Jessie Mueller
Jessie Mueller, Keala Settle, Kimiko Glenn, Eric Anderson & Waitress Original Broadway Cast Ensemble
Keala Settle & Jessie Mueller & Kimiko Glenn
Jessie Mueller
Aisha Jackson & Charity Angel Dawson & Molly Hager & Stephanie Torns
The Waitress Band
Kimiko Glenn & Keala Settle & Jessie Mueller
Drew Gehling & Jessie Mueller
Nick Cordero & Jessie Mueller
Jessie Mueller & Keala Settle & Kimiko Glenn
Christopher Fitzgerald & Kimiko Glenn
Jessie Mueller & Drew Gehling
Keala Settle
Drew Gehling & Christopher Fitzgerald & Kimiko Glenn & Eric Anderson & Keala Settle & Jessie Mueller
Drew Gehling & Jessie Mueller
Christopher Fitzgerald & Kimiko Glenn
Dakin Matthews
Jessie Mueller
Jessie Mueller
Jessie Mueller & Kimiko Glenn & Keala Settle
Original Broadway Cast of Waitress
“It Only Takes a Taste” is Jenna and Dr. Pommater’s first unprofessional, or unofficial, after their initial introduction. Dr. Pommater compares Jenna to a person from his past that holds a fond memory to him.
This song has been recorded singularly by each new portrayal of the characters on Broadwa...
[DR. POMATTER, spoken]
You know what's kinda funny?
Just seeing you, sitting here, all by yourself in your uniform
(sung)
You remind me of a girl I once knew
Gah, by now she’s well in middle age
Probably 41, 42
[JENNA, spoken]
Huh. Thank you?
[DR. POMATTER, spoken]
What? Oh my god, no, no, no no
(sung)
She was a waitress at a shop I used to frequent quite a lot
Nice teeth and small hands and snuck me goodies I couldn’t afford then
She was sweet to me
Reminds me of you
[JENNA, spoken]
Hmm. Oh, well, nobody ever really notices me that way, so--
[DR. POMATTER, spoken]
Somebody did, right?
[JENNA, spoken]
Hmm?
[DR. POMATTER, spoken]
No because you have the, the baby. You'd--
(sung)
She'd make the pies fresh every day
Like you, I guess but I must say
If pies were books yours would be Shakespeare's letters
You remind me of her, but better
It only takes a taste
When it's something special
It only takes a taste
When ya know it's good
Sometimes one bite is more than enough
To know you want more of the thing you just got a taste of
[JENNA]
That reminds me of a thing we would say
Me and my momma in the kitchen when we'd bake
She'd say Jenna, you can tell the whole story with a taste
[DR. POMATTER]
Yeah! No that's exactly what I mean
I swear that as those flavors mixed and melted I could hear the sirens sing
It was truly something special-- one taste and I want the whole thing
I must say
It felt like I was carried away
Intoxicated, made me escape the room I was in
I can't help but wonder how your hands must have felt
Creating such a masterful thing
[JENNA]
Just one bite
Caused all that wondering
[DR. POMATTER]
It only takes a taste
[JENNA & DR. POMATTER]
It only takes a taste when you know it's good
Sometimes one bite is more than enough
To know you want more of the thing you just got a taste of
It Only Takes a Taste was written by Sara Bareilles.
It Only Takes a Taste was produced by Nadia DiGiallonardo & Neal Avron & Sara Bareilles & Jill Dell’abate.
Drew Gehling released It Only Takes a Taste on Fri Jun 03 2016.
Dr. Pomatter responds this way because when he sings “Probably 41, 42” he is talking about the age of “the girl he once knew” and not Jenna. But Jenna seems to think otherwise.
The pause is meant to make Dr. Pomatter seem insanely obsessive over Jenna’s pie-making skills.