Changing Lives

It's Olivia Keating of Broadway Mania and we're here for the opening night of Eleanor, the Eleanor Roosevelt musical, starring the incomparable Dee Dee Allen and Barry Glickman Let's talk process When I'm in character I go insane I stagger, I stammer, I sob I make the audiences feel my pain And if they don't leave depressed Then I've not done my job Each time I've found a role like Eleanor The artist inside of me thrives I put on my wig And those prosthetic teeth And know I'm changing lives By the time I get tuberculosis in Act Two Even the people who are dead inside Will Shout Bravo! On Cue The first review is in! The New Jersey Star-Ledger No, don't tell me What does it say? It says we're a hit! We're a hit and I think we deserve it! That's for sure Also it means that this tour de force Will not be forced to tour To Eleanor! May she run for eternity! To Eleanor! Here's to a show that's so inspiring It's almost too much to sit through And if we've won that might mean one more thing That in ten years or so, we'll do Eleanor 2! I can predict what the reviews will say Before the next note has arrived It's ground-breaking Earth-Shaking Life-affirming Breath-taking Gut-wrenching Heart-aching In two words it's History-making That's why every actor strives For congratulation And compensation That comes from nightly Changing Lives It's just what we do