"She's going to a cocktail party immediately after, remember? That's why she can't be touched."
The adaptation of the story for the show changed that a little bit.
Elizabeth not being touched is now a reference to the lack of sex in her relationship with Frederick (they are both said to be virgins,) not her desire to keep her clothes from being tainted for a formal event as it is in the film.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Updated On: 8/16/07 at 12:28 PM