The Wild Party
New World Stages
Stage I
Previews Began: February 9, 2000
Opening Night: February 24, 2000
Closing Night: April 9, 2000
Music: Andrew Lippa
Lyrics: Andrew Lippa
Book: Andrew Lippa
Queenie and Burrs, a vaudevillian couple who are constantly quarreling, throw a party to end all parties, struggling to make the other jealous. In the process, Queenie falls in love with Black and things come to a head at the end of the night forcing Queenie to move out.
Musical Numbers
Act One
Queenie was a Blonde………………..Queenie, Burrs,
Company
The Apartment…………..Queenie, Burrs, Company
Out of the Blue…………………………..Queenie, Burrs
What a Party………………………………………Company
Raise the Roof………………………Queenie, Company
Look at Me Now…………………………………………Kate
He Was Calm……………………………………..Company
Poor Child……………….Black, Burrs, Kate, Queenie
An Old-Fashioned Love Story………………Madeline
By Now the Room Was Moving…………….Company
The Juggernaut…………………Queenie, Black, Kate,
Burrs, Company
A Wild, Wild Party……………….D’Armano Brothers,
Queenie, Burrs,
Company
Two of a Kind…………………………………..Eddie, Mae
Of All the Luck…………………………..Black, Queenie
Maybe I Like it This Way………………………Queenie
What Is It About Her?………………..Burrs, Queenie
Act Two
The Life of the Party…………………………………..Kate
Who Is This Man?………………………………..Queenie
I’ll Be Here……………………………………………….Black
Listen to Me……………Queenie, Burrs, Black, Kate
Let Me Drown………………….Burrs, Kate, Company
The Fight……………………………………………Company
Tell Me Something……………………..Queenie, Black
Come with Me……………Black, Queenie, Company
Jackie’s Last Dance…………………………….Orchestra
Make Me Happy……………….Burrs, Black, Queenie
Poor Child (Reprise)……………………Queenie, Black
How Did We Come to This?/Queenie was a
Blonde (Reprise)…………………..Queenie, Ensemble