Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
#1Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
Posted: 11/6/12 at 6:25am
Life upon the wicked stage ain't ever what a girl supposes. Stage door Johnnies aren't raging over you with gems and roses. When you let a feller hold your hand (which means an extra beer or sandwich), ev'rybody whispers: "Ain't her life a whirl?"
Though you're warned against a roue ruining your reputation, I have played around the one night trade around a great big nation:
Wild old men who give you jewels and sables only live in Aesop's Fables. Life upon the wicked stage ain't nothin' for a girl.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#2Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
Posted: 11/6/12 at 6:25am
I got virtue, but it ain't been tested. (No one's even interested)
#2Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
Posted: 11/6/12 at 8:28am
Dying by inches, every night, what a glamorous life!
Pulled on by winches, to recite, what a glamorous life!
#3Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
Posted: 11/6/12 at 11:41am
Though we've listened to you moan and grieve, you
Must pardon us if we do not believe you,
There is no doubt
You're crazy about
Your awful stage
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#4Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
Posted: 11/6/12 at 1:50pm
Why has the ghost of Oscar Hammerstein II taken control of this board?
Below, my favorite rendition:
Anna Kendrick and the Kit Kat Girls
Updated On: 11/6/12 at 01:50 PM
#5Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
Posted: 11/6/12 at 1:58pmYou'll be back the season after!
#6Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
Posted: 11/6/12 at 2:16pm
Unpack the luggage, la la la!
Pack up the luggage, la la la!
(Or vice versa. I don't have the lyrics on hand.)
#7Life upon wicked stage ain't ever
Posted: 11/6/12 at 4:35pm
Below, my favorite rendition...
My favorite, too, Jon. I used to use it to end my lecture on American musical theater because I figured it summed up a century of musical styles.
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