A New Musical

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Famous
in the Industry

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Formerly The Next Big Thing

Book & Lyrics by J. Laurence Lowenstein · Music by Gerald H. Bailey

Ten years, one town, and a question every actor asks in the dark before the lights come up: what are you willing to become to be seen?

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Playbill

Who's on the marquee

Scott MorlandLyric Baritone, A2–F#4

Male, 25–35. Handsome, sexy, charismatic young leading man with a good sense of humor. Fiercely ambitious and determined to succeed in Hollywood. Good mover.

Gayle WintersAlto, A3–E5

Female, 38–48. A twice-divorced woman, she is a powerful Hollywood agent who takes on Scott as a client and is devoted to him. Attractive and sophisticated, she "knows the score."

Tara BronsonSoprano, A3–F5

Female, 25–30. Smart, pretty, and quite vulnerable, she is an actress and Scott's romantic interest. Tara gains a strong sense of self over the course of the show. Good mover.

Jerry SparksBaritone, A2–F4

Male, 27–35. Handsome, likeable and with an ingratiating goofiness, Jerry is Scott's best buddy and confidant. Good mover.

Malcolm StevensBaritone, C3–E4

Male, 50s. An award-winning Hollywood director and producer who is smooth and manipulative.

Ron FarberBaritone, A2–E4

Male, 30s. A smart Hollywood agent who knows all the angles but is not without empathy.

Len JohnsonBari-Tenor, D3–E4

Male, 30s. Tara's Hollywood agent. A slick, sarcastic, "know-it-all" type. Driven, with killer instinct.

The Score

Selected musical numbers

Act One I

1. I'm Happy Scott, Chorus

2. The Next Big Thing Ron, Len, Gayle

3. You'll Never Work in This Town Again Gayle

4. What Am I Gonna Be When I Grow Up? Scott

5. An Actor's Audition Scott

6. I Usually Sing Scott, Tara

7. This Is Gonna Be Our Year Scott, Tara, Jerry

8. I'm Afraid to Get Into the Game Tara

9. Fool of the Year Gayle

10. I'm Afraid to Get Into the Game (Reprise) Tara

11. No One Will Ever Know Malcolm

Act Two II

12. Famous in the Industry Scott, Jerry

13. It Never Rains in Malibu Tara

14. This Is Gonna Be Our Year (Reprise) Scott, Tara, Jerry

15. Lost Lives Scott

16. Forever Friends Gayle

17. Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Ron, Len, Gayle

18. Time on Our Side Tara

19. Reflections Scott, Jerry

Where We Are

Synopsis of scenes

Act One I

1–1 Summer 2000: the Santa Barbara Main St. newsstand, Santa Barbara, California.

1–2 CAA boardroom. The next morning.

1–3 Scott's apartment.

1–4 Health club locker room, West Hollywood. One week later.

1–5 Gayle's CAA office. Late November.

1–6 The Fox lot, outside the screening room, the following night.

1–7 A bar in Santa Monica later that night.

1–8 Gayle's apartment. The next morning.

1–9 The Dugout, a greasy spoon in Century City.

1–10 Malcolm Stevens' study in Malibu. A week later.

1–11 Outside Malcolm's home. Moments after.

Act Two II

2–1 April 2010: the Friars' Club of Beverly Hills.

2–2 Scott and Tara's beach and patio in Malibu, California.

2–3 Scott and Tara's beach and patio in Malibu, California. A week later.

2–4 CAA boardroom. The next day.

2–5 Scott and Tara's beach house. The next day.

2–6 Beach house. That evening.

2–7 Beach house. Two days later.

2–8 Beach house. Two weeks later.

2–9 Beach house. The next morning.

2–10 Empty stage, immediately following.

Word of Mouth

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The authors

J. Laurence Lowenstein

Book & Lyrics

Gerald H. Bailey

Music

Members, The Dramatists Guild

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