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London PlaybillI Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change

Book and lyrics by Joe Di Pietro. Music by Jimmy Roberts. Originally Produced in New York by James Hammerstein, Bernie Kukoff and Jonathan Pollard. Original Direction by Joel Bishoff. Originally produced by the American Stage Company, James N. Vagias, Executive Producer.

Long Wharf Theatre - 1 August 1996 - Still running at the Westside Theatre

Synopsis:

This celebration of the mating game takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as "the relationship". Act l details the journey from dating and waiting to lovers and marriage, while Act II reveals the agonies and triumphs of in-laws and new-borns, trips in the family car and pick-up techniques of the geriatric set. This hilarious revue pays tribute to those who have loved and lost, to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance, to those who have dared to ask, "Say, what are you doing Saturday night?"

Cast:

2 men, 2 women (could be easily expanded)

Musical Numbers

Act 1

  • Scene 1: "Prologue"
    • "Prologue"
    • "Cantata for a First Date"
  • Scene 2: "Not Tonight, I'm Busy, Busy, Busy"
  • Scene 3: "A Stud and a Babe"
    • "A Stud and a Babe"
  • Scene 4: "Men Who Talk and the Women Who Pretend They're Listening"
    • "Single Man Drought"
    • "Why? 'Cause I'm a Guy"
  • Scene 5: "Tear Jerk"
    • "Tear Jerk"
  • Scene 6: "The Lasagna Incident"
    • "I Will Be Loved Tonight"
  • Scene 7: "And Now the Parents"
    • "Hey There, Single Gal/Guy"
  • Scene 8: "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
    Scene 9: "I'll Call You Soon (Yeah, Right)"
    • "He Called Me"
  • Scene 10: "Scared Straight"
  • Scene 11: (untitled)
    • "Cantata Reprise #1"
    • "Wedding Vows"

Act 2

  • Scene 1: (untitled)
    • "Cantata Reprise #2"
    • "Always a Bridesmaid"
  • Scene 2: "Whatever Happened to Baby's Parents?"
    • "The Baby Song"
  • Scene 3: "Sex and the Married Couple"
    • "Marriage Tango"
  • Scene 4: "The Family that Drives Together..."
    • "On the Highway of Love"
  • Scene 5: "Waiting"
    • "Waiting Trio"
  • Scene 6: (untitled)
    • "Shouldn't I Be Less In Love With You?"
  • Scene 7: "The Very First Dating Video of Rose Ritz"
    Scene 8: "Funerals are for Dating"
    • "I Can Live With That"
  • Scene 9: "Epilogue"
  • "Epilogue"
    • "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change"

Instrumentation:

piano, violin, bass

Discography

OCR - Varèse Sarabande VSD-5771