At The Ballet

- Spoken - (Daisy Ridley:) I really need this job. (Barbra Streisand:) Not more than I do. Believe me. Hi I’m Shelia. What’s your name? (Daisy Ridley:) Phoebe. And this is Maggie. (Barbra Streisand:) Hi Maggie. (Anne Hathaway:) Hi. (Barbra Streisand:) Hi. (Anne Hathaway:) Gosh there’s a lot of people here. (Barbra Streisand:) Yeah it’s a cattle call. (Daisy Ridley:) But you’ll get the job for sure Maggie. You’re so pretty. (Anne Hathaway:) Haha! Oh believe me looks are overrated. Just a different set of problems. (Auditoner:) Okay ladies. Line up. We’ll start with you. You. Number 24. (Barbra Streisand:) My name is Sheila. What do you wanna know? (Auditioner:) Why don’t you tell me why you’re in this business? (Barbra Streisand:) I wanted to be a ballet dancer. What else? The light by the way is a very funny color. Do you have anything softer? (Auditioner:) Don’t-don’t worry about the lights. (Barbra Streisand:) It’s very harsh. (Auditioner:) So tell me do you always come on like this? (Barbra Streisand:) No. Sometimes I’m aggressive. (Auditioner:) Just-just bring it down. (Barbra Streisand:) Bring what down? (Auditioner:) Your attitude miss. (Barbra Streisand:) It’s Sheila. (Auditioner:) Okay Sheila. Why don’t you tell me about your parents. (Barbra Streisand:) My parents? (Auditioner:) Yeah. (Barbra Streisand:) Well my mother was a ballerina until my father made her quit. (Auditioner:) Really? (Barbra Streisand:) Really. (Auditioner:) Tell me more. (Barbra Streisand:) Tell you more? Daddy always thought that he married beneath him Am7                  Em7sus4 That’s what he said that’s what he said When he proposed he informed my mother He was probably her very last chance And though she was twenty-two Though she was twenty-two Though she was twenty-two She married him Life with my dad wasn’t ever a picnic More like a "come as you are." When I was five I remember my mother Dug earrings out of the car I knew they weren’t hers but it wasn’t Something you’d want to discuss He wasn’t warm.  Well not to her.   Well not to us ! (Come to think of it) But everything was beautiful at the ballet        Graceful men lift lovely girls in white        Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. Hey ! I was happy... at     the      ballet              (That’s when I started class)       (Together:) Up a steep and very narrow stairway To the voice like a metronome Up a steep and very narrow stairway (Barbra Streisand:) It wasn’t paradise (Daisy Ridley:) It wasn’t paradise (Anne Hathaway:) It wasn’t paradise (Together:) But    it    was    home - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Okay Number Eighteen. (Daisy Ridley:) I’m BB sir. (Auditioner:) And what’s your story? (Daisy Ridley:) I don’t know what you mean. (Auditioner:) Okay. On the subject of mothers what about yours? (Daisy Ridley:) My mother?    (Auditioner:) Yes yours. (Daisy Ridley:) She lied to me. (Auditioner:) She lied to you? (Daisy Ridley:) Mother always said I’d be very attractive Am7             Em7sus4 When I grew up when I grew up "Diff’rent " she said "With a special something And a very very personal flair." And though I was eight or nine Though I was eight or nine Though I was eight or nine I hated her Now "Diff’rent" is nice but it sure isn’t pretty "Pretty" is what it’s about I never met anyone who was "diff’rent" Who couldn’t figure that out So beautiful I’d never lived to see But it was clear         If not to her           Well then to me (Together:) That everyone is beautiful at the ballet      Every prince has got to have his swan          Yes everyone is beautiful at the ballet Hey! (Daisy Ridley:) I was pretty At    the   ballet                                                  (Together:) Up a steep and very narrow stairway To the voice like a metronome      Up a steep and very narrow stairway It wasn’t paradise (Barbra Streisand:) It wasn’t paradise (Anne Hathaway:) It wasn’t paradise (Together:) But it      was home - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Alright Number Six. (Anne Hathaway:) Number Six that’s me Maggie. Can I tell you about my parents?     I don’t know what they were for or against really except each other I mean I was born to save their marriage But when my father came to pick my mother up at the hospital he said "Well I thought this was going to help But I guess it’s not." Anyway I did have a fantastic fantasy life I used to dance around the living room with my arms up like this My fantasy was that it was an Indian Chief          And he’d say to me: "Maggie do you wanna dance?" And I’d say "Daddy I would love to dance." Do do do do    But it was clear Do do do do    When he proposed Do do do do    That I was born to help their marriage and when (Barbra Streisand:) Do do do do    That’s what he said (Daisy Ridley:) Do do do do    That’s what she said (Anne Hathaway:)    G#-9sus4                      G#-9 Do do          I used to dance around the living room               (Barbra Streisand:) Do do do do    He wasn’t warm (Daisy Ridley:) Do do do do    Not to her (Anne Hathaway:) Do do do do    It was an Indian chief and he’d say "Maggie do you wanna  dance?" And I’d said "Daddy I would love          to" (Barbra Streisand:) Everything was beautiful at the ballet       Raise your arms and someone’s always there          Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet (Daisy Ridley:) At the ballet     (Together:) At the ballet!                                    [Instrumental]    /      /    /      / (Together:) Yes everything was beautiful at the ballet. Hey! (Barbra Streisand:) I was pretty (Anne Hathaway:) I was happy (Daisy Ridley:) "I would love to..." (Together:) At    the  ballet                                                            - Spoken - (Auditioner:) Okay ladies. We will let you know. Next.