COMPETITION NIGHT: JUNIOR CLASS OF 1976, Broadway Revue
September 19, 2026
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Written, Directed and Choreographed by Ronnie Schechter (1975)
SCENE: Girl inside a taxi (Dressed in an oatmeal plain coat, wearing a plain hat, carrying a suitcase) Taxi Driver: Where you goin lady? Wanna-be Star: “To the theater! I want to be a STAR!” Taxi Driver: “Oh brother…They don’t need you; they don’t want you…they got hundreds of goils just like you”. Wanna-be Star: “STOP! STOP! There it is! There’s Broadway. I want to be a star, please let me out!” Taxi Driver: “Big Deal, you pays me and I’ll let you out!” DIRECTOR SHOUTS: “Come on people, let’s go…let’s go”
CAST SINGS: ANOTHER OPENING ANOTHER SHOW (from the Broadway Show, “Kiss Me Kate.”
Another opening, another show, tonight we’re here just to let you know
We’ll entertain you so now get set, another opening that you won’t forget
BRIDGE: Broadway, boy oh boy what a thrill
App-lause, we just can’t get our fill
Hard work, it’s with all of our might
Just to get ready for opening-night
Another opening another show
Put on your makeup, let’s comb your hair
Come on let’s move it
No time to spare
So let’s get with it, come on let’s go
Another opening, tonight’s our opening
It’s our big show
—————– Wanna-be Star: (Shouting to get the director’s attention) Mr. Director, Mr. Director Director: (Shouting to some stagehands) “Hey you—move it over there” Wanna-be Star: “Mr. Director, I wanna be a star; a Broadway star” Director: “Well, can you sing?” Wanna-be Star: “Well, …” Director: “Can you dance?” Wanna-be Star: “Well, …” Director: “Can you act?”
(Wanna-be Star tries to answer— ) Wanna-be Star: “well, back in high school I …”
(but the Director has no patience). Director: “You better come back when you’re a little uh …..more experienced.” Tall Blonde: (Saunters on stage in high heels and a mink coat,) “Listen honey, there’s only one way to get ahead in this business…” Sings (from the Broadway show “GYPSY”): “Ya gotta have a gimmick, if you want to get ahead. (She opens up the mink to reveal a satiny one-piece teddy and high heel shoes)
SONG: OH, SWEET AND LOVELY (not from a Broadway show) Wanna-be Star sings:
Oh, sweet and lovely
Broadway be good
Oh, Broadway be good to me
I’ve always been so mis-understood
So, Broadway be good to me.
Bridge: Won’t you please have pity
I’ve never been in the big city.
I will try hard to do what I should
So Broadway be good to me.
Director: Next number– Now do it right!! EXTRA EXTRA
CAST SINGS: “EXTRA, EXTRA, HEY LOOK AT THE PLAYBILL (from the Broadway Show “GYPSY”).
Extra, Extra, hey look at the playbill
Junior class stars are being made
Extra, Extra, hey look at the playbill
Juniors now are on the hit parade.
We really are keen
The best that you’ve seen
Our act is so professional, you know what we mean?
CAST SINGS: EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES (from the Broadway Show, “GYPSY)”
We’re alive, Feeling great;
Gonna put on a show that will rate
Song and dance, music too, and it’s all just for you
Tonight’s our opening and success is due
So sit back and let us present our Broadway revue
Scene: Music/Voice Lesson
Metronome ticks beat. Voice Teacher: Sings up 5 notes of the scale on LA (la, la, la, la, la, la, la la la) Wanna-be Star: Off key—tries to sing what the teacher sang, but every note is off key.
Director Shouts: “Ok Let’s go. I wanna see zip, I wanna see pizazz, I wanna see VIGOR” (he takes a beat and then says, “Zip, Pizazz, and Vigor….On Stage! Let’s go. Now tomorrow night is opening night. Come on! I wanna see some real action here…Some REAL ACTION! DO YOU HEAR ME?”
CAST SINGS: “LUCK BE A LADY” (from the Broadway Show “GUYS & DOLLS).”
Luck be a lady tonight
Luck please don’t put up a fight
We’re now on Broadway and it took so long to get here
Luck be a lady tonight
BRIDGE: The critics are all here to see us
It might end well, but who can tell?
The critics are the ones that we have to impress
So we’ve got to do our very best
We’ve got to see this night through
Luck, we’re depending on you
Luck if you’ve ever been beside someone who needs you
Luck show us what you can do —-LUCK!
Scene: Dance Lesson
Teacher shows Wanna-be Star a tap routine. Wanna-be Star fails at it miserably and hobbles off stage
Director: “OK what’s the next number?” Assistant: “I think it’s the Twinkling T-Birds?” Director: “OK…Twinkling T-Birds…you’re up.”
(Members of the football team in polka dots skirts and polka-dot bikini bras with big tin foil rings on their ring fingers, enter. The crowd goes nuts)!
TWINKING T-BIRDS SING: “DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL’S BEST FRIEND” (from the Broadway show GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES).
A kiss on the hand May be quite continental
But diamonds are a girl’s best friend
A kiss may be grand But it won’t pay the rental
On your humble flat Or help you at the automat
Men grow cold As girls grow old And we all lose our charms in the end
But square-cut or pear-shaped These rocks don’t lose their shape (A la Rockettes- the guys do a kick line)
Diamonds are a girl’s best, diamonds are a girl’s best, diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
VOICE LESSON SCENE:
Voice Teacher sings 5-notes up the scale Wanna-be Star mimics and does it perfectly
DANCE LESSON SCENE:
Teacher demonstrates tap routine Wanna-be Star mimics and does it perfectly
ACTING LESSON: Acting Teacher speaks slowly and clearly: “The Rain in Spain Stays Mainly on the Plain” Wanna-be Star mimics and articulates perfectly demonstrating her acting “chops”. Teacher: “By George! She’s GOT IT!” ____________________________________________________________________________________
CAST SINGS: WHEN YOU’RE A STAR (“When You’re a Jet” from the Broadway show, “WEST SIDE STORY”). Cast enters snapping
Cast: When you’re a star, you’re a star all the way
From your first walk-on part, till you make the big day
Then you appear in those opening nights
And you look up and see your name in big lights Wanna-be Star: I’ll dance and I’ll sing, I gotta try to make it.
The stage is my thing, I hope that I can take it….
I’ll even fake it Cast: Now you’re a star, you’ve come all the way up
From the bottom it seems, boy the going was rough
Now you’re a great—big—Broad-way- star
Closing Number CAST SINGS: GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY (from the Broadway Show, “LITTLE JOHNNY JONES).”
Goodbye to Broadway (yeah yeah) And our Revue (yeah, yeah)
We’ve had a good time Hope you did too
We’ve entertained you And now we’re done
We hope that you have enjoyed it and that you had some fun SO…..
Give my regards to Broad-way, rem-ember me to Herald Square
Tell all the gang at forty-second street that I will soon be there
Whisper of how I’m yearning, to mingle with the old-time throng
Give my regards to Old Broadway and tell them I’ll be there e’re long
SLOWER: Cast continues
Whis-per of how I’m yearning, to mingle with the old-time throng
Give my regards to old Broadway and say that I’ll be there e’re long
(ON THIS LINE, the ensemble splits into two as the Broadway Star comes down the middle in a sequined costume sitting high on a 6’ Top Hat rolled in on wheels.)
Give my regards to Old Broadway and say that I’ll—be—there—e’er– long
PEP RALLY SONG:
Tune: WILL EVERYONE HERE KINDLY STEP TO THE REAR (from the Broadway Show, “HOW NOW, DOW JONES”)
Will everyone here, kindly step to the rear And let the Junior’s lead the way
We’ve got the power and we’ve got the might We’ll put up a fight as we march on to victory
Will everyone here, kindly step to the rear And let the Junior’s lead the way
We’ve got the power and we’ve got the might We’ll win it tonight as we march on to victory (2x)
PEP RALLY CHEER – Tune: BUNNY HOP
We’re the class with spirit We’re the class with might
You know you can’t come near us cause we’re gonna FIGHT
There’s no doubt about it You’ll might as well agree 76 Juniors Can’t Be Beat
PEP RALLY CHEER: From the TV Series “F-TROOP” (Trumpet/Bugle call) (sing through3x)
The juniors are here to win tonight
We’ll win it without a doubt
The seniors will try but they will fail
And we will resume with a bang and a boom…..JUNIORS.
PEP RALLY CHEER Mee macka me macka mee macka fight (echo)
The junior class is gonna with Comp Night. (echo)
We’re gonna fight and fight and never stop (echo)
Until we reach the very top (echo)
TUNE: THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT (from the Broadway Show, “THE BAND WAGON”
Jun-iors with our spirit and vim,
We’re the class, that won’t stop till we win Gathered here,
we’re the best we can be
Join us and you’ll see
Our pride, as we hold our heads high
And our strength, nothing passes us by All for one, it’s united we stand
We march hand and hand, we are something grand, We are the JUN-IORS
EXIT PEP RALLY SONG: WILL EVERYONE HERE KINDLY STEP TO THE REAR
Will everyone here, kindly step to the rear
And let the Junior’s lead the way
We’ve got the power and we’ve got the might
We’ll put up a fight as we march on to victory
Will everyone here, kindly step to the rear
And let the Junior’s lead the way
We’ve got the power and we’ve got the might
We’ll win it tonight as we march on to victory
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