40 Best Musical Monologues – Page 4 of 4

42nd STREET (Julian Marsh)

Category: Musical Role: Julian Marsh From: 42nd Street

JULIAN: Now listen and listen hard. One hundred people. One hundred jobs. One hundred thousand dollars! Five weeks of grind and blood and sweat, and it all depends on what you do out there tonight. Oh, I know what you”re thinking. Here comes Marsh with another one of his pep talks. Well, this is the last of them, Sawyer, and it comes straight from the heart. Our hopes, our futures, our lives are in your hands. Go out there and make them shine with your golden talent!! Sawyer, you”re going out there a youngster. But you”ve got to come back a star!More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

42nd STREET (Julian Marsh)

Category: Musical Role: Julian Marsh From: 42nd Street

JULIAN: Sawyer, “Pretty Lady” opens on this stage in exactly thirty-six hours. You”ve got twenty-five pages, six songs, and ten dance routines to learn by eight-thirty tomorrow night. Do you think you can do it?Then we begin. Oscar, Mac! Where the hell”s the piano? (Mac and Oscar roll piano into place as Andy and dancers enter) Andy, let”s go! Now I want to start with the opening number, then work through all the songs and dances, then go back and do the scenes. There”ll be a five minute break every hour for food or coffee and a full fifteen minutes every four hours for rest. And no one else on this stage until I call them!By tomorrow night I”ll either have a live leading lady or a dead chorus girl. Well, what are you waiting for? Let”s go!More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

Then we begin. Oscar, Mac! Where the hell”s the piano? (Mac and Oscar roll piano into place as Andy and dancers enter) Andy, let”s go! Now I want to start with the opening number, then work through all the songs and dances, then go back and do the scenes. There”ll be a five minute break every hour for food or coffee and a full fifteen minutes every four hours for rest. And no one else on this stage until I call them!By tomorrow night I”ll either have a live leading lady or a dead chorus girl. Well, what are you waiting for? Let”s go!More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

By tomorrow night I”ll either have a live leading lady or a dead chorus girl. Well, what are you waiting for? Let”s go!More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

42nd STREET (Julian Marsh)

Category: Musical Role: Julian Marsh From: 42nd Street

JULIAN: You”re quite a girl, Miss Peggy Sawyer. Quite a girl. And you”re on your way to becoming quite a star. You”ve broken through, Peggy. You”re the million to one shot that comes home a winner. For years to come, thousands of little chorus girls will go to auditions and say to themselves, “Who knows? I might come out of this another Peggy Sawyer!” I ask you only to be the sort of star those little girls would want you to be. Shine your light over this glorious gulch they call Forty-Second Street! Give it your talent, your strength, your youth. But try, if you can, not to give it all your heart. Because it”s a very loving heart, and I would never want to see it broken. Now go along to the Ritz and enjoy yourself.More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

42nd STREET (Julian Marsh)

Category: Musical Role: Julian Marsh From: 42nd Street

JULIAN: What was that word you just said? Allentown? I”m offering you the chance to star in the biggest musical Broadway”s seen in twenty years and you say Allentown? Now listen, Sawyer, and listen good. Even if you don”t give a damn about me, think of all those kids you”ll be throwing out of work if you don”t do this! Think of the songs that will wither and die if you don”t get up there and sing them! Think of the scenery that will be seen, the costumes never worn, the orchestrations never heard! Think of “Pretty Lady” and the thrill and pleasure it could give to millions! Think of musical comedy, the most glorious words in the English language! Sawyer, think of Broadway, d -!More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

9 to 5: The Musical (Doralee)

Category: Musical Role: Doralee From: 9 to 5: The Musical

DORALEE: What! You”ve been telling everyone I”m sleeping with you! That explains why everyone”s been treating me like a dime store floozy! They all think I”m banging the boss! And you love it, don”t you. It gives you some sort of cheap thrill, like knocking over pencils and picking up papers. I”ve put up with your grabbing and chasing me around the desk, “cause I need this job, but this is the last straw! I”ve got a gun out there in my purse and up to now I”ve been forgiving and forgetting “cause that”s the way I was brought up but I swear, if you say another word about me, I”ll get that gun of mine. And I”ll change you from a rooster to a hen with one shot!More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

9 to 5: The Musical (Hart)

Category: Musical Role: Hart From: 9 to 5: The Musical

HART: Now this is what I”m talking about. You”re not bad looking for a gal with a little tread worn off her tires. I mean that. Sincerely. Come on, Violet, Franklin Hart knows the value of each girl who has the privilege to serve under him.Now… Let me tell you my philosophy of business, Julie. In a word: Teamwork. Everyone pulling together. It”s a shame, and I have always said this, that you girls don”t have the experience growing up playing football or baseball because that”s where you learn that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If we all work together we can cut the balls off our competition and be sitting pretty on top of the hill.You see that, Violet? That”s the attitude I”m looking for. I”m trying to explain to Jody here… how we”re all a team and right away you”re not there for the handoff! I expect an employee, especially one who wants to be promoted to management, to show a little flexibility and cooperation. You savvy? Now be a good girl and get my coffee. No sugar, just some Skinny “N Sweet.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

Now… Let me tell you my philosophy of business, Julie. In a word: Teamwork. Everyone pulling together. It”s a shame, and I have always said this, that you girls don”t have the experience growing up playing football or baseball because that”s where you learn that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If we all work together we can cut the balls off our competition and be sitting pretty on top of the hill.You see that, Violet? That”s the attitude I”m looking for. I”m trying to explain to Jody here… how we”re all a team and right away you”re not there for the handoff! I expect an employee, especially one who wants to be promoted to management, to show a little flexibility and cooperation. You savvy? Now be a good girl and get my coffee. No sugar, just some Skinny “N Sweet.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

You see that, Violet? That”s the attitude I”m looking for. I”m trying to explain to Jody here… how we”re all a team and right away you”re not there for the handoff! I expect an employee, especially one who wants to be promoted to management, to show a little flexibility and cooperation. You savvy? Now be a good girl and get my coffee. No sugar, just some Skinny “N Sweet.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

9 to 5: The Musical (Violet)

Category: Musical Role: Violet From: 9 to 5: The Musical

VIOLET: Oh, it”s no use, we might as well come clean; he”s going to get us anyway. But before we get arrested and spend the next thirty years in prison, making pen pals in Nebraska, I want to say a few things: This place was hell until we fixed it.Beat. SHE looks at HART, quietly furious and growing stronger and more certain.We all do the work of keeping things running around here as best we can, Mr. Tinsworthy, not him. He plays golf and drinks scotch and takes the credit. Any why? “Cause he”s “The Guy”.No, you wait a minute! I”ve been waiting my whole life! See – we”re not The Guy. We”re just the “Little Guy”. The little guy doesn”t play golf… he plays catch up. The little guy is late picking the kids up from school because of work – and late getting to work because of the kids. The little guy cooks and coaches ball and balances budgets and squeezes a dollar as far as it can go, and works her ass off, and if that doesn”t qualify her to be heard and seen and respected, well WHAT DOES?And so, yeah, we kidnapped Mr. Hart and threw him in the back of my Buick… We tried to make everything better and now he”s going to get all the credit and we”re gonna get ten to life.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

Beat. SHE looks at HART, quietly furious and growing stronger and more certain.We all do the work of keeping things running around here as best we can, Mr. Tinsworthy, not him. He plays golf and drinks scotch and takes the credit. Any why? “Cause he”s “The Guy”.No, you wait a minute! I”ve been waiting my whole life! See – we”re not The Guy. We”re just the “Little Guy”. The little guy doesn”t play golf… he plays catch up. The little guy is late picking the kids up from school because of work – and late getting to work because of the kids. The little guy cooks and coaches ball and balances budgets and squeezes a dollar as far as it can go, and works her ass off, and if that doesn”t qualify her to be heard and seen and respected, well WHAT DOES?And so, yeah, we kidnapped Mr. Hart and threw him in the back of my Buick… We tried to make everything better and now he”s going to get all the credit and we”re gonna get ten to life.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

We all do the work of keeping things running around here as best we can, Mr. Tinsworthy, not him. He plays golf and drinks scotch and takes the credit. Any why? “Cause he”s “The Guy”.No, you wait a minute! I”ve been waiting my whole life! See – we”re not The Guy. We”re just the “Little Guy”. The little guy doesn”t play golf… he plays catch up. The little guy is late picking the kids up from school because of work – and late getting to work because of the kids. The little guy cooks and coaches ball and balances budgets and squeezes a dollar as far as it can go, and works her ass off, and if that doesn”t qualify her to be heard and seen and respected, well WHAT DOES?And so, yeah, we kidnapped Mr. Hart and threw him in the back of my Buick… We tried to make everything better and now he”s going to get all the credit and we”re gonna get ten to life.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

No, you wait a minute! I”ve been waiting my whole life! See – we”re not The Guy. We”re just the “Little Guy”. The little guy doesn”t play golf… he plays catch up. The little guy is late picking the kids up from school because of work – and late getting to work because of the kids. The little guy cooks and coaches ball and balances budgets and squeezes a dollar as far as it can go, and works her ass off, and if that doesn”t qualify her to be heard and seen and respected, well WHAT DOES?And so, yeah, we kidnapped Mr. Hart and threw him in the back of my Buick… We tried to make everything better and now he”s going to get all the credit and we”re gonna get ten to life.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

And so, yeah, we kidnapped Mr. Hart and threw him in the back of my Buick… We tried to make everything better and now he”s going to get all the credit and we”re gonna get ten to life.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

9 to 5: The Musical (Violet)

Category: Musical Role: Violet From: 9 to 5: The Musical

VIOLET: You gave that promotion to Bob Enright instead of me? I trained him for God”s sake! Oh, so it”s the old boys club. I”m going, but before I do, I have one more thing to say. Don”t you ever refer to me as your “girl” again. I am no girl. I am a woman. W-O-M-Y-N! I”m not your wife, your mother or your mistress. I”m your employee and I expect to be treated equally, with a little dignity and a little respect! Oh, come off it, Doralee. Everyone knows you and Mr. Hart are having an affair.More Monologues from “9 to 5″RelatedShareTweetPin

42nd Street (Dorothy Brock)

Category: Musical Role: Dorothy Brock From: 42nd Street

DOROTHY: So you”re going to take my place.When I started for the theatre this afternoon, I wanted to tear your heart out. I wanted to hate you, I wanted to see you fail. You, singing my songs, wearing my costumes, playing my role! But sitting there in that theatre and watching you rehearse, I found I couldn”t hate you… Because you”re good. Maybe even better than I would have been. The public wants youth, freshness, beauty, and Peggy, that”s what you”ve got. Only I”m getting something too. For ten years the theatre has kept me away from the only thing I”ve ever wanted. And it was a broken ankle that finally made me realize it. Pat Denning and I were married this morning!I have only one last wish for you, my dear. Get out there and be so swell you”ll make me hate you.More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

When I started for the theatre this afternoon, I wanted to tear your heart out. I wanted to hate you, I wanted to see you fail. You, singing my songs, wearing my costumes, playing my role! But sitting there in that theatre and watching you rehearse, I found I couldn”t hate you… Because you”re good. Maybe even better than I would have been. The public wants youth, freshness, beauty, and Peggy, that”s what you”ve got. Only I”m getting something too. For ten years the theatre has kept me away from the only thing I”ve ever wanted. And it was a broken ankle that finally made me realize it. Pat Denning and I were married this morning!I have only one last wish for you, my dear. Get out there and be so swell you”ll make me hate you.More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

I have only one last wish for you, my dear. Get out there and be so swell you”ll make me hate you.More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin

42nd STREET (Julian Marsh)

Category: Musical Role: Julian Marsh From: 42nd Street

JULIAN: All right, everybody gather around and listen to me. Today we start work on a new show. You”re going to rehearse four weeks, then try out in Atlantic City. You”re going to work twelve hours a day, seven days a week. You”re going to dance “til your feet fall off and you aren”t able to stand up, but five weeks from now, “Pretty Lady” “s going to be the best damn show this town”s ever seen! You”re on your way to glory and thirty-two bucks a week so anybody who doesn”t think he can take it better quit right now! Nobody? Good. Take a half-hour to get measured for wigs and costumes and then let”s get to work.More Monologues from “42nd Street”RelatedShareTweetPin