Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain (12 page)

CAROL

GERARD and BILL

ALL THREE

[They lift CAROL high in the air and strike a pose.
Suddenly, they let her go and she falls as the lights
black out. ]

Rex Harrison:
"I've Grown Accustomed"

REX HARRISON

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
Now that I have finished My Fair
Lady, I should like to do something
Shakespearean for you. "To be or
not to be, that is the question any
ordinary man asks..." Oh, no, let's
try something simpler: "If I could
talk to the animals, learn their languages, maybe
teach the English how to speak..." Perhaps something
historical: "Cleopatra, my love, all of Rome is yours if
you'll only say'The Rain in Spain"'... No, no, no, no!
Damn, damn, damn, damn!

"Merman and Martin"

ETHEL

Swell. And now I'd like to introduce one of America's
oldest theatrical institutions, Miss Mary Martin.

MARY

ETHEL

Swell. What a career she had. Now, how'd you like to
hear me do a duet? Wouldn't that be great?

MARY