SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS
Setting: New Jersey. December, 1999
“Hereafter Musical” is a musical drama that explores what happens when a loved one dies from the perspective of both the living AND the dead. The sentiment of the show is captured beautifully with the reading of Henry Van Dyke’s classic “Parable of Immortality” during the show’s prologue.
I am standing on the seashore. A ship spreads her white sails
to the morning breeze and starts for the ocean. I stand watching
her until she fades on the horizon. And someone at my side
says; “she is gone”. Gone where? The loss of sight is in me, not
in her. Just at the moment when someone says, she is gone,
there are others who are watching her coming. Other voices
take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!" And THAT is dying.
ACT ONE
Prologue: Parable Of Immortality .................................. Eulogist
Scene 1: Getting Ready
“Life & Death” …...... Mary, Christina, Debbie, Choir
Scene 2: Waiting For Jason
“Goodbye”……………...…….....Mary, Christina, Debbie
Scene 3: Let the Games Begin
“Nineteen”.....….……………......................... Eddie, Choir
Scene 4: Kindred Spirits
“Take My Life” ............................................. Ana, Choir
Scene 5: You're Watching The Anita Moriarty Marathon
“Larger Than Life” ..............Anita, Eddie, Ana, Choir
Scene 6: Debbie Remembers Sypie
“Lost”……….……...................................... Debbie, Sypie
“The Toe Tag Tango”............. Sypie, Anita, Eddie, Ana
ACT TWO
Scene 7: Revelations
“Someday”.............. Anita, Sypie, Eddie, Ana, Choir
“How Will She Remember Me?”..….……........Company
Scene 8: Til Death Do Us Part
“Space & Time” …........................ Anita, Jason, Choir
Scene 9: Christmas
“Waiting”....................……........…................ Company
Scene 10: Curtains for Sypie Scene 11: Time’s Up
“That's My Life”.………............................. Sypie, Choir
“Rest in Peace” …………………….................... Company
“Talk To Me”......………….….......... Jason, Anita, Choir
“Space & Time Reprise"…....................... Anita, Jason
“Rest in Peace Reprise”....……............................ Anita
Scene 12: What Happens Now?
“Hereafter……….... Sypie, Anita, Eddie, Ana, Choir
Written by
Vinnie Favale & Frankie Keane
Music & Lyrics by
Vinnie Favale
Additional Music & Lyrics
Vocal Arrangements
Frankie Keane
Musical Director
William Hindin