I told you I’ll watch this. :)
I love musicals, especially this one, with no set, very minimal props (one of the actors held two flashlights to show that he’s “driving”) – just the actors and their dance and their songs.
Here’s Part 1 of the reunion show of the original Broadway cast.
WOMAN
Asaka, grow me a garden
MAN
Please Agwe, don’t flood my garden
TWO YOUNG WOMEN
Erzulie, who will my love be?
ALL
Papa Ge don’t come around me.
WOMAN(spoken)
Ah, such powerful, such temperamental gods
rule our island.
ASAKA
Asaka, Mother of the Earth.
AGWE
Agwe, God of Water.
ERZULIE
Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love.
PAPA GE
And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death.
…
WOMEN
We dance
MEN
We dance
ALL
To the music of the gods
The music of the breezes through
The green plantain
The murmur of the river and
The roar of rain
And if the Gods decide to
Send a hurricane
WOMEN
We dance
MEN
We dance
ALL
To their ever-changing moods
WOMAN (ASAKA)
We know the gods are happy
When the green things grow
MAN (AGWE)
They’re angry when the river
Starts to overflow
ALL
And since we never know
Which way the winds will blow
We dance to the earth
We dance to the water
The Gods awake and we take no chance
Our hearts hear the song
Our feet move along
And to the music of the Gods
We dance
(Lyrics to “We Dance” from Allmusicals.com)
Eliza Victoria 