Adapted from Stiff Upper Lip
Scene: Headmaster Umbridge's office. Harry is being tortured for more information.
UMBRIDGE (spoken):
Oh, we'll see what we can get out of you. You'll talk soon. Snape, Veritiserum!
SNAPE:
Sorry, we've used it all up. I believe on that Cho Chang girl.
Harry shouts to Snape about "Padfoot at the place where it's hidden." Umbridge becomes even more enraged.
UMBRIDGE (preparing Crucio):
Now you've done it!
Laying down the portrait of Minister Fudge.
Whatever Fudge can't see, won't hurt him. It's for the best.
HARRY (bursting into song):
Stiff upper lip!
UMBRIDGE:
You'll need it
HARRY:
Carry on
UMBRIDGE:
Alright
OTHERS:
Chin up!
HARRY:
We gotta work fast
UMBRIDGE:
Where is my whip!
OTHERS:
Don't tell her!
HERMIONE:
Dumbledore has more…
UMBRIDGE:
Pip-pip to old man trouble
HERMIONE:
And a toodle-oo, too!
UMBRIDGE:
Dumbledore has something kept
HERMIONE:
It's a weapon, be aware
UMBRIDGE:
This is why I've never slept
EVERYONE:
Where, where, where, where, where?!
OTHERS:
Stiff upper lip!
Keep going
Get her on the way!
HERMIONE:
Come on and follow
Down to the hollow!
EVERYONE (except Umbridge)
Keep muddling through!
Dance sequence, Harry, Hermione, and Umbridge dance about the stage as the scenery changes to the Forbidden Forest
(Quickly) We're buying some time
Getting rid of that slime
Umbridge fooling
Grawpy's drooling
Buying some time
Tap dance into Grawp's hollow. Umbridge angers him and begins the sequence of being chased by the centaurs
HARRY and HERMIONE (returning to Hogwarts):
Make a scene
and save the day
Make it up
yet do it right
Working each play
Play by play
OTHERS (simultaneously with above):
Chin up! Keep muddling through! Chip up!
(together) Fight, fight, fight, fight fi --- (key change) - ight!
Ron, Ginny, Luna, and Neville appear with wands at hand
Stiff upper lip!
HARRY:
I'm leaving!
OTHERS:
No, you're not! Us too!
Do it together
Fair and foul weather
Tap dance. The entire group gets into position on the thestrals
ALL:
Keep right on muddling through!
Chin up!
The thestrals take flight into a blackout
Not True If I Can Save Him
Adapted from Nice Work If You Can Get It
Scene: Ministry of Magic. Rescue mission for Sirius.
RON (whispered) Harry! Shh…
The group sneakily moves through the deserted Ministry of Magic to very "clunky" version of "Can't Be Bothered Now". As they travel through the different areas leading to the Dept. of Mystery, various portraits and/or sculptures sing
VOICES
Sirius is in trouble
HARRY:
VOICES:
Strolling through the corridors
HARRY:
VOICES:
The Department hallways
Where the great pitfall lays
more sinister, joined by hidden Death Eaters
Who could ask for anything more?
VOICES:
Not true that you can save him
And you can't save him
Harry reaches the Hall of Prophecies and notices the glass orb with his info on it
HARRY:
(echoing and fading away)
Harry picks up the ball and examines it, the light changes and the prophecy is recited. Suddenly, Lucius Malfoy enters from a trapdoor to the more agitated and minor portions of the music.
HARRY:
There was never danger
Reenters the dialogue with Lucius, who sings
LUCIUS:
The other Death Eaters appear, Harry throws the orb into the Harry and the commotion begins with a crash! Blackout. The characters reenter the stage during the battle at the Ministry, accompanied by New York Interlude as they pass between the shelves and enter different rooms
Department Of Mysteries Battle
Adapted from New York Interlude (Concerto in F).
Perhaps there would also be thematic variations of other Gershwin classics like Rhapsody in Blue or Second Rhapsody. Underscore Voldemort and Dumbledore's showdown as well.
They Can't Take Him Away
Adapted from They Can't Take That Away From Me
Scene: Harry's dorm, one of the final days of school. He is angry and guilty over Sirius' death and about the mirror no longer working.
HARRY (looking at mirror):
Music starts
RON (slowly, recognizing Harry's pain):
HARRY:
RON:
HARRY:
Ron sits and Harry begins to think about Sirius again. He takes out a picture.
HARRY:
Never had a father figure
The way he suffered strife
Finale (with bows)
FUDGE:
RITA SKEETER:
NEWSPRINTERS/THE ORDER:
THE ORDER:
THE ORDER:
DUMBLEDORE (spoken):
"Shall We Dance" theme builds to fast tempo as several characters enter holding large banners with headlines printed on them.
COMPANY:
The Minister agrees
The Death Eaters enter above the rest of the cast
ALL
Who could ask for anything more?!
Big finish to blackout. Proceeds immediately into bows
Voldemort had a show down
"Somebody to Watch Over Me" theme when Harry enters, followed by "Could You Use Me" theme
HARRY and VOLDEMORT:
VOLDEMORT:
HARRY:
BOTH:
My inescapable truth!
A tap dance to "I Got Rhythm" brings out the rest of the company
THE ENTIRE COMPANY:
We got troubles
Who can know what else is in store?!
Tap into big finish
Who can know what else is in store?!!
The boy who risks his life has certain morals
Saves his friends even though they have angry quarrels
Harry, the hero in this show
Has a tendency to fight what he cannot know
The fact is
This great connection between "him" and Harry
Is the kind that could be seen as hairy
See a dream and don't forget it
That's the best clue at all if you don't get it
At the Ministry
Oh that's not true if I can save him
And you can't save him if you try.
It's not hard to see why
Oh that's not true if I can save him
And you can't save him if you try
Filled with many shelves and doors
(ECHO: What is waiting through that door)
Something's looking fishy
Seriously there's no hound
Look here what I've found
And you can't save him if you try
And you can't save him if you try
And you can't save him if you try
And you can't save him if you try
Seeing dreams and visions
Knowing Voldemort's lies
Nice work now that I get it
And I can't get a another try
No one going to die
Nice work to try and save him
And I could
Who could ask for anything more?
Well, so long.
RON:
Harry, what are you doing?
HARRY:
Nothing really.
RON:
Nothing?
HARRY:
Well, there's not much to do now that the year's over…is there?
I guess not.
Laughs and looks at Ron. Thanks.
Hey, what for?
The other night…with Sirius and all…
The way he scratched and sniffed
The dog he loved to be
The flight of hippogriffs --
No, no! They can't that away from me!
The little notes he wrote
The way he heard me plea
He sent a Firebolt!
No, no! They can't take that away from me!
Until I found Sirius
Now I'll have to reconfigure
What's left of us
The prison escapee
That day he gave his life!
No, no! They can't him away from me!
No! They can't take him away from me!
Hello? Come on, where is everybody!
Start that print press. Get to work
We'll be writing/fighting again!
No one knows where Voldemort will lurk
Prepare your fighting spells
NEWSPRINTERS:
Get out your pen!
ALL:
The Daily Prophet tells
Something true again!
You want to fight, Harry?
HARRY (spoken):
Who could ask for anything more!
Aaah…aaah….
That Voldemort is back
And Umbridge runs and flees
Centaur attack
It's k-ra-zy but true!
Ministry almost slowed down
It's k-ra-zy but true!
And though the world may be united against him
There's no telling what next will get us fenced in.
Escape me
You inescapable truth
Escape me
VOLDEMORT:
You dumb incapable youth
BOTH:
The prophecy may mention
Either Harry…
Either Voldie…
True!
Coming at you
The next issue
We will miss you…
We got trifles
We got our man
Who can know what else is in store?
Harry Potter
the Musical(s)