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Music by Richard Rodgers
Book by Peter Stone
Lyrics by Martin Charnin
Based on the play THE FLOWERING PEACH by Clifford Odets
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Show History
TWO BY TWO
Production Notes
Martin Charnin, a young Broadway performer (featured in the original cast of WEST SIDE STORY) and lyricist, had already worked with composer Mary Rodgers on several
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Articles & Interviews
3/1/2010 Two By Two Q&A with Jason AlexanderA re-telling of the story of Noah and the ark, TWO BY TWO has seen numerous revivals over the years, with the most recent high-profile staging presented by Reprise Theatre Company in Los Angeles last November, starring Jason Alexander and Faith Prince.
Jason Alexander is one very busy guy, but we were grateful he took some time to speak with us about TWO BY TWO
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Critic Quotes
"A musical to be loved, to be cherished...it moved me profoundly ...beguiling melodies...absorbing libretto...who wants a conventional song-and-dance show with shows such as this around?"
New York Daily News
"One of Rodgers' finest musicals...a show for anyone...rich in comedy, full of melody and that rare ingredient: heart."
Associated Press
"The musical is very funny... a solid show that deserves a second look."
Dan Bacalzo, Theatermania.com, 2002
Rental Materials
| Rehearsal Set (22 Books, 1 Logo CD) |
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20 Libretto-Vocal Books
| 1 Logo CD
| 2 Piano Vocal Scores
| | | | Orchestra Package (13 Books) |
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1 Piano Vocal Scores
| 1 PIANO CONDUCTOR SCORE (Piano, Celesta, Organ, Thunderclap Effect)
| 1 REED I (Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet)
| 1 REED II (Flute, Clarinet)
| 1 REED III (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet)
| 2 TRUMPET I-II
| 1 TROMBONE
| 1 PERCUSSION I-II (see list below)
| 1 VIOLIN A-B (Divisi)
| 1 VIOLA
| 1 CELLO
| 1 BASS
| | | | Libretto/Vocal Books 10 pack |
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10 Libretto-Vocal Books
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Writer's Notes
Danny Kaye, The three sons are quite different. Shem, the oldest boy, is a big businessman, innately greedy, only concerned about money and position. The middle boy, Ham, wants to get the most for doing the least, you know the type. The counterpart of the petty con man all over the world. Then there's the youngest one, Japheth, the revolutionary, the one who says 'I know Pop is not crazy, but I'm not so sure about God.' That's where the strife is! There are some deeply touching moments in the middle of hilarious scenes -- about my reaching for him and remembering what he has just said about God -- you know how you act with a little baby that's only a few months old, that if you hug it the way you really want to, you'll smother it to death -- it's loving somebody so much that they make you madder than anybody else and you love them in spite of it. Within that family you have all the ills that are in the world today, otherwise their seed wouldn't have developed the way it has. You have everything, the good, too. Richard Rodgers, The difficulty that Noah has is getting his sons to believe that he knows there is going to be a flood, that the world is going to be destroyed -- and you get a real generation gap between the boys and their father -- Why shouldn't it have existed then as now? You had a real threat to the existence of the world in the flood -- well, you have it now in the existence of the bomb. There is really nothing happening now that didn't happen then, though the technology is different.
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1. Why Me? (Noah)
4. Something Somewhere (The Gitka)
