February 2012
2 posts
Feb 24th
Link to an interview regarding this musical... →
Feb 24th
August 2010
2 posts
Link to notes on this musical version of GLEN OR... →
Aug 2nd
Link to post about GLEN OR GLENDA by Doug Bonner... →
Aug 2nd
June 2010
2 posts
Link to GLEN OR GLENDA - Libretto →
Jun 29th
The score synced here to the film should be regarded as an additional element availiable to be used in whole or part, or not at all, in staging GLEN OR GLENDA, the musical.
Jun 29th
November 2009
34 posts
Nov 28th
“LYRICS”
– PART 1
Nov 28th
OVER OPENING CREDITS: GLEN OR GLENDA, GLENDA OR GLEN THIS IS THE STORY OF GLENDA OR GLEN…! GLEN OR GLENDA, GLENDA OR GLEN, SOMETIMES THE ROOSTER, SOMETIMES THE HEN, BORN TO BE BARBIE, DOOMED TO BE KEN, THIS IS THE STORY OF GLENDA OR GLEN!   CUE:  …but they are not new, it’s the design of the ages… WHEN YOU’RE A BROKEN AND BITTER OLD MAN FRESH OUT OF FUTURE AND WITHOUT A PLAN IT’S GOOD...
Nov 28th
PART 2
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Nov 28th
“LYRICS”
– PART 2
Nov 28th
 CUE:  One might say, there but for the grace of God go I… THERE’S A CRIME WAVE HITTIN’ OUR TOWNS WHAT’S GOIN’ DOWN AIN’T PRETTY DUDES IN SOME HAND-ME-DOWN GOWNS ROAMIN’ AROUND THE CITY! WALKING DOWN THE STREET YOU MAYBE MEET UP WITH A MY LADY FAIR, BEFORE YOU TAKE A CHANCE YOU BETTER GLANCE AT JUST WHAT’S UP UNDER THERE! IF YOU DARE! THERE’S A CLOWN WAVE HITTIN’ OUR TOWNS, A CIRCUS OF...
Nov 28th
PART 3
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Nov 28th
“LYRICS”
– PART 3 (Click “OLDER POSTS” to continue…)
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CUE:  …but I’m afraid the end of study is only the beginning of reality…! BEWITCHING, BEGUILING, ANGORA! THE FEEL OF, THE THRILL OF ANGORA! * CUE:  …a story must be told…! ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL MY WICKED WAYS ARE CATCHING UP WITH ME, ALL OF THOSE GOLDEN, RECKLESS SINGLE DAYS ARE CATCHING UP WITH ME… AND SOON THEY’LL SLAM THE DOOR AND THROW AWAY THE...
Nov 28th
PART 4
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Nov 28th
“LYRICS”
– PART 4
Nov 28th
CUE:  …Beware of the big green dragon that sits on your doorsteps.  He eats little boys, puppy dog tails and big…fat…snails!  Beware, take care, beware…! PLEASE, EVERYBODY IN THE REAL WORLD, THERE WHERE THE PETTY PROBLEMS TEEM, DON’T CALL ME BACK WHILE IN SLUMBER I’M STILL CURLED, I’M IN THE MIDDLE OF A DREAM! OUTSIDE THE MORNING LIGHT IS BREAKING, ...
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PART 5
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PART 6
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Nov 28th
“LYRICS”
– PART 6
Nov 28th
CUE:  I’m a girl, I’m nice.  You’re a boy, a puppy dog tail!  Ha, ha, ha! SOLOIST: I HAD A SORDID DREAM LAST NIGHT, A DREAM I DREAMED IN BLACK AND WHITE, ONLY A DREAM YET STILL IT SEEMED SO REAL! AN ATMOSPHERE PHYSCOTIC AND A SHADE HOMOEROTIC WHICH CAME AS A BIG SURPRISE, I DON’T LIKE GUYS! UNEMPLOYED YOUNG THESPIANS THEY DRUG UP OFF THE STREET, AND APPARENTLY SOME LESBIANS SOMEBODY...
Nov 28th
SOLOIST: THOUGH IN MY DRAG AND QUITE DISQUISED, STILL DAMNED IF I WON’T RECOGNIZED, I WAS EMBARRASSED AS A GIRL COULD BE! SHE BECKONED ME COME TO HER THERE AND WHEN I DID OUT OF THIN AIR A MEPHESTOFELE FACSIMILE! THEN ON THAT COCKEYED COUCH OF HER’S, THE ONE WITH ALL THE STAINS, WITH THAT FAMILIAR SLOUCH OF HER’S THAT ALWAYS ENTERTAINS, UPON THIS COUCH SHE STRUCK A POSE WHERE NOW AND...
Nov 28th
CUE:  Glen, I don’t really understand this, but together maybe we can work it out… SHE SHOULD BE HAPPY, SHE SHOULD BE FREE, SHE SHOULDN’T WASTE A MINUTE ON ME, AND I SUSPECT SHE’D PROBABLY AGREE IF IT WEREN’T FOR LOVE!
Nov 28th
PART 7
Nov 27th
Nov 27th
“LYRICS”
– PART 7
Nov 27th
CUE: …but wherever Alan went the suitcase was sure to go… WHEN WAR IS DECLARED NOBODY IS SPARED… WHEN IT CALLS YOU OUT BE LIKE THE BOY SCOUT WHO’S ALWAYS PREPARED…! WHEN A DRAG QUEEN MARCHES TO A WAR ZONE SHE’LL NEED SOMETHING MORE ON, KHAKI’S SUCH A BORE ON! WAR NEED NOT BE VOID OF LOVE AND BEAUTY, SHE MUST DO HER DUTY NOW! WHILE OUT ON A BEACH OR OFF ON A CRUISE SHE...
Nov 27th
PART 8
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Nov 27th
“LYRICS”
–  PART 8
Nov 27th
CUE: I love Glen.  I’ll do anything I can to make him happy… SOMEONE NOW WANTS ME TO SHARE, SOMEONE INSISTS THAT I CARE, SOMEONE WHO’S MASTERED THE ART OF PLAYING MY HEART… SHE SHOULD BE HAPPY, SHE SHOULD BE FREE, SHE SHOULDN’T WASTE A MINUTE ON ME, AND I SUSPECT SHE’D PROBABLY AGREE IF IT WEREN’T FOR LOVE! IF IT WEREN’T FOR LOVE!
Nov 27th
contact info
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Nov 27th
Nov 26th
A Letter Regarding Staging GLEN OR GLENDA
Scott,That there would be questions about how this piece might be staged is only natural, though I think this is probably as it should be.I’ve already admitted and now do so again that this piece evolved. Had I gone with my very first conception there would have been a very different result and there would likely be no question about how it would be staged. One would instantly have recognized the...
Nov 26th