confusion and Rose returns, only to see her mother being carried off in an ambulance, as the crowd share her grief. SCENE II That afternoon- The Hildebrands' furniture is still being removed. Two nursemaids revel in the evening paper's details of the murder. Rose, now in mourning, tells Sam that her mother died in hospital. Maurrant is caught and led on between two policemen; he begs for a chance to speak to Rose and pathetically tries to justify himself. Sam tries to persuade Rose to go away with him, but she insists that she can't belong to anyone and he must come to terms with himself. She leaves, to collect her little brother and rebuild their lives; two people arrive to take the Hildebrands' flat, the neighbours continue to grumble about the weather - and life on the New York street goes on. Musical Numbers Act 1 Ain't It Awful, The Heat? - Greta Fiorentino, Emma Jones, Olga and Carl Olsen, Abraham Kaplan I Got A Marble And A Star - Henry Davis Get A Load Of That - Emma Jones, Greta Fiorentino, Olga Olsen When A Woman Has A Baby - Daniel Buchanan, Greta Fiorentino, Emma Jones, Anna Maurrant She Shouldn't Be Staying Out Nights - Frank and Anna Maurrant, Greta Fiorentino Somehow I Never Could Believe - Anna Maurrant Whatcha Think Of That? - Emma and George Jones, Carl Olsen, Greta Fiorentino Ice Cream Sextet - Lippo and Greta Fiorentino, Carl and Olga Olsen, George Jones, Henry Davis Let Things Be Like They Always Was - Frank Maurrant Wrapped In A Ribbon And Tied In A Bow - Jennie Hildebrand, Ensemble Lonely House - Sam Kaplan Wouldn't You Like To Be On Broadway? - Harry Easter What Good Would The Moon Be? - Rose Maurrant Moon-faced, Starry-eyed - Dick McGann, Mae Jones Remember That I Care - Sam Kaplan, Rose Maurrant I Got A Marble And A Star (Reprise) - Henry Davis Act 2 Catch Me If You Can - Charlie and Mary Hildebrand, Willie Maurrant, Grace Davis, Children There'll Be Trouble - Frank, Rose and Anna Maurrant A Boy Like You - Anna Maurrant We'll Go Away Together - Rose Maurrant, Sam Kaplan The Woman Who Lived Up There - Ensemble Lullaby - Nursemaid #1, Nursemaid #2 I Loved Her, Too - Frank and Rose Maurrant, Ensemble Don't Forget The Lilac Bush - Sam Kaplan, Rose Maurrant Ain't It Awful, The Heat? (Reprise) - Greta Fiorentino, Emma Jones, Olga Olsen, Abraham Kaplan Characters • ABRAHAM KAPLAN - Elderly and quarrelsome, with a left-wing political bee in his bonnet. (Tenor buffo) • GRETA FIORENTINO, EMMA JONES, OLGA OLSEN - Gossiping neighbours, with quick tongues and sharp eyes. (Coloratura soprano / Mezzo-soprano / Alto) • LIPPO FIORENTINO, GEORGE JONES, CARL OLSEN - Their husbands, of whom only Lippo seems warm and happy-go-lucky. (Tenor / Baritone / Bass) • SAM KAPLAN - A potential high flyer, but bookish and hopelessly in lovewith Rose. He is eager to
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