BABES IN TOYLAND
Featuring the original music by
VICTOR HERBERT

New script by ERIC STEDMAN
adapted from the original by GLEN MacDONOUGH

MUSICAL NUMBERS

1 OVERTURE

ACT I
SCENE I: MOTHER GOOSE LAND

2 MOTHER GOOSE LAND (Chorus)

3 I CAN'T DO THE SUM (Mary & Children)


4 NEVER MIND BO PEEP WE WILL FIND YOUR SHEEP
(Tom-Tom and Chorus)

5 HE WON'T BE HAPPY TILL HE GETS IT
(Widow & Small Children)


SCENE II: IN THE FOREST AT NIGHT

6 GO TO SLEEP, SLUMBER DEEP
(Tom-Tom, Bo Peep and Peep Children)

7 THE SPIDER'S DEN/ENTRANCE OF THE MOTH QUEEN
(Dance: Spider and Moth Queen)

8 DANCE OF THE BUTTERFLIES
(Butterflies and Moth Queen)


SCENE III: TOYLAND
9 PARADE OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS
(Toy Soldiers and Toyland Chorus)


SCENE IV: IN THE TOYMAKER"S WORKSHOP

10 ON THE PROMENADE
(Pas de Deux: Toy Ballerina & Simple Simon)

11 IN THE TOYMAKER'S WORKSHOP
(Dance: Toys)

12 SONG OF THE POET
(Grumio and Peep Children)

13 CASTLE IN SPAIN
(Tom-Tom and Bo Peep)

14 CAPTURE OF THE CHILDREN

15 BEFORE AND AFTER (Barnaby)


ACT II
MOTHER GOOSE LAND
16 OPENING ACT II


17 TOYLAND (Widow Peep & Chorus)

18 HANG MARCH

19 FLORETTA THE GYPSY
(“Floretta” and Gypsy Dancers with Chorus)

20 PUNCHINELLO (Peep Children)

21 MARCH OF THE TOYS

22 MERRY CHRISTMAS (Ensemble)



SET PIECES

ACT I SCENE I: Mother Goose Land
Mother Goose Land backdrop
Pumpkin House
Giant shoe-house with stairs, door and opening at top
Maypole
Well
White Fence w/Gate (sheep pen)
Humpty Dumpty’s low brick wall
Stocks with openings for hands and feet
Grandfather clock-house


ACT I SCENE II: Spider’s Grove in Forest
Spooky forest drop (lifts to reveal Toyland set behind)
Spooky trees
Giant clothesline spider web (pulled over children)
Giant spider (flown on rig, or played by dancer)
Flash pot rig on stump


ACT I SCENE III: Toyland
Christmas-land backdrop with snow-covered houses and evergreens
Toy shop exterior that opens up to Toy shop interior
Workshop table with tools
Toys on walls and shelves and ceiling
Evergreen trees on either side of stage
Fantastic Toy-making machine with huge working lever


ACT II: Mother Goose Land
Same as Act I, with Toy Machine