LEADING PLAYER: There's no doubt about that. AND IF ALL THE PLOYS WE PICK TO REALLY WORK TO BRING TO PASS OCCUR WE WON'T HAVE JUST A VICTORY WE'LL HAVE OURSELVES A MASSACRE AND THEN, AND THEN, AND GENTLEMEN, AND THEN: PIPPIN: AND THEN THE MEN GO MARCHING OUT INTO THE FRAY CONQUERING THE ENEMY AND CARRYING THE DAY HARK! (PIPPIN enters) PIPPIN: Now gentlemen, first, let me say that I admire the dedication and the courage which has brought you here this evening. PIPPIN: Well of course I remember. You may come in. The MAN misjudges the angle of the leap and bungles the catch. simpso18 Pippin character elimination Game (CHARLES kneels. The show is a Play Within a Play performed by a friendly (but slightly creepy) group of players led by the mysterious Leading Player. BERTHE: Out! It occurs when Pippin is at a crossroads, feels he has no direction and is losing faith. Hah! Pippin (Original, Musical, Comedy, Broadway) opened in New York City Oct 23, 1972 and played through Jun 12, 1977. Stop that! Pippin is led through life experiences by the Leading Player (played by Ben Vereen), a skeptical character not unlike the Judas of Godspell. After all, I'm just an ordinary housewife and mother, just like all you housewives and mothers out there. I'm a great believer in education. Yes they did a Pippin concert in ny recently, and split the leading player into 5 smaller parts, 2 of whom were female. It is simple and soft, and when this section of the dance is over the GIRLS gently rock PIPPIN, and one of them takes his hand and gently places it on her breast) PIPPIN: (Smiling, turns to the audience) I found it. Praise be to Charles or Lord Triumphant is his sword Allegiance is his word Glory! Two! PIPPIN: (Sings) I WANTED MAGIC SHOWS AND MIRACLES MIRAGES TO TOUCH I WANTED SUCH A LITTLE THING FROM LIFE I WANTED TO MUCH I NEVER CAME CLOSE, MY LOVE WE NEARLY CAME NEAR IT NEVER WAS THERE I THINK IT WAS HERE: LEADING PLAYER AND ALL: All right:you'll see what it's like without us:take away the set : everything out:move it. There's nothing I can do for him. She makes mistakes and goes against the agenda of the leading player … (THEY ALL begin to close in on PIPPIN again) But you, Pippin, you're an extraordinary human being:with extraordinary aspirations and dreams. What about the Pope? A boy to raise. Look at this! Take 'em out. PIPPIN: Excuse me a moment. HE moves among the dismembered pieces) PIPPIN: (Seeing a head) I suppose it's a little late to wonder who this man was. PIPPIN looks after him a moment. CATHERINE: It was my fault. That means I might be king one day. (During this scene, CATHERINE stands behind PIPPIN and THEO. AND THEN: ALL: AND THEN: CHARLES: AND GENTLEMEN, AND THEN: (Spoken) Now:gentlemen:now! (The BOYS join her. CHARLES: And what do you see? That's absolutely essential to victory: (Music starts and the SOLDIERS dance into formation and dance off during the following) CHARLES: SOLDIERS: Fall to, men. (Now the song begins, led by the LEADING PLAYER, later joined by ALL. Only don't let it happen again. GLORY! Next. We hear the same orchestral vamp that we heard at the beginning of the show. (HE goes) PIPPIN: (Dejectedly) Did I say it was a duck? (Goes to PIPPIN, and is again stunned by the beauty of his foot. But Pippin, with amazing perseverance tried yet another way. PIPPIN looks after him) Oh, Theo, yes there is. Nothing has changed since your father died. PIPPIN: I don't know, Grandma. LEADING PLAYER: Everyday: PIPPIN: Everyday? You're doing a wonderful job. Oh, my darling, before I forget, the royal treasurer informs me I've everdrawn my allowance account. (THEY ALL nod and adlib "Oh, yes") What? PIPPIN: That's all right. (Sings) LORD KNOWS WE'VE SEEN ENOUGH TROUBLES ALREADY, WE'VE HAD OUR FILL OF GREY SKIES SO PUT DOWN THE VINEGAR, TAKE UP THE HONEY JAR YOU'LL CATCH MANY MORE FLIES AND IF WE ALL COULD SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL COULD THINK BEFORE WE STRIKE WE ALL WOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE WORLD WE'D LIKE (Lights up on CHARLES again) My lord? And this time let's hear it from everybody! (Looks more closely) Oh, excuse me. Leading Player and Pippin . PIPPIN: Thank you. CATHERINE AND THEO: We've got a surprise! (A musical vamp begins and PIPPIN enters between TWO MEN. Bob Fosse, who directed the original Broadway production, also contributed to the libretto.The musical uses the premise of a mysterious performance troupe, led by a Leading Player, to tell the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search for meaning and significance. I don't know what to say. CHARLES: Help yourself. Get yourself a decent helmet and come along. (FASTRADA and LEWIS dance a few steps, then SHE speaks to the audience) It later occurred to me that Pippin might be planning to harm my Charles. PIPPIN: Augustus. Then softly, to PIPPIN) Pippin, this is such a large estate. NOBLE: You mean you want me to pay taxes again and raise an army? Stop! CHARLES: (Entering and going upstage) Pippin, you aren't celebrating. Is that fair? Word had come to me that Pippin was holding secret meetings:of a treasonous nature. PIPPIN: I went to war, Grandma. (Sings) I'VE NEVER WONDERED IF I WAS AFRAID WHEN THERE WAS A CHALLENGE TO TAKE I NEVER THOGUTH ABOUT HOW MUCH I WEIGHED WHEN THERE WAS STILL ONE PIECE OF CAKE MAYBE IT'S MEANT THE HOURS I'VE SPENT FEELING BROKEN AND BENT AND UNWELL BUT THERE'S STILL NO CURE SO HEAVEN-SENT AS THE CHANCE TO RAISE SOME HELL. See more ideas about Musicals, Musical theatre, Theatre. WHAT I'VE LEFT BEHIND LOOKS TRIFLING WHAT'S AHEAD LOOKS BLACK AM I DOOMED TO SPEND MY LIFE A-LINGERING ON LEADING PLAYER: LINGERING ON PIPPIN: JUST LINGERING ON BOTH: MALINGERING ON THE RIGHT PIPPIN: Oh, I'll never find it:never:never:never:never! That's it. LEADING PLAYER: Pssst JOIN US - LEAVE YOUR FIELDS TO FLOWER JOIN US - LEAVE YOUR CHEESE TO SOUR JOIN US - COME AND WASTE AN HOUR OR TWO DOO-DLE-EE-DO JOURNEY - JOURNEY TO A SPOT EX- CITING, MYSTIC AND EXOTIC JOURNEY - THROUGH OUR ANECDOTIC REVUE WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO - JUST FOR YOU WE'VE GOT MIRACLE PLAYS TO PLAY WE'VE GOT PARTS TO PERFORM - HEARTS TO WARM KINGS AND THINGS TO TAKE BY STORM AS WE GO ALONG OUR WAY FASTRADA: INTRIGUE - PLTS TO BRING DISASTER BERTHE: HUMOR - HANDLED BY A MASTER TWO GIRLS: ROMANCE - SEX PRESENTED PASTORALLY LEADING PLAYER: DEE-DLE-EE-DEE LEWIS: ILLUSION - FANTASY TO STUDY CHARLES: BATTLES - BARBAROUS AND BLOODY LEADING PLAYER: SO JOIN US - SIT WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SEE (The remaining PLAYERS step through the light curtain and THEY ALL sing) ALL: WE'VE GOT MAGIC TO DO - JUST FOR YOU WE'VE GOT MIRACLE PLAYS TO PLAY WE'VE GOT PARTS TO PERFORM - HEARTS TO WARM KINGS AND THINGS TO TAKE BY STORM AS WE GO ALONG OUR WAY (The song develops into a dance of sorts. (The organ plays a grand finish. (CATHERINE enters in a hurry) CATHERINE: (To the LEADING PLAYER) Sorry:I couldn't get my eyelash on: LEADING PLAYER: It's okay. THEY are wearing cloaks) MAN 1: Revolution! DENIED! FASTRADA and LEWIS continue their movements across the stage. (to PIPPIN) Hey, where are you going, Pippin? You know how confused I get about money. (There is a flash of fire, and CHARLEMAGNE appears) LEADING PLAYER: Enter:Charlemagne CHARLES: This part is to be portrayed by an actor of enormous power. LEADING PLAYER: Pippin replied to this offer in his own deeply moving words: (The LEADING PLAYER pulls the cloth away. The LEADING PLAYER calls out) King Pippin, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire: (PIPPIN looks at him excitedly) :is prepared to hear petitions. PIPPIN: Prince Pippin. It occurs when Pippin is at a crossroads, feels he has no direction and is losing faith. It's going to be a glorious campaign. There is a short dance as the set changes from court to the tent of CHARLEMAGNE) Scene 3 - Pippin Musical Script - WAR CHARLES: Gentlemen, be seated. (As HE speaks, a black tab is taken up and FASTRADA is revealed standing in the light) Pippin's step-mother. THEY go to PIPPIN and slap him on the back and congratulate him, ad libbing 'Well said': 'Bravo': 'Good luck', etc. (Now a dance by TWO GIRLS. (Going upstage to PIPPIN) Well, Pippin, I'm sure there are many things you'd like to know about me, aren't there? So the first thing I had to do was to get him interested in something:something that would restore his faith in life:something like:me. Nothing. THEO: I am! Did you know this arm slew twenty Frisians last year? I am super sad that this show is over but so so grateful for this experience and the honor of playing the Leading Player. So look at this map. (CHARLES looks at PIPPIN) PIPPIN: I will try not to disgrace you, sir. An orchestral vamp is accompanied by a low, crooning vocal wail. PIPPIN: Hello. But THEY are definitely PLAYERS:a troupe:a theatrical caravan of some kind. Very old. Good. PIPPIN: (Softly) Sorry, Father. MAN 5: We pledge to stand by Pippin:forever! PIPPIN turns to CATHERINE) Why did the Goddamn duck have to die? There has to be. PIPPIN is revealed. I am also a female auditioning for Pippin (this wednesday and thursday, to be precise) I'm nervous that my director will make the Leading Player a male, even though I'm pretty much the only one in school that's been singing for 7 years, acting for 7 years, and dancing for 13 at professional schools...I don't know, we'll see. The Best Audition Songs for Pippin – by Character March 3, 2019 October 9, 2020 Theatre Trip 6 Comments audition , auditioning , auditions , Berthe , Catherine , Charlemagne , Fastrada , Leading Player , Pippin , songs (The BOYS join BERTHE-making a chair for her with their arms. (CATHERINE and PIPPIN are seated on the floor center stage. LEADING PLAYER: Nothing has been completely fulfilling now, has it, Pippin? The story may focus on the character Pippin, but all the action is generated by the Leading Player and his troupe. So, I sent my son Theo to him: (THEO's entrance music. The third day I went hunting. PIPPIN: Because this isn't enough. Gentle tutors: respected members of the faculty:I'm very grateful for the knowledge that you have given me. What a challenge! (PIPPIN exits with the lamb. PIPPIN: But that's not fair. You, on the other hand are educated. THEY lift her up. (To himself) Why did I say that? PIPPIN: Good idea. CATHERINE: Pippin, it's the first time he's come to you for help: THEO: Could you look at him:please: CATHERINE: Pippin:Pippin. Please don't do that to me:please: (PIPPIN covers his ears and the noise stops. Fighting wars is an important part of being king, isn't it? (After a moment, to the audience) I thought there'd be more plumes: (Then, softly, sings) RIVERS BELONG WHERE THEY CAN RAMBLE EAGLES BELONG WHERE THEY CAN FLY I'VE GOT TO BE WHERE MY SPIRIT CAN RUN FREE GOT TO FIND MY CORNER OF THE SKY: (The LEADING PLAYER and a player with a guitar enter from upstage) Scene 4 - Pippin Musical Script - THE FLESH LEADING PLAYER: (Comes forward and sings) WELL, I'LL SING YOU THE STORY OF A SORROWFUL LAD HAD EVERYTHING HE WANTED, DIDN'T WANT WHAT HE HAD HE HAD WEALTH AND PELF AND FAME AND NAME AND ALL OF THAT NOISE BUT HE DIDN'T HAVE NONE OF THOSE SIMPLE JOYS HIS LIFE SEEMED PURPOSELESS AND FLAT AREN'T YOU GALD YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT? You will all be dealt with fairly. 2. He is strong and stupid. PIPPIN looks around a moment and goes to CHARLES' body and kneels) PIPPIN: Excuse me. ALL: STEEL IS COLD AS MOONLIGHT STEEL IS SHARPER THAN SIGHT SHARPER THAN SIGHT THE TOUCH OF BITTER WINTER WHITE SOLDIERS: SHOUT IT OUT FROM THE HIGHEST TOWER SHOUT IT OUT IN THE DARKEST HOUR CHARLEMAGNE, YOU LEAD US ON TO ALL: POWER! An estate to be run. THEY begin to pick up and sweep away the limbs, bodies, etc.) Pippin (Australian Production, 1974) which opened February 23, 1974 with a cast that included Grant Whiteman, Natalie Mosco, Kevan Johnston, Robyn Moase, Tony Bartuccio on Ovrtur, the database of musicals from New York, London and beyond. (Lights down on FASTRADA and LEWIS. // ]]> The PLAYERS enter with step units completing the magic change. Next. Music begins) The preparations for the Visigoth campaign were reaching a peak. Pippin . How's that for wisdom so far? (THEO enters and goes to PIPPIN. Birds float on the wind. HE is reading a large book. The Leading Player is a character from the musical Pippin . After all, I am just an ordinary housewife and mother: (To audience) :just like all you housewives and mothers out there. Review By: Carly Fisher No more appropriate song could reopen the Australian Musical Theatre industry after an eight month hiatus than the Pippin opening number ‘We’ve Got Magic To Do!’ In fact, seeing the razzle dazzle of this opening number and thinking about what those words mean in a … GLORY! PIPPIN: I'm here to be with you for one moment:to touch you:to look in your eyes. HE has his sick duck in his arms) THEO: Pippin:Pippin, Otto is sick. (SHE goes) CHARLES: You know, sometimes I wonder if the fornicating I'm getting is worth the fornicating I'm getting. Father: CHARLES: Yes? (LEADING PLAYER snaps his finger and goes) THEO: (Trying to wake PIPPIN up) Pippin:Pippin:say hello to my duck: (HE pushes the duck into PIPPIN's face) PIPPIN: How do you do: THEO: Guess his name. And it's going to slay even more Visigoths. 11277. PIPPIN: Everyday. (PIPPIN who has entered looks dubious at the prospect) Oh yes, it's required. HE sings) WELCOME HOME, SON, WELCOME HOME I'M SO GLAD TO HEAR THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WELCOME HOME SON, GLAD YOU'RE HOME WILL YOU BE STAYING LONG? Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:00 am. Why we're right inside your heads, and we promise you sets, costumes, lights, magic:and a short - but - spectacular career! (CATHERINE enters) That's it! Oh, Pippin, I can't believe it. What date? BARON: I beseech you to reduce my levy of footsoldiers, cattle and wheat. At the goading of the ominous and omnipresent Leading Player, Pippin, the eldest son of King Charlemagne, samples life's pleasures to discover his place in the world and the meaning of his life. (The BOY is lowered and PIPPIN is raised above the sign. LEADING PLAYER: Or that he was: A PLAYER: Enormously tall. (Seeing CATHERINE watching him) Well, what are you looking at? Could I have my knife back? THE BLOOD IS POUNDING IN OUR EARS JUBILATIONS! Act I Magic to Do Leading Player, Ensemble. You'll have to get used to victory celebrations without me. (THEY have reached the table, and CATHERINE and THEO help PIPPIN to a seat) PIPPIN: Can I open my eyes, please? (Spoken) I am. A PLAYER: And merriment! Of course, he strongly encourages the extreme climax at the end of the show, which involves Pippin committing suicide by fire. What's the condition? I smell the blood: (HE gets off stilts and offers them to THEO) Here, I made you a pair of stilts. PIPPIN: You mean you're going to war against the Visigoths? CATHERINE: (Coming downstage, to audience) You may think that what I did next was scheming:devious: (Turns back to PIPPIN) Pippin, let me tell you something about despair. PIPPIN: Do you deny it? (The light comes back on) Thank you. Looks at the lamb, then at PIPPIN) THEO: That's not a duck, dummy! PIPPIN's enthusiasm slowly begins to flag, and by the end of the dance HE is exhausted and repelled) A GIRL: Pippin, come on, Pippin, we've got more for you. LEWIS and PIPPIN kneel on either side of him) Oh God, we who fight in your name and in the name of your Son, ask for victory in combat tomorrow: PIPPIN: Father, is the Visigoth king praying for victory, too? Scene 7 - Pippin Musical Script - THE HEARTH LEADING PLAYER: (Appearing from one of the side platforms) Enter: Catherine. That's it. WE CAN HEAR A GRATEFUL NATION'S CHEERS! (THEO looks at PIPPIN a moment, then gives him a juicy "raspberry" and goes. The Leading Player role was created for Ben Vereen in the mould of other such ambiguous characters in Musical Theatre. Character description, analysis and casting breakdown for Leading Player from Pippin The LEADING PLAYER is alone onn stage. CATHERINE: Well, you'll like this one. Then TWO DANCERS, a MAN and a WOMAN appear at opposite sides of the stage. (The action freezes and once more the LEADING PLAYER appears, high up on the portal) LEADING PLAYER: Enter:Fastrada. (The scarf is lowered and CATHERINE turns around) A widow with a small boy and a large estate. For a long time he showed no interest in anything. I'm sorry. PIPPIN: Very well, sir, some of my tutors: CHARLES: (Interrupting PIPPIN) Good:good. CATHERINE: Good. BERTHE: No wonder you look so terrible. A PLAYER: Nothing ever turns out the way you think it's going to: A PLAYER: It's all flawed in one way or another: A PLAYER: Isn't that true? (HE goes) CHARLES: (Moving to PIPPIN) Good morning. It is the full length of the stage. CATHERINE looks to the audience and smiles. Past; Filter by: City. Schwartz originally intended the show to end with Pippin … (SHE motions to the TWO PLAYERS who place PIPPIN in the bed which was set behind the scrim upstage, while SHE sings) THERE HE WAS HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS AND HE LOOKED SO LOST AND EXHAUSTED YOU'D ALMOST SWEAR HE WAS DEAD SO I SAID: PICK HIM UP, PUT HIM TO BED SEE THAT HE'S BATHED AND CLOTHED AND FED AS I SAID, HOW COULD I FORETELL HE'D CLEAN UP, OH, SO VERY WELL IMAGINE MY SURPRISE WHEN I RAISED MY EYES AND THERE HE WAS (Spoken) The man had obviously lost the will to live. CHARLES: Deny it? PIPPIN: I'm only shocked that you're interested in women now. I'd rather be drawn and quartered than think I was in any way responsible for what happened next. The lights begin to go out on her) CATHERINE: Could you hold the light for a minute:please? As the song progresses, we can see a bare stage populated by a GROUP of ACTORS. As it does the LEADING PLAYER performs a trick where HE makes a red scarf disappear in his hand. I took to my bed for five days. But you all can join in with me if you wish: (To audience) And that goes for all of you out there, too. The OTHER PLAYERS laugh to themselves) No. (SHE sings) I GUESS I'LL MISS THE MAN EXPLAIN IT IF YOU CAN HIS FACE WAS FAR FROM MINE (Music begins quietly under) BUT STILL I'LL MISS HIS FACE AND WONDER IF HE'S MISSING MINE. Romantic music creeps in. The GIRL goes) Oh yes: (Now the light reveals a terrific looking GIRL at one corner of the stage. And it's never ever happened to me so I am in abject despair. Awards Tony Award® Best Revival of a Musical. To audience) Well, look at that. LEADING PLAYER: SOLDIERS: WAR IS STRICT AS JESUS WAR WAR IT'S FINER THAN SPRING WAR LEADING PLAYER AND 2 SOLDIERS: SERVICE TO CHRIST AND TO OUR ALL: KING. The fresh air. When one thing failed he tried another. THE BLOOD IS POUNDING IN OUR EARS JUBILATIONS! CHARLES: But for how long? var opts = { A chance to use my sword:my arm:and maybe, even my blood: (The drum roll which has been under all this becomes intense) A SOLDIER: Glory! Seeds to be sown, fences to be mended:and, finally, of course, a love song to be sung. (Looking at him, then to the audience) God! Map! CATHERINE: Well let me say something then. PIPPIN: Theo, I don't know anything about ducks: CATHERINE: Pippin:try: PIPPIN: Oh, all right. And don't say anything until I'm finished. SHE looks at the hand for a long moment. The fresh fruit off of the: (HE reaches for a fruit and the spot reveals a GIRL with grapes in her hands and hanging from her breasts. Notable songs include MAGIC TO DO along with CORNER OF THE SKY, NO TIME AT ALL, GLORY, EXTRODINARY, and more. That's terrible. Guess what Mommy has for you:Surprise! PIPPIN: Take that man away and hang him! The hands are illuminated by a light curtain consisting of ungelled floodlights focused directly upwards mounted on the stage floor which keeps the stage in virtual darkness, so that the writhing hands exist in a strange, macabre limbo. (The OTHER PLAYERS mumble praise) PIPPIN: You see I know there is something: LEADING PLAYER: Something fulfilling? Hah! MAN 3: Revolution! The trouble is that this kind of role can be no better than the sort of Narrator part that kids and naïve writers put into shows. HEAD: Absolutely. Then, to audience) PIPPIN: I know that look. THEY are scantily dressed and THEY execute seductive, erotic movements directed at each other. PIPPIN: AND COSTUMES TO WEAR: LEADING PLAYER: No costumes:no make up: PIPPIN: I THINK IT WAS HERE: LEADING PLAYER AND ALL: No pink tights: PIPPIN: CAUSE IT NEVER WAS THERE: ALL: And no magic! The cloth is lowered. PIPPIN: (Jumping to his feet) Hah, Visigoths! I'm getting out:tomorrow! LEADING PLAYER: That he was: A PLAYER: Completely bald at the age of fourteen. SHE takes his face in her hands and kisses him tenderly. The TWO DANCERS return and execute a similar dance. LEADING PLAYER: WAR! Addicted to the physical, Lewis loves weight lifting:Lewis loves wrestling:but most of all:Lewis loves Lewis. (CATHERINE starts to dish out the pudding. Acting as the narrator of the show, s/he performs many songs and is in almost every scene. Why the hell should I work when the poor get handouts from the royal treasury? Pippin eventually leaves Catherine ("I Guess I'll Miss The Man") and returns to the Leading Player. Completely fulfilling: PIPPIN: Yes. Nothing much really happens. There is something: PIPPIN: There is:? Her remarks though directed to PIPPIN and THEO, are unheard by them) PIPPIN: That's too bad, Theo. Like the sun blazing in the sky! (HE starts to go) But just for a little while: (Goes. A PLAYER: Murder! CATHERINE: Why? the ultimate ringleader. Then, from the center of the rotating hands, the face of the LEADING PLAYER appears and is hit by a spot light. MONK 5: King Pippin. PIPPIN looks to the audience) : and women. Faemissfae General Audition Songs: simpso18. The cake, by contrast, is a story as thin as a wafer and music that was only half-baked when penned. PIPPIN: Strength. CATHERINE helps PIPPIN up and leads PIPPIN up to the table. Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. (Sings) I KNOW THE PARABLES TOLD IN THE HOLY BOOK I KEEP CLOSE ON MY SHELF GOD'S WISDOM TEACHES ME WHEN I HELP OTHERES, I'M REALLY HELPING MYSELF AND IF WE ALL COULD SPREAD A LITTLE SUNSHINE ALL COULD LEND A HELPING HAND WE ALL WOULD BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE PROMISED LAND. PIPPIN: Well, that's very reasonable. PIPPIN rises suddenly, and goes downstage) PIPPIN: I've got to get out of here. FASTRADA: (Bows low) Good-bye, my lord: (CHARLES goes. THEN TO GURANTEE THEIR FOLLY WE'LL BRING BOWMEN INTO PLAY WHO WILL FIRE JUST ONE VOLLEY AND RETIRE TO POINT "A". From the heights all things are very clear. Catherine seems to be different from the other players because she is less theatrical and ‘perfect’. PIPPIN was first conceived as a class assignment while Stephen Schwartz was studying Drama at Carnegie Mellon University in the 60’s. Gimme that! PIPPIN is staring at her. (The LEADING PLAYER goes. SOLDIERS: (Scream) Glory! In Pippin, the role of The Leading Player does not have a defined gender. (Calling after her) I used to be the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire: (To audience) All right, so I screwed it up. Just your everyday men and women who keep this old world spinning:hell, we're nothing. Apr 11, 2013 - Explore Christian Irizarry's board "PIPPIN Leading Players" on Pinterest. PIPPIN: You're absolutely right. I don't think I can. (CHARLES goes. 1. You see, I have an overwhelming need to be completely fulfilled. PIPPIN: It really is beautiful. LEADING PLAYER: Now would a newspaper print anything that wasn't true? Glory! Give thanks to God OUT INTO THE FRAY Who granted us this: CONQUERING THE ENEMY AND Victory. But the world I grew up in was simpler. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (HE exits, and as HE does PIPPIN enters) PIPPIN: Berthe: BERTHE: (Having trouble with her needlework) Damn! And accept what we enact for you today. BERTHE: I try my best. Stop! Kind of Woman Catherine and The Girls ... Love Song Pippin and Catherine . PIPPIN: You're also a very lucky man. It stars Ainsley Melham (Aladdin on Broadway and across Australia) as the young and confused protagonist Pippin and Gabrielle McClinton (Pippin Broadway and US National Tour) as the charming and manipulative Leading Player. adunit_id: 100000796, And you there, get all this litter cleared away. PIPPIN: I'm sorry, Father. Morning Glow Pippin, Ensemble. It's time for me to start living:and stop worrying. LEWIS: But if Father discovers Pippin's plot and executes him: FASTRADA: You'll be next in line for the throne, darling: LEWIS: Mama, no matter what happens, I'll move up: FASTRADA: Yes, darling. (THEY ALL look out to the audience, singling out people and asking them to come with them) All right. We'll just try it again. (Suddenly, there are cheers over the speaker, as if PIPPIN were the keynote speaker in a convention hall. [CDATA[ PIPPIN: That's right. FASTRADA: Welcome home, Pippin. If, during this insurrection, any one of us is caught, the King's vengeance will be swift and terrible. Pippin is a 1972 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson. PIPPIN: TAKEN BY THEMSELVES NOW THEY DON'T MEAN MUCH BOTH: TOGETHER THEY SEND YOU REELING PIPPIN: INTO A BOTH: LOVE SONG - LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LOVE SONG - LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA CATHERINE: (Spoken) Close your eyes. PIPPIN is revealed. One day I will be king. The REST of the PLAYERS now enter and sing) PIPPIN: ALL: MORNING GLOW FILL THE EARTH AH COME AND SHINE FOR ALL YOUR WORTH WE'LL BE PRESENT AT THE BIRTH OF OLD FAITH LOOKING NEW MORNING GLOW IS LONG PAST DUE ALL: OH, MORNING GLOW, I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU GROW PIPPIN: ALL: WE SHOULD HAVE STARTED LONG AGO AH PIPPIN AND ALL: SO, MORNING GLOW ALL DAY LONG WHILE WE SING TOMORROW'S SONG NEVER KNEW WE COULD BE SO STRONG BUT NOW IT'S VERY CLEAR PIPPIN: MORNING GLOW IS ALMOST HERE MORNING GLOW BY YOUR LIGHT WE CAN MAKE THE NEW DAY BRIGHT AND THE PHANTOMS OF THE NIGHT WILL FADE INTO THE PAST MORNING GLOW IS HERE AT LAST PIPPIN AND ALL: AT LAST LEADING PLAYER: Long live the King! PIPPIN is sitting downstage on the floor, looking very discouraged. I thought you were a warrior. CHARLES: YOU LOOK THINNER. words from factory The PLAYERS move in around him. See more ideas about Players, It cast, Cast member. (A chair turns around and reveals BERTHE) Pippin's grandmother; warm, strong: BERTHE: Still attractive: LEADING PLAYER: Still attractive. The MAN braces to catch her. The LEADING PLAYER appears) LEADING PLAYER: Enter Lewis: (LEWIS jumps up from the side. PIPPIN: No. He tried art:the creative life, and you know something, he wasn't too bad. (HE shakes himself out as THEY ALL leave. CATHERINE uncovers a dish and lights the contents) Quince pudding flamb! He forces people to fight and die over land that they couldn't care less about: LEADING PLAYER: (Back to PIPPIN now) That's right: PIPPIN: I think it's time for a change. Ben Vereen originated the role in 1972, and Patina Miller portrayed her in the 2013 revival. PIPPIN: Well then maybe you could tell me, how did this battle compare with your other two? PIPPIN: (To the HEAD) You know of course, dying in battle like this, you'll be going straight to Valhalla:or wherever you Infidels go, won't you? As SHE continues to sing ALL of the PLAYERS, one by one, enter behind the scrim watching her) SOME DAYS HE WOULDN'T SAY A PLEASANT WORD ALL DAY SOME DAYS HE'D SCOWL AND CURSE BUT THERE WERE OTHER DAYS WHEN HE WAS REALLY EVEN WORSE SOME MEN ARE HEROES SOME MEN OUTSHINE THE SUN SOME MEN ARE SIMPLE, GOOD MEN THIS MAN WASN'T ONE AND I WON'T MISS HIS MOODS HIS GLOOMY SOLITUDES HIS BLUNT ABRASIVE STYLE BUT PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG HE WAS THE BEST TO COME ALONG IN A LONG, LONG WHILE: (Spoken) And the arch of his foot really was in a class by itself.