Scandalous
The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson
Neil Simon Theatre
Previews Began: October 13, 2012
Opening Night: November 15, 2012
Closing Night: December 9, 2012
Music: David Friedman
David Pomeranz
Lyrics: Kathie Lee Gifford
Book: Kathie Lee Gifford
Set in 1920s Los Angeles, holiness collides with Hollywood in the extraordinary tale of one woman’s charismatic rise to fame. But as her popularity grows, so do her enemies, until her sermons, her celebrity and her past combine to put everything she believes in on trial.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Stand Up…………………………………Aimee, Ensemble
Minnie’s Prayer………………………………………Minnie
Why Can’t I?……………………………………………Aimee
He Will Be My Home……………………Robert, Aimee
Come Whatever May……………………Robert, Aimee
He Will Be My Home (Reprise)…….Robert, Aimee,
James, Minnie
That Sweet Lassie From Cork……………..Ensemble
Come Whatever May (Reprise)…….Robert, Aimee,
Ensemble
How Could You?………………………………………Aimee
You Have a Fire…………………………….Aimee, James
Minnie’s Prayer (Reprise)………………………..Minnie
Follow Me (Part 1)……………………Aimee, Ensemble
A Girl’s Gotta Do What a Girl’s Gotta
Do……………………………………………..Emma Jo, Girls
Follow Me (Part 2)…………………..Aimee, Ensemble
For Such a Tume As This…………Aimee, Ensemble
Act Two
Hollywood Aimee………………………………..Reporters
Adam and Eve………………………..Aimee, David, Eve
Foursquare March…………………..Aimee, Ensemble
Samson and Delilha………Aimee, David, Ensemble
Hollywood Aimee (Reprise)…………………Reporters
Moses and Pharaoh………..Aimee, David, Emma Jo,
Ensemble
Demon in a Dress Brother…………..Bob, Ensemble
It’s Just You……………………………….Kenneth, David
The Coconut Grove…………..The Lovely Coconuts,
Louella, Reporters
No Other Choice…………………………………….Minnie
Lost or Found?…………………Aimee, Asa, Ensemble
What Does It Profit?………………………………..Aimee
I Have a Fire……………………………Aimee, Ensemble