ACT ONE SCENE FOUR
(In Hermione's apartment; Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny are gathered.)
HARRY (muttering): I'm going out.
RON: Where?
HARRY (so the others can't hear him, only Ron): I want to talk to Malfoy. I don't know if he'll tell the truth, but I want to talk to him about... Ginny.
GINNY: What did you say about Malfoy, Harry?
HARRY: Oh... I'm going over there. I want to talk to him.
HERMIONE: Oh Harry, be careful! He's dangerous!
GINNY: But Harry is wonderful. He's one of the most powerful, most magical wizards.
(sung)
The greatest wizards have something to learn
From Harry J. Potter's conjouring turn!
And you'll all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A kid so clever as magical Harry J. Potter.
HERMIONE: He is quiet, he is small, he wears black
From the ears to the tip of his toes.
He can creep through the tiniest crack
He can go where no one else goes.
RON: He can pick any card from a pack
He is equally cunning with dice
And he is amazing at transfiguration
Turning rabbits into mice.
GINNY: He can play any trick with a cork!
Or a tube and a bit of toothpaste
And if you look for a knife or a fork
And you think it is merely misplaced
You have seen it one moment, and then it is gone
You find it next week lying out on the lawn
And we all say:
ALL: Oh! well I never was there ever
A kid so clever as magical Harry J. Potter.
(repeat 3x)
HARRY: My manner is vague and aloof
You would think there was nobody shyer
But my voice has been heard on the roof
While I was inside by the fire.
And I've sometimes been heard by the fire
When I was about on the roof
At least they all heard me speaking some words
Which is incontestible proof
Of my singular magical powers
And I've known my friends to call
Me into the kitchen for hours
While I was just down the hall.
And we all say:
ALL: Oh! Well I never was there ever
A kid so clever as magical Harry J. Potter.
(repeat many times)
(song ends)
GINNY: Harry, be careful. I'll miss you.
HARRY (laughing): I'm sure you won't miss me that much. I have a surprise for you all!
RON: What is it?
HARRY: Well, remember our old friend Susan Bones, from school?
HERMIONE: Of course!
HARRY: She's coming over here tonight; I invited her. She should be here any minute now, but I really have to be going. She's staying at an inn down the road.
(He leaves, and everyone says goodbye. The doorbell rings.)
GINNY: Oh, that must be Susan! I'll get it!
(She opens the door and lets Susan in.)
GINNY & HERMIONE: Susan!
SUSAN: Ginny! Hermione! Ron! How are you all?
GINNY: Oh, we're fine. But what have you been up to?
SUSAN: Well, I've actually gone into muggle show business. It's wonderful!
HERMIONE: Oh, I'm so happy for you.
RON: Yes, what is it like?
SUSAN (sung):
There's no buisness like show business
Like no business I know.
All made up and soon you'll be appearing
Every bit of nervousness is gone
Then the sound that's music to your hearing
To hear them cheering when you go on!
There's no people like show people
They smile when they are low
How is wish the folks at home could only see
What's come to Susan, how proud they'd be
Getting paid for doing what comes naturally
Let's go on with the show!
RON: There's no business like show business
If you tell me it's so
HERMIONE: Traveling through the country is so thrilling
GINNY: Standing out in front on opening nights
SUSAN: Smiling aas you watch the benches filling
And there's your billing out there in lights!
HERMIONE: There's no people like show people
They smile when they are low
SUSAN: Yesterday they told you would not go far
That night you open and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star
Let's go on with the show...
ALL: Let's go on with the show!
(Song ends)
SUSAN: Well, that's about me, anyway. What about you? Ginny, have you and Harry set the date for your wedding any time soon?
GINNY: Oh, yes, it should be soon. And we'd be honored if you would sing.
SUSAN: Oh, I would love to! So Hermione, Ron, are you still together?
RON: Yes.
SUSAN: Do you have any plans for anything? You know...
HERMIONE (stiffly): No, nothing at all. Excuse me. (She leaves.)
SUSAN: I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?
RON: It's not your fault, Susan, don't worry about it.
(As the characters mime talking, the lights go down on them, and come up in Pansy's house. Draco and Pansy are there.)
PANSY: Draco, sweetie, we have to talk.
DRACO: 'bout what?
PANSY: You know, the baby. I really think we should get married before people start talking.
DRACO: I don't want to get married.
PANSY: What? But... why?
DRACO (frankly): Because I don't love you, Pansy. (With this, he leaves)
PANSY (sings, holding back the tears):
I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When I was young and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no randsom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted.
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hopes apart
As they turn your dreams to shame...
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my nights with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came.
(Lights come up on the other side of the stage. Hermione is in her room.)
HERMIONE: (sung)
And still I dream he'll say he'll marry me
And we can live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather.
(Ron enters Hermione's room, and is standing silently, watching her.)
PANSY:
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different then from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
BOTH: So different then from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
(Song ends, scene ends)
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A/N: My show opens in two days and we are so not ready! I've been so busy with Pippin rehearsals. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you wish to be notified by email when I update, please please please go to http://ronweasley32.notifylist.com/fanfiction and join! Thank you!
nycgal- yes, I did see the ITW revival, and I loved it! Especially Adam Wylie, of course! It was so terrific I saw it twice, and I really want to see it again!
HarryPotterFanFicGirl- Hey, I added some Les Mis. Sorry, but I'm not familiar with Aida. But if you know of a song you think you work well in here just email me the lyrics at harrypottermagic32@yahoo.com!
Bohemian Comet- Hey, I added some Cats! I love suggestions from reviewers, so any songs you think would work in this story please tell me about!
Disclaimer: HP- not mine- got it? Good.
Mr. Mistofelees- Cats
There's No Business Like Show Business- Annie Get Your Gun
I Dreamed A Dream- Les Miserables
(In Hermione's apartment; Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny are gathered.)
HARRY (muttering): I'm going out.
RON: Where?
HARRY (so the others can't hear him, only Ron): I want to talk to Malfoy. I don't know if he'll tell the truth, but I want to talk to him about... Ginny.
GINNY: What did you say about Malfoy, Harry?
HARRY: Oh... I'm going over there. I want to talk to him.
HERMIONE: Oh Harry, be careful! He's dangerous!
GINNY: But Harry is wonderful. He's one of the most powerful, most magical wizards.
(sung)
The greatest wizards have something to learn
From Harry J. Potter's conjouring turn!
And you'll all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A kid so clever as magical Harry J. Potter.
HERMIONE: He is quiet, he is small, he wears black
From the ears to the tip of his toes.
He can creep through the tiniest crack
He can go where no one else goes.
RON: He can pick any card from a pack
He is equally cunning with dice
And he is amazing at transfiguration
Turning rabbits into mice.
GINNY: He can play any trick with a cork!
Or a tube and a bit of toothpaste
And if you look for a knife or a fork
And you think it is merely misplaced
You have seen it one moment, and then it is gone
You find it next week lying out on the lawn
And we all say:
ALL: Oh! well I never was there ever
A kid so clever as magical Harry J. Potter.
(repeat 3x)
HARRY: My manner is vague and aloof
You would think there was nobody shyer
But my voice has been heard on the roof
While I was inside by the fire.
And I've sometimes been heard by the fire
When I was about on the roof
At least they all heard me speaking some words
Which is incontestible proof
Of my singular magical powers
And I've known my friends to call
Me into the kitchen for hours
While I was just down the hall.
And we all say:
ALL: Oh! Well I never was there ever
A kid so clever as magical Harry J. Potter.
(repeat many times)
(song ends)
GINNY: Harry, be careful. I'll miss you.
HARRY (laughing): I'm sure you won't miss me that much. I have a surprise for you all!
RON: What is it?
HARRY: Well, remember our old friend Susan Bones, from school?
HERMIONE: Of course!
HARRY: She's coming over here tonight; I invited her. She should be here any minute now, but I really have to be going. She's staying at an inn down the road.
(He leaves, and everyone says goodbye. The doorbell rings.)
GINNY: Oh, that must be Susan! I'll get it!
(She opens the door and lets Susan in.)
GINNY & HERMIONE: Susan!
SUSAN: Ginny! Hermione! Ron! How are you all?
GINNY: Oh, we're fine. But what have you been up to?
SUSAN: Well, I've actually gone into muggle show business. It's wonderful!
HERMIONE: Oh, I'm so happy for you.
RON: Yes, what is it like?
SUSAN (sung):
There's no buisness like show business
Like no business I know.
All made up and soon you'll be appearing
Every bit of nervousness is gone
Then the sound that's music to your hearing
To hear them cheering when you go on!
There's no people like show people
They smile when they are low
How is wish the folks at home could only see
What's come to Susan, how proud they'd be
Getting paid for doing what comes naturally
Let's go on with the show!
RON: There's no business like show business
If you tell me it's so
HERMIONE: Traveling through the country is so thrilling
GINNY: Standing out in front on opening nights
SUSAN: Smiling aas you watch the benches filling
And there's your billing out there in lights!
HERMIONE: There's no people like show people
They smile when they are low
SUSAN: Yesterday they told you would not go far
That night you open and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star
Let's go on with the show...
ALL: Let's go on with the show!
(Song ends)
SUSAN: Well, that's about me, anyway. What about you? Ginny, have you and Harry set the date for your wedding any time soon?
GINNY: Oh, yes, it should be soon. And we'd be honored if you would sing.
SUSAN: Oh, I would love to! So Hermione, Ron, are you still together?
RON: Yes.
SUSAN: Do you have any plans for anything? You know...
HERMIONE (stiffly): No, nothing at all. Excuse me. (She leaves.)
SUSAN: I'm sorry, did I say something wrong?
RON: It's not your fault, Susan, don't worry about it.
(As the characters mime talking, the lights go down on them, and come up in Pansy's house. Draco and Pansy are there.)
PANSY: Draco, sweetie, we have to talk.
DRACO: 'bout what?
PANSY: You know, the baby. I really think we should get married before people start talking.
DRACO: I don't want to get married.
PANSY: What? But... why?
DRACO (frankly): Because I don't love you, Pansy. (With this, he leaves)
PANSY (sings, holding back the tears):
I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When I was young and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no randsom to be paid
No song unsung, no wine untasted.
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hopes apart
As they turn your dreams to shame...
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my nights with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came.
(Lights come up on the other side of the stage. Hermione is in her room.)
HERMIONE: (sung)
And still I dream he'll say he'll marry me
And we can live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather.
(Ron enters Hermione's room, and is standing silently, watching her.)
PANSY:
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different then from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
BOTH: So different then from what it seemed
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
(Song ends, scene ends)
************************************************************************
A/N: My show opens in two days and we are so not ready! I've been so busy with Pippin rehearsals. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. If you wish to be notified by email when I update, please please please go to http://ronweasley32.notifylist.com/fanfiction and join! Thank you!
nycgal- yes, I did see the ITW revival, and I loved it! Especially Adam Wylie, of course! It was so terrific I saw it twice, and I really want to see it again!
HarryPotterFanFicGirl- Hey, I added some Les Mis. Sorry, but I'm not familiar with Aida. But if you know of a song you think you work well in here just email me the lyrics at harrypottermagic32@yahoo.com!
Bohemian Comet- Hey, I added some Cats! I love suggestions from reviewers, so any songs you think would work in this story please tell me about!
Disclaimer: HP- not mine- got it? Good.
Mr. Mistofelees- Cats
There's No Business Like Show Business- Annie Get Your Gun
I Dreamed A Dream- Les Miserables