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SUTTON FOSTER

DOWN WITH EYES ROMANTIC AND STUPID...

AUDRA McDONALD

WITH HER IRRESISTIBLE BLEND OF SHOW-STOPPING TALENT AND EFFUSIVE CHARM, TWO-TIME TONY AWARD WINNER SUTTON FOSTER HAS BEEN CALLED BROADWAY ROYALTY. I WILL BLAZE UNTIL I FIND MY...

McDONALD

TONIGHT, THE STAR OF THE HIT TV SERIES "YOUNGER" RETURNS TO THE STAGE WHERE HER IRREPRESSIBLE TALENT NEVER GETS OLD.

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TIME STEPS!

McDONALD

I'M AUDRA McDONALD. PLEASE ENJOY SUTTON FOSTER IN CONCERT.

MAN

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SUTTON FOSTER.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE, MUSIC PLAYING

MAN

WHEN THE SKY IS A BRIGHT CANARY YELLOW I FORGET EVERY CLOUD I'VE EVER SEEN SO THEY CALLED ME A COCKEYED OPTIMIST IMMATURE AND INCURABLY GREEN I HAVE HEARD PEOPLE RANT AND RAVE AND BELLOW THAT WE'RE DONE AND WE MIGHT AS WELL BE DEAD BUT I'M ONLY A COCKEYED OPTIMIST AND I CAN'T GET IT INTO MY HEAD EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T, EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T, IT ISN'T RIGHT DON'T, IT ISN'T NICE EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T, EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T WALK ON THE GRASS DON'T DISTURB THE PEACE DON'T SKATE ON THE ICE WELL, I SAY DO I SAY WALK ON THE GRASS, IT WAS MEANT TO FEEL I SAY SAIL TILT AT THE WINDMILL AND IF YOU FAIL, YOU FAIL EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T, EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T GET OUT OF LINE WHEN THEY SAY THAT, THEN, LADY, THAT'S A SIGN 9 TIMES OUT OF 10, LADY, YOU'RE DOING JUST FINE LIFE KEEPS HAPPENING EVERY DAY SAY YES WHEN OPPORTUNITIES COME YOUR WAY YOU CAN'T START WONDERING WHAT TO SAY YOU NEVER WIN IF YOU NEVER PLAY SAY YES THERE'S MINK AND MARIGOLD RIGHT OUTSIDE AND LONG WHITE CADILLACS YOU CAN RIDE BUT NOTHING'S GAINED IF THERE'S NOTHING TRIED SAY YES DON'T SAY WHY SAY WHY NOT WHAT LIES BEYOND WHAT IS, IS NOT SO WHAT, SAY YES MAKE JUST A RIPPLE COME ON, BE BRAVE THIS TIME A RIPPLE NEXT TIME A WAVE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO START SMALL CLIMBING THE TINIEST WALL MAYBE YOU'RE GOING TO FALL BUT IT'S BETTER THAN NOT STARTING AT ALL EVERYBODY SAYS NO, EVERYBODY SAYS STOP EVERYBODY SAYS MUSTN'T ROCK THE BOAT MUSTN'T TOUCH A THING EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T, EVERYBODY SAYS WAIT EVERYBODY SAYS CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL CAN'T UPSET THE COURT, CAN'T LAUGH AT THE KING WELL, I SAY TRY I SAY LAUGH AT THE KING OR HE'LL MAKE YOU CRY LOSE YOUR POISE, FALL IF YOU HAVE TO BUT, LADY, MAKE A NOISE YES, I'LL WALK, YES, I'LL LOOK YES, I'D LOVE TO DO SUCH AND SUCH YES, I'LL TRY, YES, I'LL DARE YES, I'LL FLY, YES, I'LL SHARE YES, I HAPPILY THANK YOU VERY MUCH YES, OH, YES EVERYBODY SAYS DON'T, EVERYBODY SAYS CAN'T EVERYBODY SAYS WAIT AROUND FOR MIRACLES THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD IS MADE I INSIST ON MIRACLES IF YOU DO THEM MIRACLES, NOTHING TO THEM SAY YES DON'T BE AFRAID

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MAN

SO, WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT MY NUMBER-ONE PIECE OF ADVICE IS, I SAY, SAY YES. SAY YES TO OPPORTUNITIES, EXCEPT FOR PORN.

LAUGHTER

MAN

DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID.

LAUGHTER

MAN

I STUDIED ALL THE PICTURES IN MAGAZINES AND BOOKS I MEMORIZED THE SUBWAY MAP, TOO IT'S ONE BLOCK NORTH TO MACY'S AND TWO TO BROTHERS BROOKS MANHATTAN, I PREPARED FOR YOU YOU CERTAINLY ARE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY HAVE BACK HOME WHERE NOTHING'S OVER 3 STORIES HIGH AND NO ONE'S IN A HURRY OR WANTS TO ROAM BUT I DO, THOUGH THEY WONDER WHY NYC JUST GOT HERE THIS MORNING 3 BUCKS, TWO BAGS, ONE ME NYC, I GIVE YOU FAIR WARNING UP THERE IN LIGHTS I'LL BE GO ASK THE GERSHWINS OR KAUFMAN AND HART THE PLACE THEY LOVE THE BEST THOUGH CALIFORNIA PAYS BIG FOR THEIR ART THEIR FAN MAIL'S STILL ADDRESSED TO NYC TOMORROW A PENTHOUSE THAT'S WAY UP HIGH TONIGHT THE "Y" WHY NOT? IT'S NYC TOO HOT, TOO COLD TOO LATE, I'M SOLD WHY NOT? HERE I GO AND THERE'S NO TURNING BACK MY GREAT ADVENTURE HAS BEGUN I MAY BE SMALL BUT I'VE GOT GIANT PLANS TO SHINE AS BRIGHTLY AS THE SUN I WILL BLAZE UNTIL I FIND MY TIME AND PLACE I WILL BE FEARLESS SURRENDERING MODESTY AND GRACE I WILL NOT DISAPPEAR WITHOUT A TRACE I'LL SHOUT AND START A RIOT BE ANYTHING BUT QUIET CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, I'LL BE ASTONISHING ASTONISHING, ASTONISHING AT LAST

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MAN

SO, BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY MUSIC DIRECTOR AND COLLABORATOR. WE MET DOING "MILLIE" MANY YEARS AGO, AND HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ARRANGEMENTS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MICHAEL RAFTER.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MAN

WHY DO I JUST WITHER AND FORGET ALL RESISTANCE WHEN YOU AND YOUR MAGIC PASS BY? MY HEART'S IN A DITHER, DEAR, WHEN YOU'RE AT A DISTANCE BUT WHEN YOU ARE NEAR, OH, MY IT'S NOT THE PALE MOON THAT EXCITES ME THAT THRILLS AND DELIGHTS ME OH, NO IT'S JUST THE NEARNESS OF YOU IT ISN'T YOUR SWEET CONVERSATION THAT BRINGS THIS SENSATION OH, NO IT'S JUST THE NEARNESS OF YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN MY ARMS AND I FEEL YOU SO CLOSE TO ME ALL MY WILDEST DREAMS COME TRUE I NEED NO SOFT LIGHTS TO ENCHANT ME IF YOU'LL ONLY GRANT ME THE RIGHT TO HOLD YOU EVER SO TIGHT AND TO FEEL IN THE NIGHT THE NEARNESS OF YOU WHEN YOU'RE IN MY ARMS AND I FEEL YOU SO CLOSE TO ME ALL MY WILDEST DREAMS COME TRUE I NEED NO SOFT LIGHTS TO ENCHANT ME IF YOU'LL ONLY GRANT ME THE RIGHT TO HOLD YOU EVER SO TIGHT AND TO FEEL IN THE NIGHT THE NEARNESS OF YOU

APPLAUSE

MAN

SO, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, I GOT TO PLAY ONE OF MY DREAM ROLES, AND THAT WAS RENO SWEENEY IN THE BROADWAY REVIVAL OF "ANYTHING GOES."

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MAN

AFTER DOING "ANYTHING GOES," I THOUGHT I KNEW COLE PORTER'S MUSIC. BUT IT TURNS OUT HIS CATALOG IS QUITE VAST AND FULL OF SOME UNEXPECTED GEMS. OH, I'M SO MAD ABOUT A LAD IT'S TOO DEEP TO EXPRESS AND WHEN HE TRIES TO USE HIS EYES THEY HAVE INSTANT SUCCESS SO FULL OF PASSION THESE PUPILS ARE THAT GIRLS FORGET WHAT THEIR SCRUPLES ARE SO WHEN HE TURNS THEM ON ME I MURMUR TENDERLY I THINK YOU'RE GREAT; I THINK YOU'RE GRAND AND I DON'T MIND IF YOU HOLD MY HAND BUT DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY YOUR KISSES, TOO, ARE HEAVENLY AND, OH, SO FULL OF VARIETY BUT DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY WHEN YOU TELL ME SWEETLY YOU'RE MINE COMPLETELY I ALWAYS GIVE A LONG CHEER BUT THOSE SUDDEN FLASHES BEHIND YOUR LASHES ARE NOBODY'S BUSINESS, MY DEAR SINCE YOU BEGAN TO PLAY YOUR ROLE I'VE LOST MY HEART, AND I'VE LOST MY SOUL BUT AS FOR LOSING MY SELF-CONTROL DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY I JUST ADORE YOUR LOVING ARMS IN FACT, THEY'RE TWO OF YOUR GREATEST CHARMS BUT DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY I'M VERY MILD, I'M VERY MEEK MY WILL IS STRONG, BUT MY WONT IS WEAK SO DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY WHEN THAT STRANGE EXPRESSION OF INDISCRETION BEGINS TO SHOW IN YOUR STARE THERE'S A HOCUS-POCUS ABOUT YOUR FOCUS THAT GIVES ME A TERRIBLE SCARE I FEEL A THRILL WHEN YOU ARRIVE AND WHILE YOU'RE NEAR ME, I SIMPLY THRIVE BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET HOME ALIVE DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY IT'S DELIGHTFUL, IT'S DELICIOUS IT'S DELECTABLE IT'S DELIRIOUS IT'S DILEMMA, IT'S DELIMIT IT'S DELUXE, IT'S DE-LOVELY BUT DON'T LOOK AT ME, DON'T LOOK AT ME DON'T LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT ME, OK, YOU CAN LOOK AT ME THAT WAY

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MAN

SO, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST. SHE IS MY BEST FRIEND IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MS. MEGAN McGINNIS.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

MAN

SO, MEGAN AND I PLAYED SISTERS ON BROADWAY IN "LITTLE WOMEN," AND WE'VE PRETTY MUCH BEEN LIKE SISTERS EVER SINCE. THIS PAST YEAR WAS A BIG YEAR FOR BOTH OF US. MEGAN AND HER HUSBAND WELCOMED A BABY BOY, AND MY HUSBAND AND I ADOPTED A BABY GIRL.

APPLAUSE

MAN

WE'VE ALREADY PLANNED THE WEDDING. THE COLORS ARE PINK AND GRAY.

LAUGHTER

MAN

SO, NOW WE'RE SISTERS, BEST FRIENDS, AND MOMMIES, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE OUR LIVES LEAD US NEXT. LET ME RUN THROUGH A FIELD IN THE NIGHT LET ME LIFT FROM THE GROUND TILL MY SOUL IS IN FLIGHT LET ME SWAY LIKE THE SHADE OF A TREE LET ME SWIRL LIKE A CLOUD IN A STORM ON THE SEA WISH ME ON MY WAY THROUGH THE DAWNING DAY

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I WANNA FLOW, WANNA RISE, WANNA SPILL WANNA GROW IN A GROVE ON THE SIDE OF A HILL I DON'T CARE IF THE TRAIN RUNS LATE IF THE CHECKS DON'T CLEAR IF THE HOUSE BLOWS DOWN I'LL BE OFF WHERE THE WEEDS RUN WILD WHERE THE SEEDS FALL FAR FROM THIS EARTHBOUND TOWN AND I'LL START TO SOAR WATCH ME RAIN TILL I POUR I'LL CATCH A SHIP, AND IT'LL SAIL ME ASTRAY GET CAUGHT IN A WIND I'LL JUST HAVE TO OBEY TIME FLYING AWAY AH AH EH AH AH AH AH AH AH LET ME LEAVE BEHIND ALL THE CLOUDS IN MY MIND I WANNA WAKE WITHOUT WONDERING WHY FINDING MYSELF IN A BURST FOR THE SKY AH AH AH AH I'LL JUST ROLL LET ME LOSE ALL CONTROL I WANNA FLOAT LIKE A WISH IN A WELL FREE AS THE SOUND OF THE SEA IN A SHELL I DON'T KNOW BUT MAYBE I'M JUST A FOOL I SHOULD KEEP TO THE GROUND I SHOULD STAY WHERE I'M AT MAYBE EVERYONE HAS HUNGER LIKE THIS AND THE HUNGER WILL PASS BUT I CAN'T THINK LIKE THAT ALL I KNOW IS SOMEWHERE THROUGH A CLEARING SOMEWHERE THERE'S SUNLIGHT... THERE'S A FLICKERING OF SUNLIGHT ON A RIVER LONG AND WIDE AND I HAVE SUCH A RIVER INSIDE LET ME RUN THROUGH A FIELD IN THE NIGHT LET ME LIFT FROM THE GROUND TILL MY SOUL IS IN FLIGHT LET ME SWAY LIKE THE SHADE OF A TREE LET ME SWIRL LIKE A CLOUD IN A STORM ON THE SEA WISH ME ON MY WAY WISH ME ON MY WAY THROUGH THE DAWNING DAY I WANNA FLOW, WANNA RISE, WANNA SPILL WANNA GROW ON THE SIDE OF A HILL WANNA SHIFT LIKE A WAVE ROLLING ON WANNA DRIFT FROM THE PATH I'VE BEEN TRAVELING UPON BEFORE I AM GONE

APPLAUSE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

BOTH

SO, WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER AND WATCHING "LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER" ON MY TELEVISION SET, JUST AS I HOPE A LOT OF YOU TEENAGERS ARE DOING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, I WOULD FANTASIZE ABOUT WHAT I WOULD SING IF IT WAS ME UP THERE ON THAT SCREEN. AND AT THE TIME, I WAS OBSESSED WITH THIS NEW COMPOSER-- JASON ROBERT BROWN-- AND THE CAST RECORDING OF HIS "SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD." I LOVED THAT ALBUM. I LOVED THIS SONG. AND NOW I GET TO SING IT. I MET A MAN WITHOUT A DOLLAR TO HIS NAME WHO HAD NO TRAITS OF ANY VALUE BUT HIS SMILE I MET A MAN WHO HAD NO YEARN OR CLAIM TO FAME WHO WAS CONTENT TO LET LIFE PASS HIM FOR A WHILE AND I WAS SURE THAT ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A LIFE LIKE THE MOVIE STARS LED AND HE KISSED ME RIGHT HERE, AND HE SAID "I'LL GIVE YOU STARS AND THE MOON" "AND A SOUL TO GUIDE YOU" "AND A PROMISE I'LL NEVER GO" "I'LL GIVE YOU HOPE TO BRING OUT" "ALL THE LIFE INSIDE YOU" "AND THE STRENGTH THAT WILL HELP YOU GROW" "I'LL GIVE YOU TRUTH AND A FUTURE" "THAT'S 20 TIMES BETTER" "THAN ANY HOLLYWOOD PLOT" AND I THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER HAVE A YACHT" I MET A MAN WHO LIVED HIS LIFE OUT ON THE ROAD WHO LEFT A WIFE AND KIDS IN PORTLAND ON A WHIM I MET A MAN WHOSE FIRE AND PASSION ALWAYS SHOWED WHO ASKED IF I COULD SPARE A WEEK TO RIDE WITH HIM BUT I WAS SURE THAT ALL I EVER WANTED WAS A LIFE THAT WAS SCRIPTED AND PLANNED AND HE SAID, "BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND "I'LL GIVE YOU STARS AND THE MOON" "AND THE OPEN HIGHWAY" "AND A RIVER BENEATH YOUR FEET" "I'LL GIVE YOU DAYS FULL OF DREAMS" "IF YOU TRAVEL MY WAY" "AND A SUMMER YOU CAN'T REPEAT" "I'LL GIVE YOU NIGHTS FULL OF PASSION" "AND DAYS OF ADVENTURE" "NO STRINGS, JUST WARM SUMMER RAIN" AND I THOUGHT, "YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER HAVE CHAMPAGNE." I MET A MAN WHO HAD A FORTUNE IN THE BANK WHO HAD RETIRED AT AGE 30, SET FOR LIFE I MET A MAN AND DIDN'T KNOW WHICH STARS TO THANK AND THEN HE ASKED ONE DAY IF I WOULD BE HIS WIFE AND I LOOKED UP, AND ALL THAT I COULD THINK OF WAS THE LIFE I HAD DREAMT I WOULD LIVE AND I SAID TO HIM, "WHAT WILL YOU GIVE?" "I'LL GIVE YOU CARS AND A TOWNHOUSE IN TURTLE BAY" "AND A FUR AND A DIAMOND RING" "AND WE'LL GET MARRIED IN SPAIN ON MY YACHT TODAY" "AND WE'LL HONEYMOON IN BEIJING" "AND YOU'LL MEET STARS AT THE PARTIES I THROW" "IN MY VILLAS IN NICE AND PARIS IN JUNE" AND I THOUGHT, "OK" AND I TOOK A BREATH, AND I GOT MY YACHT AND THE YEARS WENT BY AND IT NEVER CHANGED AND IT NEVER GREW AND I NEVER DREAMED AND I WOKE ONE DAY AND I LOOKED AROUND AND I THOUGHT, "MY GOD..." "I'LL NEVER HAVE THE MOON" "I'LL NEVER HAVE THE MOON"

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

BOTH

THERE WAS SOMETHING IN A DESERT THERE WAS SOME PLACE WILD AND GREEN AND A CHILD IN A VILLAGE I PASSED THROUGH THERE ARE PLACES THAT I'VE TRAVELED AND SO MANY THINGS I'VE SEEN AND IT ALL FADES AWAY BUT YOU I WAS SLIDING DOWN A MOUNTAIN I WAS BURNING IN THE SUN I WAS CRYING WITH AMAZEMENT AT THE VIEW I WAS CAPTURING A MOMENT BUT WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE WELL, IT ALL FADES AWAY BUT YOU IT ALL FADES AWAY IT ALL FADES AWAY IT ALL FADES AWAY BUT YOU I HAVE SAILED ACROSS THE OCEANS PAST THE CITIES AND THE FARMS ON A NEVER-ENDING QUEST FOR SOMETHING NEW BUT THE ONLY THINGS THAT MATTERED WERE THE FOUR DAYS IN YOUR ARMS 'CAUSE IT ALL FADES AWAY BUT YOU IT ALL FADES AWAY IT ALL FADES AWAY IT ALL FADES AWAY BUT YOU AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH... THERE IS ONE THING THAT'S ETERNAL THAT CANNOT BE TORN APART THERE IS ONE THING THAT REMAINS FOREVER TRUE PAST THE THINKING PAST THE BREATHING PAST THE BEATING OF MY HEART IT WILL ALL FADE AWAY BUT YOU IT ALL FADES AWAY IT ALL FADES AWAY IT ALL FADES AWAY BUT YOU IT ALL FADES AWAY IT ALL FADES AWAY IT ALL FADES AWAY BUT YOU BUT YOU BUT YOU YOU

APPLAUSE

BOTH

SO TO HELP ME SING THIS NEXT SONG, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST. WE MET 20 YEARS AGO WHEN WE WERE FIRST STARTING OUT HERE IN NEW YORK CITY, AND LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT WE WOULD BOTH GO ON TO PLAY MILLIE IN "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE." LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DARCIE ROBERTS.

APPLAUSE

PIANO PLAYING

BOTH

A SIMPLE CHOICE, NOTHING MORE HE THINKS I'M AFRAID THIS OR THAT, EITHER OR HE OUGHT TO KNOW I'M NOT MARRY WELL, SOCIAL WHIRL WHY SHOULD I BE SCARED? BUSINESSMAN, CLEVER GIRL OR PIN MY FUTURE ON I'M SAFE AND SOUND A GREEN GLASS LOVE WHAT KIND OF LIFE AM I DREAMING OF? BECAUSE I GOT I SAY LOVE GIMME, GIMME I GOT LOVE THAT THING CALLED I GOT LOVE LOVE I WANT IT I GOT LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE GIMME, GIMME THAT THING CALLED LOVE, LOVE LOVE I NEED IT I GOT LOVE HIGHS AND LOWS, TEARS AND LAUGHTER SWEET, SWEET LOVE GIVE ME HAPPY EVER AFTER SWEETER THAN A FLOWER GROWING BY THE HOUR GIMME, GIMME THAT THING CALLED LOVE LOVE GIMME, GIMME THAT THING CALLED I GOT LOVE LOVE I CRAVE IT GIMME, GIMME THAT THING CALLED I GOT LOVE, LOVE LOVE I'LL BRAVE IT SUNSHINE SHINE THICK AND THIN, RICH OR POOR I GOT MINE GIMME YEARS, AND I'LL WANT MORE TIME CARVE IT ON A WILLOW GIMME, GIMME I'M TALKING TO MY PILLOW THAT THING CALLED I GOT LOVE LOVE GIMME, GIMME THAT THING CALLED I GOT LOVE LOVE I'M FREE NOW GIMME, GIMME THAT THING CALLED I GOT LOVE, LOVE LOVE LOVE I SEE NOW FLY, DOVE, SING, SPARROW I GOT LOVE GIMME CUPID'S FAMOUS ARROW GIMME, GIMME THAT THING CALLED I GOT LOVE LOVE EVERY TIME I'M WITH HIM I DON'T CARE IF HE'S A NOBODY I KNOW I'M A LUCKY GIRL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY HEART, HE'LL BE SOMEBODY IN MY LIFE I'M SOMEONE IN THIS WORLD SOMEBODY TO LOVE ME I WANT IT I WANT IT HERE I AM, SAINT VALENTINE MY BAGS ARE PACKED, I'M FIRST IN LINE APHRODITE, DON'T FORGET ME "ROMEO AND JULIET" ME FLY, DOVE FLY SING, SPARROW SING GIVE ME FAT BOY'S FAMOUS ARROW I GOT GIMME, GIMME THAT I GOT THAT THING CALLED LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

BOTH

OK. ENOUGH WITH ALL THESE LOVE SONGS.

LAUGHTER

BOTH

DOWN WITH LOVE THE FLOWERS, THE RICE, THE SHOES DOWN WITH LOVE THE ROOT OF ALL MIDNIGHT BLUES DOWN WITH THINGS THAT GIVE YOU THAT WELL-KNOWN PAIN TAKE THAT MOON AND WRAP IT IN CELLOPHANE DOWN WITH LOVE LET'S LIQUIDATE ALL ITS FRIENDS MOON AND JUNE AND ROSES AND RAINBOW'S ENDS DOWN WITH SONGS THAT MOAN ABOUT NIGHT AND DAY DOWN WITH LOVE, LET'S TAKE IT AWAY, AWAY TAKE IT AWAY, TAKE IT AWAY GIVE IT BACK TO THE BIRDS AND THE BEES AND THE VIENNESE DOWN WITH EYES ROMANTIC AND STUPID DOWN WITH SIGHS, DOWN WITH CUPID BROTHER, LET'S STUFF THAT DOVE DOWN WITH LOVE NO FLOWERS, NO RICE, NO SHOES. BYE-BYE, BLUES DON'T WANT NO PAIN TAKE THAT MOON AND WRAP IT IN CELLOPHANE TAKE IT AWAY OH, PLEASE, TAKE IT AWAY GIVE IT BACK TO THE BIRDS AND THE BEES AND THE VIENNESE DOWN WITH LOVE LET'S LIQUIDATE ALL ITS FRIENDS MOON AND JUNE AND ROSES AND RAINBOW'S ENDS DOWN WITH SONGS THAT MOAN ABOUT NIGHT AND DAY DOWN WITH EYES ROMANTIC AND STUPID DOWN WITH SIGHS, DOWN WITH CUPID BROTHER, LET'S STUFF THAT DOVE DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN DOWN, DOWN DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN DOWN WITH LOVE

APPLAUSE

BOTH

SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER SPECIAL GUEST. I AM SO THRILLED THAT HE IS HERE. I AM SUCH A HUGE FAN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JONATHAN GROFF.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

BOTH

I JUST HAVE TO SAY, IT IS SO SURREAL TO HEAR YOU SAY "HUGE FAN" BECAUSE I AM, LIKE EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, AND I AM A HUGE SUTTON FOSTER FAN.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

BOTH

SO, SUTTON, LISTEN. WHAT? SINCE THIS IS KIND OF A DREAM-COME-TRUE SITUATION FOR ME, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO A LITTLE DANCING. OH, NO. I'M NOT GONNA DANCE TONIGHT. I TOLD YOU. BUT I WORE MY TAP SHOES. I KNOW. I HEARD THEM WHEN YOU CAME ON STAGE. THEY'RE TIPPITY-- TIPPITY TAPPITY. BUT, SUTTON, YOU'RE SO GOOD AT DANCING, RIGHT?

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

BOTH

YOU'RE SO GOOD AT EVERYTHING. YOU ALWAYS IMPRESS LIKE NO ONE I KNOW I HAVE TO CONFESS CONFESS WHAT? I'M LUCKY TO BE ON YOUR SHOW OH, YOU AND YOUR FANCY FLATTERY THE SUGARY THINGS YOU SAY THE WAY YOU SMILE YOU FIGURE THAT IF YOU FLATTER ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET YOUR WAY YOU'RE FUNNY, TOO SO YOU TELL ME I'M REAL SWELL AND IT'S TRUE. YOUR COMPLIMENTS WEAVE A SPELL WELL? WELL--OH, HELL. WHY DO I GET SO FLUTTERY? I KNOW IT'S A CRAFTY PLAN THE WAY YOU BELT. A TYPICAL TRICK TO BUTTER ME AND TAKE ME FOR ALL YOU CAN IT MAKES ME MELT BUT SOMEHOW I JUST DON'T CARE SO FLATTER AWAY WHILE I PULL UP A CHAIR AND LOOK AT THOSE LEGS THERE BUT FLATTERY MAY GET US SOMEWHERE THAT IS SO GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT SOME ITEMS WITH ME. HA HA! HA HA! I'VE GOT THE PROGRAM FROM THE FIRST TIME I SAW YOU IN "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE." WOW! TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S AMAZING. WILL YOU SIGN IT?

LAUGHING

BOTH

OK. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'VE ALSO GOT THIS PICTURE FROM THE FIRST TIME WE MET AT THE STAGE DOOR OF "THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE." I LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT. YOU LOOK ADORABLE. IT MUST HAVE BEEN VERY COLD. IT WAS VERY COLD. OH... I ALSO BROUGHT... YOUR TAP SHOES. JONATHAN! WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE? I TOLD YOU, NO DANCING. PLEASE? BUT YOU CAN DANCE. YOU GOT YOUR TAP SHOES ON. YOU CAN, LIKE, DO A TAP SOLO. NO. I'M NOT GONNA DANCE BY MYSELF. OH, COME ON. A BORN-TO-BE STAR LIKE NO ONE I'VE MET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE? A GENUINE TRIPLE THREAT NOW, YOU AND YOUR FANCY FLATTERY YOU LAY IT ON PRETTY THICK YOUR WORK ON "GLEE"... YOU FIGURE YOU'LL CHARGE MY BATTERY BUT I CAN SEE THROUGH THAT SHTICK IT SPOKE TO ME. HOW MUCH SMOKE CAN ONE GAL BLOW OH? THAT FLATTERY STUFF WON'T GO THAT SO? NO. 'CAUSE WHY DOES IT FEEL SO SUPER NICE JUST BEING HERE BY YOUR SIDE? I THINK YOU'RE GREAT. SURE AS YOU WON THE TONY TWICE. YOU'RE TAKING ME FOR A RIDE YOU'RE WRONG. IT'S LOVE. BUT SOMEHOW I JUST DON'T CARE SO FLATTER AWAY, BUT KEEP THE TRIBUTES FAIR YOU'RE SO DEBONAIR. THANK YOU. FLATTERY MAY GET US SOMEWHERE OHH... COME ON. YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO. OK. FINE. YOU'RE RELENTLESS. HO HO! BUT ONLY IF YOU DANCE WITH ME. OF COURSE. OBVIOUSLY, I'M GONNA DANCE WITH YOU. THAT'S WHY I WORE THESE TAP SHOES. THAT'S WHY I HAD THEM PUT IN THIS ENTIRE TAP FLOOR. WHAT WE'VE GOT IS REALLY RARE SO FLATTER AWAY, YOU DO IT WITH SUCH FLAIR WE MAKE QUITE A PAIR FLATTERY WILL GET US SOMEWHERE THE WORLD IS RIGHT, MY HEART IS LIGHT I'M LIKE A BABY THERE IS NO MAYBE I KNOW MY FATE I NEVER KNEW WHAT LOVE COULD DO MY HEART IS REELING THE WAY I'M FEELING IS SIMPLY GREAT FIT AS A FIDDLE AND READY FOR LOVE I COULD JUMP OVER THE MOON UP ABOVE FIT AS A FIDDLE AND READY FOR LOVE HAVEN'T A WORRY, I HAVEN'T A CARE FEEL LIKE A FEATHER THAT'S FLOATING ON AIR FIT AS A FIDDLE AND READY FOR LOVE SOON THE CHURCH BELLS WILL BE RINGING AND I'LL MARCH WITH MA AND PA HOW THE CHURCH BELLS WILL BE RINGING WITH A HEY, NONNY NONNY AND A HOT-CHA-CHA HI-DIDDLE-DIDDLE, MY BABY'S OK ASK ME A RIDDLE, AND WHAT DID SHE SAY? FIT AS A FIDDLE AND READY FOR LOVE WHOA. OH. OH, OK. YEAH. YOU GOT IT. TIME STEPS! TIME STEPS! OOH. HA HA HA! WHAT? HA HA! HA HA HA! WOW. WOW. THAT WAS GOOD. CARTWHEEL! YAAH! WHOO! SOON THE CHURCH BELLS WILL BE RINGING AND I'LL MARCH WITH MA AND PA HOW THOSE CHURCH BELLS WILL BE RINGING WITH A HEY, NONNY NONNY AND A-- HOT-CHA-CHA HI-DIDDLE-DIDDLE, MY BABY'S OK ASK ME A RIDDLE, OH, WHAT DID SHE SAY FIT AS A FIDDLE AND READY FOR LOVE O-OVE O-OVE

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

BOTH

WAAH!

GROFF

THANK YOU SO WHO HERE REMEMBERS 8-TRACK TAPES?

SCATTERED APPLAUSE

GROFF

YES. WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, MY MOM'S FAVORITE 8-TRACK TAPE WAS "JOHN DENVER'S GREATEST HITS," AND NOW WHENEVER I HEAR HIS MUSIC, I'M IMMEDIATELY BACK IN THAT WOOD-PANELED LIVING ROOM PLAYING ON THE SHAG CARPET WITH MY DONNY AND MARIE DOLLS. I THINK MY MOM LOVED HIS MUSIC BECAUSE IT JUST MADE HER FEEL GOOD. MY MOM PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SING THIS NEXT SONG FOR HER.

PIANO PLAYING

GROFF

SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS MAKES ME HAPPY SUNSHINE IN MY EYES CAN MAKE ME CRY SUNSHINE ON THE WATER LOOKS SO LOVELY SUNSHINE ALMOST ALWAYS MAKES ME HIGH IF I HAD A DAY THAT I COULD GIVE YOU I'D GIVE TO YOU A DAY JUST LIKE TODAY IF I HAD A SONG THAT I COULD SING FOR YOU I'D SING A SONG TO MAKE YOU FEEL THIS WAY SUNSHINE ON MY SHOULDERS MAKES ME HAPPY SUNSHINE IN MY EYES CAN MAKE ME CRY SUNSHINE ON THE WATER LOOKS SO LOVELY SUNSHINE ALMOST ALWAYS MAKES ME HIGH IF I HAD A TALE THAT I COULD TELL YOU I'D TELL A TALE SURE TO MAKE YOU SMILE IF I HAD A WISH THAT I COULD WISH FOR YOU I'D WISH FOR YOU FOR SUNSHINE FOR ALL THE WHILE SUNSHINE MAKES ME HAPPY SUNSHINE CAN MAKE ME CRY SUNSHINE ON THE WATER LOOKS SO LOVELY SUNSHINE ALMOST ALWAYS MAKES ME HIGH SUNSHINE ALMOST ALWAYS MAKES ME HIGH

APPLAUSE

GROFF

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS LITERALLY A DREAM COME TRUE. I FEEL SO HONORED TO BE HERE. THANKS TO EVERYBODY AT LINCOLN CENTER AND PBS.

IMITATES EXPLOSION

GROFF

SO THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK THESE INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS WHO HAVE JOINED ME ON STAGE TONIGHT AND HAVE PUT UP WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS. ON GUITAR, KEVIN KUHN...

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GROFF

ON DRUMS, CLINT DE GANON...

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GROFF

ON BASS, LEO HUPPERT...

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GROFF

ON PERCUSSION, KORY GROSSMAN...

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GROFF

AND I FEEL SO LUCKY TO CALL THIS MAN A COLLABORATOR, A FRIEND-- MAKING MUSIC WITH YOU IS MY GREATEST JOY-- THE GREAT MICHAEL RAFTER...

APPLAUSE

GROFF

AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK MY DAUGHTER EMILY DALE GRIFFIN. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME TO BE A MOM, AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE CHILDREN IN YOUR LIFE BECAUSE THEY KEEP YOU OPTIMISTIC. I HEAR THE HUMAN RACE IS FALLING ON ITS FACE AND HASN'T VERY FAR TO GO BUT EVERY WHIPPOORWILL IS SELLING ME A BILL AND TELLING ME IT JUST AIN'T SO I COULD SAY LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF JELL-O AND APPEAR MORE INTELLIGENT AND SMART BUT I'M STUCK LIKE A DOPE WITH A THING CALLED HOPE AND I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEART NOT THIS HEART LET ME SEE THE WORLD WITH CLOUDS TAKE ME TO THE WORLD OUT WHERE I CAN PUSH THROUGH CROWDS TAKE ME TO THE WORLD A WORLD THAT SMILES WITH STREETS INSTEAD OF AISLES WHERE I CAN WALK FOR MILES WITH YOU TAKE ME TO THE WORLD THAT'S REAL SHOW ME HOW IT'S DONE TEACH ME HOW TO LAUGH, TO FEEL MOVE ME TO THE SUN JUST HOLD MY HAND WHENEVER WE ARRIVE TAKE ME TO A WORLD WHERE I CAN BE ALIVE STARTING HERE, STARTING NOW WHEN WE WALK, WE'LL WALK TOGETHER YEAR BY YEAR STARTING HERE NOW WHEN YOU SLEEP YOU WILL DREAM A DREAM THAT'S FREE FROM CARE FOR NOW WHEN YOU WAKE I'LL BE THERE SO BE STILL TAKE MY HAND FOR THE GREATEST JOURNEY HEAVEN CAN ALLOW STARTING LOVE STARTING HERE STARTING NOW WE SHALL SEE THE WORLD COME TRUE WE SHALL HAVE THE WORLD I WON'T BE AFRAID WITH YOU WE SHALL HAVE THE WORLD I'LL HOLD YOUR HAND AND KNOW I'M NOT ALONE WE SHALL HAVE THE WORLD TO KEEP SUCH A LOVELY WORLD, WE'LL WEEP WE SHALL HAVE THE WORLD FOREVER STARTING HERE STARTING NOW STARTING NOW!

CHEERING

GROFF

THANK YOU.

CHEERING CONTINUES

McDONALD

WE HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED SUTTON FOSTER IN CONCERT. FOR "LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER," I'M AUDRA McDONALD. GOOD NIGHT... JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON TWITTER USING HASHTAG BroadwayonPBS AND HASHTAG LFLC. YOU CAN ALSO WATCH MORE FROM SUTTON FOSTER AND OTHER ARTISTS IN OUR BROADWAY SERIES AT PBS.ORG.