Does Mary Ad Lib at end of Xanadu?

[GatorNY]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 11:18am

I love Mary's line towards the end of Xanadu when Melpomene comments on how short their show is in length. I've heard her say, (or something like)
1.)"Across the street at Les Mis, they've just started to put the baracade up!"
2.) "Over at Spring Awakening, those kids haven't even gotten to second base yet!"
3.) "Next door at Gypsy, Patti Lupone hasn't even ostracized her first child yet!"
Does anyone know if she improvises or if it is scripted for her? As funny as she is, I bet it comes from her. What other show references have you all heard her say?

[zepka102]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 11:25am

They probably started out as ad-libs and stuck. I know Jackie is a pro at ad-libbing from her days at Hairspray... I'm sure Mary is just as good!

[jordangirl]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 11:26am

Whatever they are, they're consistent. It was the Les Mis one until that closed, then SA until Gypsy started, and now Gypsy.

[Shapusen]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 11:47am

The one time we can remember it as probably being an ad-lib (or maybe worked it out before hand) was the first day of the strike, and it was something like "Tragedy? With the writer's strike, and the stage hands strike..."

And that's basically all we can remember. But it was funny at the time!

[Ryan4]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 12:37pm

If "Xanadu" manages to last until "Equus" opens, I'm sure that'll be a target.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 5:01pm

I can totally hear a Harry Potter comment coming out of Mary's mouth.

[Not Barker, Todd.]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 5:27pm

"Over at Eqqus, Harry Potter is just fondeling his first horse!"