| Happy End musical review [2006]: |
Happy End is a three-act musical comedy by Kurt Weill, Elisabeth Hauptmann and Bertolt Brecht which first opened in Berlin at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm on September 2, 1929. It closed after seven performances.
Happy End follows the struggle of the passionate Salvation Army lieutenant Lillian Holiday to save the soul of down-and-out mobster Bill Cracker, whose gang is led by the mysterious Lady in Grey (AKA The Fly). Soon the gangster and and "Hallelujah Lil" fall in love as chaos erupts in both their groups and builds to a dramatic showdown on Christmas Eve. |
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Happy End lyrics
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[ Happy End sheet music ]
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• Prologue
• The Bilbao Song
• Lieutenants of the Lord
• March Ahead
• The Sailors' Tango
• Time in a Shot Glass
• The Sailors' Tango (Reprise)
• Brother, Give Yourself a Shove
• Song of the Big Shot
• Don't Be Afraid
• In Our Childhood's Bright Endeavor
• The Liquor Dealer's Dream
• The Mandalay Song
• Goddam It
• Surabaya Johnny
• Song of the Big Shot (Reprise)
• Ballad of the Lily of Hell
• In Our Childhood's Bright Endeavor (Reprise)
• The Bilbao Song (Reprise)
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