Monday, June 13, 2011

Text of Tony Awards opening number:
Broadway isn't just for gays anymore



(written by David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger, creators of “Cry Baby")

If you've seen a show, then you already know
how magical theater can be!

It's a two hour live action, barely affordable
unlipsynched version of Glee

So this song goes out to the rest of you,
those who've never seen theater before.
Because Brodway has never been broader...
It's not just for gays any more!

If you feel like someone that this world excludes,
it's no longer only for dudes who like dudes!

Attention every breeder, you're invited to the theater,
it's not just for gays any more!

The glamour of Broadway is beckoning straights,
the people who marry in all 50 states!

We're asking every hetero to get to know us better-o,
it's not just for gays any more!

Its for fine upstanding Christians who know all the songs from Grease.
It's for sober-minded businessmen who yearn for some release!

So put down your Playboy and go make a plan
to pick up a Playbill and feel like a man!

There's so much to discover
with your different gendered lover,
It's not just for gays...
for gays and the Jews...
and cousins in from out of town you have to amuse...
The sad and bitter malcontents who write the reviews,
and also foreign tourists and lots of senior citizens,
and well-to-do suburbanites and liberal intellectuals
...Though that group is really only Jews and homosexuals...
I've lost my train of thought...

Oh yes, it's not just for gays any more!

We've got swarms of Mormon showgirls, sailors, dancing boys and nuns
Plus a Spider facing death defying budget overruns!

So people from red states and people from blue
The big Broadway rainbow is waiting for you!

Come in and be inspired,
there's no sodomy required!

It's not just for gays, it's not just for gays
We'd be twice as much happy if you go both ways!

Broadway is not just for gays any more!

4 comments:

  1. Who wrote the lyrics? This is a classic.

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  2. Post updated to include names of lyricists.

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  3. Not sure what was written, but the line he actually sings is "we'd be twice as glad to have you if you go both ways" which makes a lot more sense grammatically.

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  4. actually, he sings "we'd be twice as proud to have you if you go both ways"

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