Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd & Len Cariou
Len Cariou, Victor Garber & Merle Louise
Len Cariou
Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury
Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
Sarah Rice
Sarah Rice, Victor Garber & Merle Louise
Victor Garber
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
Joaquin Romaguera
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
Angela Lansbury
Cris Groenendaal, Frank Kopyc & Richard Warren Pugh
Edmund Lyndeck
Sarah Rice & Victor Garber
Jack Eric Williams, Edmund Lyndeck, Victor Garber & Sarah Rice
Len Cariou & Edmund Lyndeck
Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury
Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd & Ken Jennings & Angela Lansbury & Len Cariou
Len Cariou, Victor Garber, Merle Louise & Sarah Rice
Len Cariou & Angela Lansbury
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd & Victor Garber & Len Cariou
Ken Jennings & Angela Lansbury
Jack Eric Williams, Angela Lansbury & Ken Jennings
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd
In this musical number, Johanna is in hysterics due to the fact that Judge Turpin wishes to marry her soon. Anthony tells her that they’ll escape that night to elope, and he tells her to kiss him to cheer her up. This song flows directly into the following song “Ladies in Their Sensitivities”, which...
[JOHANNA]
He means to marry me Monday
What shall I do? I'd rather die
[ANTHONY]
I have a plan—
[JOHANNA]
I'll swallow poison on Sunday
That's what I'll do, I'll get some lye
[ANTHONY]
I have a plan—
[JOHANNA]
Oh, dear, was that a noise?
[ANTHONY]
A plan—
[JOHANNA]
I think I heard a noise
[ANTHONY]
A plan!
[JOHANNA]
It couldn't be
He's in court
He's in court today
Still, that was a noise
Wasn't that a noise?
You must have heard that—
[ANTHONY]
Kiss me!
[JOHANNA]
Oh, sir
[ANTHONY]
Ah, miss
[JOHANNA]
Oh, sir...
If he should marry me Monday
What shall I do? I'll die of grief
[ANTHONY]
We fly tonight—
[JOHANNA]
'Tis Friday, virtually Sunday
What can we do with time so brief?
[ANTHONY]
We fly tonight—
[JOHANNA]
Behind the curtain—quick!
[ANTHONY]
Tonight—
[JOHANNA]
I think I heard a click!
[ANTHONY]
Tonight!
[JOHANNA, ANTHONY]
It was a gate!
It's the gate!
We don't have a gate It's not a gate
Still there was a—Wait! There's no gate
There's another click! You don't have a gate
You must have heard that... If you'd only listen, miss—
[ANTHONY]
Kiss me!
[JOHANNA]
Tonight?
[ANTHONY]
Kiss me
[JOHANNA]
You mean tonight?
[ANTHONY]
The plan is made
[JOHANNA]
Oh, sir!
[ANTHONY]
So kiss me
[JOHANNA]
I feel a fright
[ANTHONY]
Be not afraid
[JOHANNA]
Sir, I did Tonight I'll
Love you even as I Steal
Saw you, even as it You
Did not matter that I Johanna
Did not know your name I'll steal you
[ANTHONY]
It's me you'll marry on Monday
That's what you'll do!
[JOHANNA]
And gladly, sir
[ANTHONY]
St. Dunstan's, noon
[JOHANNA, ANTHONY]
I knew I'd be with you one day
Even not knowing who you were Ah, miss
I feared you'd never come Marry me, marry me, miss
That you'd been called away Oh, marry me Monday!
That you'd been killed Favor me, favor me
Had the plague With your hand
Were in debtor's jail Promise
Trampled by a horse Marry me, marry me
Gone to sea again Please
Arrested by the— Oh, marry me Monday
[JOHANNA]
Kiss me!
[ANTHONY]
Of course
[JOHANNA]
Quickly!
[ANTHONY]
You're sure?
[JOHANNA]
Kiss me!
[ANTHONY]
I shall!
[JOHANNA]
Kiss me!
Oh, sir
Kiss Me was written by Stephen Sondheim.
Kiss Me was produced by Thomas Z. Shepard.
Sarah Rice & Victor Garber released Kiss Me on Tue Apr 17 1979.