Page 52 - The Kid Who Played The Palace

[Piano: Music stops]

MADALYN

(She hesitates for a long moment) (High Key: C#/Low Key: G)

[Piano: fast rubato]

HAVE I GOT A KID FOR YOU.
REMEMBER BACK WHEN SHE WAS TEN? (Moment as she waits for him to get it) [Follow singer]
YOUR ―NUMBER ONE!‖ YOU CALLED HER THEN?

BENNY
(Remembers) You‘re kiddin‘! Ya mean the fourteen-year-old spawn of- of Attilla the Mom?

MADALYN
HAVE I GOT A KID FOR YOU.

BENNY
No!

MADALYN
TO SEE… Give her a second chance.

[Piano: continue and underscore with rhythmic vamp)

BENNY
Why?

MADALYN
You‘re the only person she‘ll work with. It‘s a national singing role.

BENNY
(Looks at paperwork) This? It‘s a lousy jingle! [Piano: abrupt stop] (a capella ridicule) CRACKLE-
E…

MADALYN
Still--she shouldn‘t have the best coach in New York?

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