Putting It Together
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
Previews Began: October 30, 1999
Opening Night: November 21, 1999
Closing Night: February 20, 2000
Music: Stephen Sondheim
Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim
This revue takes songs from various Sondheim shows and gives them a new through-line, in which a party thrown by a wealthy, older married couple involves a younger man, a frisky maid and a comedic commentator.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Invocation and Instructions to the
Audience……………………………………..The Observer
Putting It Together……………………………..Company
Rich and Happy…………………………………..Company
Do I Hear a Waltz?……….The Wife, The Husband
Merrily We Roll Along #1……………..The Observer
Lovely…………………………………………………Company
Hello Little Girl……………………………The Husband,
The Younger Woman
My Husband the Pig…………………………….The Wife
Everyday a Little Death………………………The Wife,
The Younger Woman
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid….The Observer,
The Wife
Have I Got a Girl for You………..The Younger Man,
The Husband
Pretty Women….The Younger Man, The Husband
Sooner or Later…………………The Younger Woman
Bang!………………The Younger Man, The Observer,
The Younger Woman
Country House……………..The Wife, The Husband
Unworthy of Your Love…………..The Younger Man,
The Younger Woman
Merrily We Roll Along #2…………….The Observer
Could I Leave You?………………………………The Wife
Rich and Happy (Reprise)……………………Company
Act Two
Back in Business………………………………….Company
It’s Hot Up Here………………………………….Company
The Ladies Who Lunch………………………..The Wife
The Road You Didn’t Take…………….The Husband
Live Alone and Like It…………….The Younger Man
More…………………………………The Younger Woman
There’s Always a Woman…………………….The Wife,
The Younger Woman
Buddy’s Blues……………………………….The Observer
Good Thing Going…………………………The Husband
Marry Me a Little…………………..The Younger Man
Not Getting Married Today…………………The Wife
Merrily We Roll Along #3……………………Company
Being Alive………………………………………….Company
Like It Was………………………………………….The Wife
Finale/Old Friends……………………………..Company