Zing, zing, zing went my heart strings♪
S1Auditions
No, no, no, no, no! You've got to sell it, darling, sell it! Belt to the back to the theater and make them beg for more! Watch and learn. Hit it, Harry!
From the moment I saw him I fell♪
Telling an actor to break a leg is a grand old tradition in theater, and now, I have. Oh, the irony!
MOMelissa O’ Malley
But Madame, it's only your leg. You can still direct, just sitting down.
No, child. The theater demands total commitment, body and soul. (gets up from her wheelchair) No, my darlings. While I'd rather hang from the gallows that made this decisions, I fear the show must be cancelled!
I'll do it! (Madame Rothschild looks at her) Okay, hello? There's also an old saying that the show must go on, right? And you're always telling us how an artist must seize the moment, so let me take your place! (The kids gasps) I can do this! I know I can do this!
And you will, my dear!
I like your moxie. (Juniper and the others walk away) You remind me of myself when I was just a young chorus girl with dreams of becoming a big Broadway star. And like you, those dreams will be crushed into dust like snails' shells on concrete. But still, the job of director is yours. (pulls out a script) This script contains everything you will need to make my vision a reality. Take it, learn from it, listen to the call of the muse. I have put my soul into this show, Ophelia. I am handing you my very soul. Do you understand?
S1Ophelia Takes Charge
Okay, listen up, people, I'm makin' a few changes here. (Rolls out a "Stalk the Rocksical" banner, then she walks around with a quill and clipboard) Terrence, Melissa.... You were cast as Jack and the Princess? Heh. Okay, yeah, sorry, we've decided to go another way. Now you're the cow! (Melissa audibly gasps) Oh and Melissa, take the back-half.
MOMelissa O’ Malley
Guh, you can't do-!
Still the village idiot, Roge, can't argue with perfect casting. Okay, everybody, look over your new parts, rehearsal in fifteen!
Um, Ophelia, seriously, in case you haven't noticed, I'm a girl and kind of Chinese. I can't play Jack.
Yes, you can! Hello? It's a whole statement on gender and race and all that kind of garbage. June, please, we can do this. You and me, trust me, nothing's gonna go wrong.
And that is when we capture Te Xuan Ze.
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