No Place Like London” (Anthony, Todd Beggar Women Woman)

“The Barber and His Wife” (Todd)

“The Worst Pies in London” (Mrs. Lovett)

“Poor Thing” (Mrs. Lovett)

“My Friends” (Todd, Mrs. Lovett)

“Green Finch and Linnet Bird” (Johanna)

“Ah, Miss” (Anthony, Beggar Woman)

“Johanna” (Anthony)

“Pirelli’s Miracle Elixir” (Tobias, Dodd, Mrs. Lovett, Company}

“The Contest” (Pirelli)

“Wait” (Mrs. Lovett)

“Kiss Me” (Johanna, Anthony)

“Ladies in Their Sensitivities” (The Beadle)

Quartet (Johanna, Anthony, The Beadle, Judge Turpin)

“Pretty Women” (Todd, Judge Turpin)

“Epiphany” (Todd)

“A Little Priest” (Todd, Mrs. Lovett)

Act II

“God, That’s Good!” (Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Todd, Beggar Woman, Customers

“Johanna” (Anthony, Todd, Johanna, Beggar Woman)

“By the Sea” (Mrs. Lovett)

“Not While I’m Around” (Tobias, Mrs. Lovett)

“Parlor Songs” (The Beadle, Mrs. Lovett)

“City on Fire!” (Lunatics, Johanna, Anthony)

Final Sequence (Anthony, Beggar Woman, Todd, Judge Turpin, Mrs. Lovett, Johanna, Tobias)

“The Ballad of Sweeney Todd” (Company)

Thematic Reminiscences inSweeney Todd

Final Sequence Beginning with “City On Fire!”

No. 25: FOGG’S ASYLUM (COMPANY) (Vocal Score, p. 315)

“The engine roared, the motor hissed” (The Ballad of Sweeney Todd [based on Gregorian chant, “Dies Irae” or “Day of Wrath”])

No. 25A: FOGG’S PASSACAGLIA (Vocal Score, p. 321)

[First two notes, the half step of “Dies Irae,” repeated in the tenor line.]

No. 26: CITY ON FIRE! (LUNATICS, JOHANNA) (Vocal Score, p. 323)

“City on Fire!” (City on Fire!)

“Will we be married on Sunday?” (Kiss Me)

“City on Fire! [fragment]

No. 27: SEARCHING (PART I) (MRS. LOVETT, TODD, BEGGAR WOMAN) (Vocal Score, p. 327)

“Nothing’s gonna harm you, not while I’m around” (Not While I’m Around)

“City on Fire!” [fragment]

“Beadle… Beadle… No good hiding, I saw you” (Beggar Woman’s music in No Place Like London) [focuses on the half steps of the first two notes of the “Dies Irae”

“City on Fire!” [fragment]

No. 27A: SEARCHING (PART II) (ANTHONY, JOHANNA, BEGGAR WOMAN) (Vocal Score, p. 335; optional addition for the 1993 London production, p. 390)

“Poor Thing” [“There was a barber and his wife” underscoring]

“Ah, miss, look at me” (Ah, Miss)

“And we’ll sail the world and see its wonders” (No Place Like London)

“Beadle! Beadle! Where are you? [Beggar woman’s music in vocal line, “There was a barber and his wife” from Poor Thing underscoring]

No. 28: THE JUDGE’S RETURN (TODD, JUDGE) (Vocal Score, p. 341)

“The Judge. I have no time.” (Epiphany underscoring) [Sweeney slits the Beggar Woman’s throat]

“Pretty women” (Pretty Women) [Sweeney slits the Judge’s throat]

“Rest now, my friend” (My Friends) [Sweeney’s interrupted attempt to slit Johanna’s throat]

“Lift your razor high, Sweeney” (The