DROWSY CHAPERONE Question for the Real Fans!

[EverybodyRise81]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 1:00pm

Can someone give me the exact dialogue that leads into "SHOW OFF", starting with "Ms. Van de graaf, is it true..."

10 points and my high esteem for the answer.

Thanks!


The Bloggity Blahg-Blahg Updated On: 10/16/07 at 01:00 PM

[folkyboy]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 1:28pm

i can do it when i get home if no one else does it first

[EverybodyRise81]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 1:31pm

So far no one's stepping up. :)

The Bloggity Blahg-Blahg Updated On: 10/16/07 at 01:31 PM

[theminutepast]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 2:26pm

Don't you mean, "Ms. Van De Graaff, is it true..."

It's a little different from Vandergraff.
Updated On: 10/16/07 at 02:26 PM

[bigbigbill]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 3:16pm

Something along the lines of... "Ms. Van De Graaf, is it true that you'd be willing to give up your successful career on stage to marry...."

I don't know. Something like that. Haha.

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 3:26pm

Reporter: "Ms. Van de Graaff, is it true you're giving up a successful career to marry a man on the stage?"

Janet: "Yes."

Reporter: "So you won't be returning to the stage, ever?"

Janet: "I shant."

Reporter/man in chair: "You shant?"

Janet: "I shant."

Feldzeig: "I have a question: How can you give up the footlights when you know very well you got greasepaint in your veins?"

Janet: "Oh Victor, if you think this is about vanity, you couldn't be more wrong..."

Updated On: 10/16/07 at 03:26 PM

[Midnight Radio]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 4:22pm

Reporter: "Ms. Van de Graaff, is it true you're giving up a successful career to marry a man on the stage?"

Janet: "Yes."

Reporter: "So you won't be returning to the stage, ever?"

Janet: "I shant."

Reporter/man in chair: "You shant?"

Janet: "I shant. One more question. Yes?"

Chaperone: "Why in the world would someone put an olive in a Gibson?"

Feldzeig: "I have a question: How can you give up the footlights when you know very well you got greasepaint in your vains?"

Janet: "Oh Victor, if you think this is about vanity, you couldn't be more wrong..."

I also believe that after the greasepaint part, Feldzeig says hell do anything, even put her name above his on the marquee, but I dont remember the exact fraising...

[turquoisefish]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 4:27pm

In the London version it was:

Reporter: Miss Van De Graff, is it true you're giving up a successful career to marry a man you hardly know.

Janet: Yes, Robert and I met on the lido deck of the Isle de France. He amused me with stories of his father's oil interests, we spooned briefly and then he proposed.

Reporter: So you won't be returning to the stage, ever?
Janet: I shan't

Reporter: You shan't?

Janet: I shan't

Reporter: Can we quote you on that?

Janet: Of course, one more question ... yes

Chaperone: Why in the world would anyone put olives in a gibson?

Feldzig: I got a question, How can you give up the footlights when you know very well you got greasepaint in your veins?

Janet: Victor please...

Feldzig: Janet, Janet I'm begging you, don't go off, stay with the follies , I'll give you anything you want. I'll ... I'll ... oh fine, I'll even put your name above mine on the marquee.

Janet: Oh Victor, if you think this is about vanity, you couldn't be more wrong ... [SINGS] I don't want to show off no more ...



That might not be exact but it is what I heard


Updated On: 10/16/07 at 04:27 PM

[henryt]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 5:02pm

That sounds the closest to what I remember.

[Mythus]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 5:10pm

By the way...it's veins. Goodness gracious.

[turquoisefish]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 5:16pm

Edited.
I am not sure on the spelling of Isle de France though. Maybe Ile de France?

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 6:47pm

Whoops. I'll fix that.

[Tkt2Ride]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 7:18pm

Thank you for sharing this. It was fun to read the London version of the show. I think the Tour will be more like the London show from what Bob said in an interview after the opening in Toronto. He said he made some changes but that they were hardly noticeable. I knew they were making some changes for London but didn't know exactly what they would be like.

Do they have a separate book, with the changes, available for purchase? I always wondered how they handled that.

[Steve2]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 7:22pm

Wow, you have excellent memories! It's funny, I hear Sutton's voice when I read those lines.

[turquoisefish]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 7:35pm

Excellent memory ... yes [cough cough]

I only saw the London version so don't know what was different really (there was nothing that was obviously anglisised) but it was a tragedy that it closed so soon in my opinion.

There was no book or anything specific for London, the early shows had a free copy of the Broadway brochure, there was no London brochure.

[Tkt2Ride]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 7:54pm

Thank you for sharing that turqoisefish. I agree it closed too soon. I think the advertising just didn't hit the right audience. That was too bad. I know they went through a lot of trouble to put it all together. Maybe it went to London too soon?

They did say they were planning to take the show Internationally. Sometime after the North American Tour so it may come back to London or somewhere nearby if enough people really want the show to return. I hope you get another chance to see.

I've only seen it once but have the CD and love to listen to it. I can't wait for the Tour to come to me, finally. Again, thank you for sharing.

I loved the lines, basically saying, He told her his Daddy is rich, so she spooned with him some and now they are getting hitched! The shallowness of all of this is too sad but still very funny.
Updated On: 10/16/07 at 07:54 PM

[turquoisefish]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 7:56pm

Shallow, but they do love each other. I know you will love it when you get to see the tour, It is such a clever show.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 7:57pm

"Thank you for sharing that turqoisefish. "




Because no one else ever does, with me.

[Tkt2Ride]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 8:20pm

I saw the show in New York. I really loved it. I will definitely see it a few times when it finally makes its way to San Francisco. If I can wait that long to see it again. :)

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 10/16/07 at 11:34pm

I don't remember if it was in the London production, but in NY, right before "Stay with the Follies," Feldzig says, "Dump the mug!"

I love that line.

[turquoisefish]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 3:41am

right before "Stay with the Follies," Feldzig says, "Dump the mug!"

I believe that is in another place in the show. Not certain though

[EverybodyRise81]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:32am

You're sure it's not "you're giving up a successful career on the stage to marry a man"?

Does she marry a man on the stage?

[folkyboy]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:35am

that would spoil the ending.

[EverybodyRise81]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 9:41am

What would spoil the ending?

Is the line "give up a successful career on the stage to marry a man"? or "give up a successful career to marry a man on stage"? The latter doesn't make sense to me.

[Fosse76]

Posted: 10/17/07 at 10:34am

"Thank you for sharing this. It was fun to read the London version of the show."

Ummm...that's the same dialogue in the Broadway production as well (though "dump the mug" is in there somewhere).