Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Mylar Curtain (61 page)

[ELAINE PAIGE enters, walking on her knees.]

ELAINE

ZOE

Elaine Paige. I won't have a word said against her. But a
three-foot Norma Desmond? I ask you ...

[ZOE exits.)

ELAINE

I'm not small! It's the sets that got bigger!

[ELAINE and JOHN exit, leaving NATHAN alone
onstage. I

NATHAN

And now, in order to take you to Forbidden Broadway,
I need you all to blow out the candles on your tables.
Go ahead and blow! And now, the formally attired
company!

[The members of the company enter individually after
they finish their changes into evening wear; they sing
the following, some lines solo, some together. I

"Slow Boat"

SOUTHERN BELLE CHORUS

[GAYLORD and MAGNOLIA enter as the chorus exits.]

GAYLORD

MAGNOLIA

GAYLORD