Script
Audition Central: Finian's Rainbow JR.
Script: Sharon Mclonergan
SIDE
SHARON
(dreamily)Just you and me? That could be dangerously romantic.WOODY
Well& we ll have plenty of time for romance as soon as I get back from New York.SHARON
New York? I didn t know you were leaving.WOODY
I ve got to. These people depend on me. The only way I can earn money and get credit cards is to go to New York and& SHARON
And leave me sitting here alone in the moonlight. And what is all that going to get you?WOODY
Who knows maybe a better world.SHARON
Better for whom, may I ask?WOODY
Better for you, better for me, better for our children& FINIAN
(suddenly waking up)Children! Let me be the first to congratulate you.
SHARON
Oh Father, he didn t mean it like that.(FINIAN promptly falls back asleep.)
And as for you, Mr. Mahoney& perhaps you d better start packing.
WOODY
Don t take it so hard, Sharon. I haven t got a chance of stayin away from you. I m caught, trapped by that old valley legend. We ve got our legends too, y know. Notice anything peculiar goin on?(SHARON looks around and slowly nods.)
They who meet on an April night Are forever lost in love. If there is moonlight all about, And there s no moon above.