Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson is a musical with a book and lyrics by Kathie Lee Gifford and music by David Pomeranz and David Friedman. The musical has had productions in 2005 at the White Plains, New York Performing Arts Center, at the Signature Theatre in 2007, in 2011 at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle and in 2012 on Broadway.
SYNOPSIS Scandalous is based on the life of Aimee Semple McPherson, a colourful evangelist from the early 20th century.
The musical relates events in her life in early 20th century as an evangelist and pop culture icon. It follows her life and career from her childhood to her controversial death in 1944, focusing on her mysterious kidnapping and the ensuing trial. Other highlights include her becoming the first woman to obtain a radio broadcast license in the United States, her cross-country drive unaccompanied by a man, her multimedia empire that included several newspapers, and her interactions with such contemporaries as Charles Chaplin and William Randolph Hearst.
2012 Broadway Scandalous, The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson the Musical Lyrics
Act I
1. Stand Up 2. Minnie's Prayer 3. Why Can't I? 4. He Will Be My Home 5. Come Whatever May 6. He Will Be My Home (Reprise) 7. That Sweet Lass From Cork 8. Come Whatever May (Reprise) 9. How Could You? 10. You Have a Fire 11. Minnie's Prayer (Reprise) 12. Follow Me (Part 1) 13. A Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do 14. Follow Me (Part 2) 15. For Such a Time as This
Act II
1. Hollywood Aimee 2. Adam and Eve 3. Foursquare March 4. Samson and Delilha 5. Hollywood Aimee (Reprise) 6. Moses and Pharaoh 7. It's Just You 8. The Coconut Grove 9. No Other Choice 10. Hollywood Aimee (Reprise) 11. Lost or Found? 12. What Does It Profit? 13. I Have a Fire
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