Broadway Mixup
Summary: What if two songs with the same title of the musicals My Fair Lady and Rent were accidentally switched? Would the ending of each be the same?
Disclaimer: Don't own either because Rent is Jonathan Larson's and My Fair Lady music belongs to Frederick Loewe, and the play belongs to George Bernard Shaw. And for the record Rent is based off La Boheme so Pucini should be recognized as well here. (some changes will be made but only to accommodate the music to the plays. )
My Fair Lady
Professor Higgins visits his mother and finds Eliza already there. She is giving him a cold shoulder, and speaks only when she must as well as avoiding eye contact with him. She has tea with his mother and tells how Henry Higgins thought of her as nothing more than a puppet. That is preposterous Eliza, how could you think that! Henry Higgins is silently screaming at her inside.
Before long, his mother finally leaves the room because of some urgent business that she has to attend to. What possible important affair can an old woman like my mother have? Henry thought as he lies on the bench with his hat over his face.
Henry decides to inquire about what Eliza plans for her future, now that she has abandoned that he had given. He prepares himself tea in the process. The responses are cold, sarcastic and are meant to make him break out in rage. He is on the edge with his temper and goes out to the terrace to sit in a big white chair, so that he doesn't say something he'll regret. He's here to make peace with her after all. Then she comes out as well singing a very soft song.
ELIZA
Without you, the ground thaws, the rain falls, the grass grows.
Without you, the seeds root, the flowers bloom,
The children play. The stars gleam, the poets dream, the eagles fly, without you.
The earth turns, the sun burns, but I die, without you.
Without you, the breeze warms, the girl smiles, the cloud moves.
Without you, the tides change, the boys run, the oceans crash.
The crowds roar, the days soar, the babies cry, without you.
The moon glows, the river flows, but I die, without you.
Henry is caught off guard, and is touched by her song. He decides to share his emotions with her.
PROFESSOR HIGGINS
The world revives,
ELIZA
Colors renew,
BOTH
But I know blue, only blue, lonely blue, within me blue
ELIZA
Without you. Without you the hand gropes, the ear hears, the pulse beats.
PROFESSOR HIGGINS
Without you, the eyes gaze, the legs walks, the lungs breath.
The mind churns!
ELIZA
The mind churns!
PROFESSOR HIGGINS
The heart yearns!
ELIZA
The heart yearns!
BOTH
The tears dry, without you.
Life goes on, but I'm gone.
'Cause I die, without you.
ELIZA
Without you.
PROFESSOR HIGGINS
Without you.
BOTH
Without you
By the end, they are in a close proximity and they embrace. Henry asks her if she would come back to him, not as the student but as a lady, that he has intentions of courting. She has softened him up, for never would he think that he would submit to a woman, but this one has proven worthy.
Eliza never thought that she would see Professor Henry Higgins treat her with equality. She is happy and she held him close. Henry protectively holds her and kisses her forehead. He whispers, "You will not die, because I'll be here with you."
Eliza and Henry have a very complicated relationship, but overall they both compliment each other. Eliza Dolittle soon became Mrs. Henry Higgins and although they never had any kids, they lived a full life together.
A/N: I hope both stories make sense. Henry is a little out of character but I tried to explain why. Please Review.
