Marlowe
Rialto Theatre
Previews Began: October 7, 1981
Opening Night: October 12, 1981
Closing Night: November 22, 1981
Music: Jimmy Horowitz
Lyrics: Jimmy Horowitz
Leo Rost
Book: Leo Rost
The life of controversial playwright and Shakespeare contemporary Christopher Marlowe is treated as a rock musical, in which Marlowe and Shakespeare are seen competing for the love of the same actress.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Prologue………………………………………….Chroniclers
Rocking the Boat…………………..Archbishop Parker,
Queen Elizabeth I,
Captain Townsend,
Chorus
Because I’m a Woman………………..Emelia Bossano,
Richard Burbage,
William Shakespeare
Live for the Moment…………Christopher Marlowe,
Company
Emelia………………………………William Shakespeare,
Christopher Marlowe
I’m Coming ‘Round to Your Point of
View………..Christopher Marlowe, Emelia Bossano
The Ends Justify the Means………….Ingram Frizer,
Audrey Walsingham
Higher Than High…………….Christopher Marlowe,
Emelia Bossano,
Richard Burbage,
William Shakespeare,
Chorus
Rocking the Boat (Reprise)…………………..Company
Act Two
Prologue………………………………………….Chroniclers
Christopher…………………..Emelia Bossano, Chorus
So So I (Ode to Virginity)………….Richard Burbage,
Chorus
Two Lovers………………………………..Emelia Bossano
The Funeral Dirge……………………Richard Burbage,
Emelia Bossano,
Ingram Frizer,
Queen Elizabeth I,
Captain Townsend,
William Shakespeare
Live for the Moment
(Reprise)…..Christopher Marlowe, Emelia Bossano
Emelia (Reprise)……………….Christopher Marlowe,
Emelia Bossano
Can’t Leave Now……………….Christopher Marlowe
Christopher (Reprise)………………..Emelia Bossano,
William Shakespeare,
Company
The Madrigal Blues…………..Christopher Marlowe,
Company