The Rink
Martin Beck Theatre
Previews Began: January 12, 1984
Opening Night: February 9, 1984
Closing Night: August 4, 1984
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb
Book: Terrence McNally
An Italian housewife who runs a roller-skating rink on the Eastern seaboard prepares to abandon it until her estranged daughter returns after a long absence, hoping to save the rink and patch things up with her mother.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Colored Lights………………………………………….Angel
Cheif Cook and Bottle Washer……………………Anna
Don’t Ah Ma Me………………………………Anna, Angel
Blue Crystal……………………………………………….Dino
Under the Roller Coaster………………………….Angel
Not Enough Magic………Dino, Angel, Anna, Sugar,
Hiram, Tom, Lenny,
Dino’s Father
We Can Make It………………………………………..Anna
After All These Years…………………..The Wreckers
Angel’s Rink and Social Center…………………Angel,
the Wreckers
What Happened to the Old Days………………Angel,
Mrs. Silverman,
Mrs. Jackson
Colored Lights (Reprise)……………………………Angel
Act Two
The Apple Dosen’t Fall…………………….Anna, Angel
Marry Me………………………………………………..Lenny
We Can Make It (Reprise)………………………….Anna
Mrs. A……………………..Anna, Angel, Lenny, Suitors
The Rink……………………………………..The Wreckers
Wallflower………………………………………Anna, Angel
All the Children in a Row……………….Angel, Danny