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him. Katie goes out to claim the piano; Johnny resolves to try again and takes a job as a labourer working on the construction of a tunnel. Cissy is reunited with her current Harry, and she informs him that she's pregnant (and this time, it's true). In the autumn, Johnny collapses at work and dies. The following June, Francie graduates from the eighth grade, receiving the first diploma in the family. Francie carries the flowers that Johnny paid for and arranged for her to receive shortly before his death. At the graduation block party, Francie has her first dance with a boy. Katie is without a partner, but she holds Johnny's roses and Francie's diploma. Ken Mandelbaum MUSICAL NUMBERS: • Overture - Orchestra • Payday - Company • Mine 'Til Monday - Johnny Nolan, Company • Make the Man Love Me - Katie, Johnny Nolan • I'm Like A New Broom - Johnny Nolan, Friends • Look Who's Dancing - Katie, Cissy, Company • Love Is The Reason - Cissy, Friends • If You Haven't Got A Sweetheart - Neighbours & Company • I'll Buy You A Star - Johnny Nolan, Company • That's How It Goes - Old Clothes Man, Children, Company • He Had Refinement - Cissy • Growing Pains - Johnny Nolan, Francie • Is That My Prince? - Cissy, Swanswine • Dance: Halloween Interlude - Orchestra • Don't Be Afraid - Johnny Nolan • Finale - Katie, Johnny Nolan, Cissy, Harry CAST • Hildy • Della • Petey • Katie • Aloysius • Johnny Nolan • Cissy • Harry • Max • Mae • Moriarty • Annie • Old Clothes Man • Florence • Edgie • Francie • Junior • Swanswine • Hick • Judge • Salesman • Girls In Mae's Place • Maudie SCENES AND SETTINGS Act 1 • Scene 1: A Street in Brooklyn on a Saturday, nearly 50 years ago. • Scene 2: Around the corner, a few minutes later. • Scene 3: Cissy's House, a few weeks later. • Scene 4: On the corner, early next morning. • Scene 5: Max's Furniture Store, the same morning. • Scene 6: On the way to Katie's, a year later. • Scene 7: The Nolan Kitchen, a year later. • Scene 8: On the Street. • Scene 9: Cissy's House. • Scene 10: A Sidewalk. • Scene 11: Up on the Roof. Act 2 • Scene 1: The Courtyard, 12 years later. • Scene 2: The Nolan Kitchen. • Scene 3: A Street Corner. • Scene 4: Mae's Place. • Scene 5: A Dark and Deserted Street. • Scene 6: The Nolan Kitchen. • Scene 7: An Empty Street fronting a Vacant Lot. • Scene 8: The Nolan Kitchen. A Somber Autumn Day. • Scene 9: In the Street. Late June. • Scene 10: The Courtyard.

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