2003 Broadway revival Nine the Musical - Folies Bergeres Lyrics
Le cinema today is in a crisis. Directors are so existentialistes. The movies are not worth their entrance prices If no one sings a love song when he’s kissed. Contini! I want a musical! Love cannot be love without “le singing”, A string, a clarinet, a saxophone. Take a lesson from this old Parisian And the finest entertainment she/he has known. Folies Bergиres What a showing of color, costume, and dancing! Not a moment in life could be more entrancing Than an evening you spend aux Folies Bergиres. Folies Bergиres, Not a soul in the world could be in despair when he is glancing At the fabulous stage des Folies Bergиres. Think of the footlights bright and gleaming, Le strip-tease, le can-can we all adore. Life is too short without dreaming, And dreams are what le cinema is for. Folies Bergиres La musique et la danse, le son, la lumiиre! Les petits jolis seins des belles bouquetiиres Sur la belle passerelle des Folies Bergиres. Pas de mystиre Le spectacle est tout a fait dйcouvert.
Guido Mesdames et messieurs! Et maintenant-la vedette des Folies Bergиres: Liliane La Fleur! La Fleur (crossing onto the passerelle and speaking to the audience) Bon soir. Je suis la vedette des Folies Bergиres a Paris, et зa, c’est la passerelle de mon souvenir. Passerelle ... it’s a runway ... did you know that? Anyway, I have to tell you, I have received before the show a HUGE bouquet of roses, and the person who sent it to me is here tonight. And I would like to thank him. Who is it? (to some man in the audience) Hello, there. Did you do it? Did you send me the flowers? ... Why not? I have to find out who did it. (to another man) Did you send me the flowers? Don’t ask her, I’m talking to you. . . . You did? Oh that’s great! What is your name? ... Jerry? You’re a liar. That’s not the name on the card. (Little Guido has ap peared before her, holding a small gift box behind him.) What are you doing here? This is the stage of the Folies Bergиres. You’re too young to be here. You’re too young or you’re too short. Does this child belong to anyone? Please? Because I don’t know what to do with you, I really-You don’t understand a word I’m saying, do you? You’re not an American? (He shakes his head.) Oh, I see ... Are you French? (He shakes his head.) Well, nobody’s perfect. Are you Italian? (He nods.) I knew it! Moi aussi: la moitie franзaise, la- (He turns, revealing the gift box.) I don’t believe this. He brought me a gift. Did you bring this all the way from Italy? Is this cheese? Formaggio? Merci, cheri. Now you go home, my sweetheart. (He starts off.) Wait a minute! Bambino! Vieni a chi - a qui - or whatever. (He returns.) In the other hand, you can wait for me in my dressing room. I will see you after the show. (He runs off.) Well he’s Italian, isn’t he?
Necrophorus steps forward.)
Necrophorus The trouble with Contini, He’s the king of mediocrities, A second-rate director who believes that he is socrates. He never makes a “movie” or a “picture” or a “flick” He makes a “film”-get it? -a “film”. A typical Italian with his auto and biography, A mixture of Catholicism, pasta, and pornography, A superficial, womanizing, moderately charming Latin fraud. Guido Grazie! Necrophorus Prego! And what are his movies about? Just beauty, truth, death, youth, love, life, anguish, angst. Thanks to him we have boredom at the movies. Guido Grazie! Necrophorus Prego! La Fleur (reclaiming spotlight) Darlings!
La Fleur Folies Bergиres
La musique et la danse, le son, la lumiиre!
Les petits jolis seins des belles bouquetiиres
Sur la belle passerelle des Folies Bergиres.
Pas de mystиre Le spectacle est tout a fait dйcouvert. Et pas trop cher Viens ce soir avec moi aux Follies Bergиres! Necrophorus The trouble with Contini, he’s the king of mediocrities, A second-rate director who believes that he is Socrates. He never makes a “movie” or a “picture” or a “flick” He makes a “film”-get it? -a “film”. A typical Italian with his auto and biography, A mixture of Catholicism, pasta, and pornography, A superficial, womanizing, moderately charming Latin fraud. And what are his movies about? Just beauty, truth, death, youth, love, life, anguish, angst. Thanks to him we have boredom at the movies. Viens ce soir avec moi aux Follies Bergиres!
La Fleur I love it! (the dances with the boa, rapping herself in it. A waltz, then all join in a can-can.) All Follies Bergиres The music, the lights, and the laughter, The answer to what you are after Each night at the Follies Bergиres. Follies Bergиres - La Fleur (to Guido) To your modern ideas I simply compare one derriere All At the Follies Bergиres! The answer to what you are after, The music, the lights, and the laughter Of the Follies Bergиres! La Fleur So! There you are! This is what I want! Guido You’re joking. La Fleur No, I’m not joking! When you signed the contract, you signed to do a musical! I want le singing! I want le dansing! I want a musical! Do it!
Blackout
SCENE: IN THE CATACOMBS OF THE SPA
Our Lady of the Spa Signor Contini, His Eminence has granted your request for an interview ... It’s the oldest part of the spa. Rumor has it that several saints are buried in these catacombs. It offers the Cardinal the kind of privacy he needs when he comes for the baths ... Don’t stay too long; he isn’t well. Your Eminence, Signor Contini is here. (Guido reads both his own lines and the Cardinal’s. ) Guido I am very grateful for you granting me this visit. Cardinal What can I do for you, my son? Guido Do you believe in God? Cardinal (taken aback) Excuse me, are you a Catholic? Guido Oh yes. Very much so. Not as much as I would like to be, or as much as you would like me to be, I’m sure. But I’m certainly trying. Cardinal Try harder. Guido Well, I don’t know how! Father, look, I’m confused. I’ve reached a point in my life where I don’t know which way to turn anymore. And it’s affecting me in peculiar ways. (A church bell rings.) Father, I have been seeing things of late-people, visions. Sometimes they remind me of my early days in school, and I think that what I’m seeing must be the work of the Devil. (A Nun and Four Boys pass in the background.) Cardinal My son. If you can believe in a world in which you can see the Devil, surely you must also believe in a world in which you can see an angel. (The Nun and Boys exit. Guido’s Mother rises.) Guido Mama ...
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SYNOPSIS Not Since Chaplin Guido's Song Germans At The Spa My Husband Makes Movies A Call from the Vatican Only With You The Script Folies Bergeres Nine Ti Voglio Bene/ Be Italian The Bells of St. Sebastian A Man Like You Unusual Way Contini Submits The Grand Canal Every Girl in Venice Amor Only You Simple Be On Your Own I Can't Make This Movie Getting Tall
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