the bag away, he puts it over his head once again (“My Brown Paper Hat”). While Harry wanders around with the bag on and off his head, Milt and Ellen appear in disguise and look for a way to push him off of the bridge. Ellen would rather just put Harry into a sanatorium, but Milt thinks that their “suicide” plan would be the best of all. Unfortunately, just as Milt rushes to push Harry off the bridge, Harry steps aside and Milt goes over, himself. Neither Harry nor Ellen sees this. Harry was looking in the other direction, and Ellen had her eyes closed so that she never saw what happened. Ellen and Harry talk for a while. Harry confesses that he actually wanted to come to the place where they met one year ago – Ellen has made Harry so happy. Unfortunately, Ellen tells him that she isn’t in love with him anymore. She tells him that it would be best if they end it now. Harry starts having a spell again and can’t hear her. She eventually screams that she loves Milt, and Harry freezes. Suddenly, Milt appears – soaking wet. He’s ready to throw the catatonic Harry into the river and wants some help from Ellen. If she really loves him, she’ll do it. Yes, she loves him and as she tells him so (“Yes, Yes, I Love You”), she accidentally pushes Milt off the bridge once again. Harry comes out of his spell and notices that Milt is drowning in the river below. He and Ellen make sure that he’s safe in a rowboat before resuming their conversation. Ellen is determined to show Harry – in as logical a fashion as possible – that the two of them don’t belong together. She takes a small paper roll out of her bag, upon which she has drawn a graph of their four months of marriage, depicting the sexual encounters that they have had. Unfortunately, there isn’t even a line on the graph that depicts their sexual encounters; that’s how bad things have been. No “normal” husband would have acted this way. Ellen concludes that the only real person with whom Harry is in love is Milt. As he ponders the situation, Harry is quite confused but concludes – after some prompting from Ellen – that, yes, he does love Milt (“Do I Love Him?”). He suddenly stops once again – this time, more determined than ever to have Ellen realize that he is in love with her. A sopping Milt re-enters once more. Harry tells him that he’s deeply in love with Ellen. Milt tells Harry that maybe they better let her decide. She chooses Milt, but Harry says that he won’t let her go. Ellen tells him that she does not want him in any way; she finds him utterly obnoxious and repulsive. Harry threatens to kill himself and swings around on the cables of the bridge like a monkey. Ellen and Milt kiss, and as Harry tries to get their attention, he inadvertently steps off of the bridge and falls (“Harry’s Resolution”). Poor Harry! He had so much promise. In fact, Ellen and Milt decide to have a baby and name it after Harry. They walk off, asking just how much each loves the other. Harry re-enters, soaking wet, and spots his brown paper bag, which he proceeds to throw over the railing. He’s ready now to start over on his own and survive. Milt and Ellen, too, enter one last time to say that maybe marriage won’t be berries and cream, but they are ready to give it a try. ...For, in whatever shape it comes, they all believe in love (“I Believe In Marriage – Reprise”). MUSICAL NUMBERS: • Opening Act One/Reunion/Poly Arts U • Paradise I • Carnival Ride • The Chart • Harry Meets Ellen • Starlight/Lesbian • Paradise II / Election Stats • I Believe in Marriage • Love Theme/Somebody • The Test/Yes, Yes I Love You • Finale Act One • Opening Act Two • What a Life • Lady • If Harry Weren’t Here • My Brown Paper Hat • Yes, Yes I Love You (Reprise) • Do I Love Him? • Harry’s Resolution • I Believe in Marriage (Reprise)
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