Well everyone, it's such a great thing that we finally made it to the end of the musical itself. But, whenever you see a musical production in New York City or in the United States on tour, you know that one thing happens after the ends of the second act of every performance...the curtain call. During this moment, everyone in the audience watches as every single child, teen, and adult actor who played in the show, comes out and takes a bow with everyone in the cast, I'll be for the curtain falls and everyone in the audience can leave the theater and go back home.
It is a very well known and traditional moment in the world of Theatre and musical productions, as well as operas and standard plays. I've come a long way since I first started this musical back in late February, and now it is all finally over. And since it's finally over, all that's left is the curtain call, and the credits. Well, what on Earth are we all sitting around and waiting for? Let's all begin the much needed curtain call of "Hey Arnold: The Jungle Musical"...
(The banner of the massive San Lorenzo map goes up again, revealing the original exterior of the boarding set, which has no wall on the right side of the front door. The boarding house set is positioned at the back of the stage to allow room for all of the actors to appear onstage for this curtain call. As the banner goes up, an instrumental version of the original "Hey Arnold" cartoon plays in the background via speakers, not the orchestra pit. As the entire audience continues to cheer and clap, the curtain call finally begins...)
(The first actors to appear onstage is the 30 adult ensemble/extras who play the San Lorenzo citizens, the people in Helga's contest submission video, background airplane passengers, the random monkeys, and the Green-Eyed adults (two of them play the Adult King and the Adult Queen as well). They all stand together, take a bow, and stand on the sides of the stage, with 15 on both the left and right sides. Next, 20 child actors who portray the Green-Eyed Children appear onstage. They all face the audience, take a bow, and all split up, and stand on the sides of the stage, with 8 on the left side and 7 on the right side...)
(As the audience continues to cheer and clap very loudly, about 10 more adult ensemble actors enter stage right. These adult extras play the Flunky Guard, the river pirates in the background, and some of Lasombra's guards. They all take a bow and stand on the sides as well, 5 on both sides of the stage. Then, the actors playing Paulo, Steve, and Che all enter stage left, take a bow for the audience, and stand on the left side of the stage...)
(As they do so, the actors playing Principal Wartz, the random police officer, the random construction worker, and Willie the Ice Cream Man, all enter stage right, take a bow, and stand on the right side of the stage. They also play the 4 homeless men from Act 1 who destroyed Monkeyman's habitat, as well as a news cameramen. As they stand over on the right side of the stage, the actors playing Indiana Jones, Security Guard 1, and Security Guard 2 all appear onstage, take a bow for the audience, and stands over on the left side of the stage...)
(Then, the actress playing Dr. Bliss (who made a brief cameo in the first song of Act 1) appears onstage, takes a bow, and stands over on the right side of the stage. She also plays the airport gate attendant, and the female reporter from Act 1. Then, the actor playing Monkeyman appears onstage, takes a bow, and stands over on the left side of the stage. Next, the actor playing Mr. Simmons then appears onstage, takes a bow, and stands over on the right side of the stage...)
(Next, the actors playing Ernie Potts, Oskar, and Mr. Hynuh appear onstage, take a bow, and stand over on the left side of the stage. Then, the actors playing Grandpa Phil, and Grandma Pookie appear onstage, take a bow, and stands over on the right side of the stage. Then, the actor playing the Narrator appears onstage, takes a bow, and stands over on the right side of the stage. Next, the teenage actress playing Olga appears onstage, takes a bow, and stands over on the left side of the stage...)
(Then, the actors playing Big Bob and Miriam appear onstage, take a bow, and stand over on the right side of the stage. Next, the child actors playing Sid, Stinky, Curly, Eugene, Rhonda, Nadine, Harold, Chocolate Boy, Peapod Kid, Iggy, and Brainy all appear onstage, take a bow, and stand over on both sides of the stage, 5 on the left side, and 6 on the right side...)
(Next, the actor playing Eduardo appears onstage, takes a bow, and stands over on the left side of the stage. Then, the child actor playing Phoebe appears onstage, takes a bow, and stands over on the right side of the stage. Then, the child actor playing Gerald appears, takes a bow, and stands over on the left side of the stage, all while receiving a loud cheering burst from the audience...)
(Then, the child actress playing Helga appears onstage, smiles and waves at the audience, takes a bow, and stands over on the right side of the stage, all while receiving a loud cheering burst from the audience. Then, the actor playing Lasombra, the villain of the show, appears onstage, takes a bow, and stands on the left side of the stage...)
(Next, the actors playing Miles and Stella appear onstage, wave to the cheering audience, take a bow, and stand over on the right side of the stage. And finally, the door of the boarding house set in the center swings open, and Arnold runs outside of the boarding house set, and stands on the edge of the stage, waving to the crowd. As this happens, the entire audience cheers and claps louder than ever before. As this happens, Arnold takes a bow, and stands in the center of the stage...)
(And then, all of the members of the cast get together, standing next to each other in 5 rows of 30. They all hold each other's hands, and take one final bow. Then, they all point over at the conductor in the orchestra pit in front of the stage. The conductor takes off his headphones, turns around, and waves to the cheering audience. Some of the other musicians in the orchestra pit also wave to the crowd, and then, all of the cast members step back a few feet, let go of each other's hands, and clap for themselves. As they do, the massive banner of the map of San Lorenzo comes back down, and the lights on and above the stage turn off. As this happens, the lights inside the rest of the theater come back on, and a pre-recorded announcement comes on over the intercom...)
Pre-recorded intercom announcement: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, we hope you all enjoyed this performance of "Hey: Arnold: The Jungle Musical", presented by "Nickelodeon", "Viacom", and directed by Tina Landau. Please make sure to collect all of your personal belongings and exit the theater through the exit doors located at the back. As you leave this theater tonight, please make sure you collect all of your personal belongings, as the staff and management here at the "Palace Theater" are not responsible for lost or stolen items. We thank you for your attention, and we hope you have a great night here in New York City.
(The entire audience begins to get up from their assigned seats, grab all of their personal belongings, and make their way towards the entry/exit doors at the back of the theater, and leave the entire "Palace Theater" building through the front doors of the theater's main lobby. As this happens, the camera zooms out, showing an exterior view of the theater's marquee once more, all before this musical story of mine finally ends...)
And that's our curtain call and conclusion of "Hey Arnold: The Jungle Musical". This musical was based on the 2017 TV-movie called, "Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie", which aired in November of 2017 and was a long-awaited piece of work after years of delays and petitions online. Since the musical is over, all that is left now is entire page of credits which will obviously be posted in the next and final page of this story. There, I'll be given shout outs to every fanfiction author who reviewed my story, and I will be given each of the character roles to actual Broadway actors, whether they are children, teens or adults.
Yes, all actors listed will be ACTUAL Broadway actors. So, I'll need a little bit of time to look each one up, and confirm their ages in the process. And this final page will be uploaded here most likely either tomorrow or the next day. This musical was a great one too right during the time I've been riding it but it was also a challenge because I have never finished an enture Broadway musical story here on "FanFiction" before. So until then, goodbye!