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End of the Rainbow

Play

Writers: Peter Quilter

Overview

Show Information

Category
Play
Number of Acts
2
First Produced
2005
Genres
Drama, Historical/Biographical
Settings
Period, Multiple Settings
Time & Place
London, December, 1968
Cast Size
small

Synopsis

End of the Rainbow depicts the final months of the life of Judy Garland. Frail, broke, and crippled with insecurities, Judy comes to London to perform a six-week series of performances at The Talk of the Town nightclub. She arrives with Mickey Deans, her younger fiancé/manager whom she met in America when he supplied her with the drugs on which she depends. Switching between hotel room and the nightclub stage, Judy struggles to face her demons with the support of devoted pianist, Anthony. End of the Rainbow creates a fascinating portrait of a performer who was both brilliantly talented and deeply flawed.

Songs included in the play:

  • ‘I Can’t Give You Anything but Loveâ€� (Fields/McHugh)
  • ‘I Belong to Londonâ€� (Anonymous)
  • ‘Just in Timeâ€� (Comden/Green/Styne)
  • ‘For Me and My Galâ€� (Goetz/Leslie/Meyer)
  • ‘You Made Me Love Youâ€� (Monaco/McCarthy)
  • ‘The Trolley Songâ€� (Martin/Blane)
  • ‘The Man that Got Awayâ€� (Arlen/Gershwin)
  • ‘When You’re Smilingâ€� (Goodwin/Shay/Fisher)
  • ‘Come Rain or Come Shineâ€� (Arlen/Mercer)
  • ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbowâ€� (Arlen/Harburg)

Lead Characters


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