Casey Likes & Anika Larsen &
Drew Gehling
Drew Gehling
Solea Pfeiffer
Solea Pfeiffer
Casey Likes
Drew Gehling
Casey Likes
Van Hughes
Anika Larsen, Original Broadway Cast of Almost Famous
Anika Larsen
Solea Pfeiffer
Casey Likes, Solea Pfeiffer, Original Broadway Cast of Almost Famous
Casey Likes, Solea Pfeiffer, Original Broadway Cast of Almost Famous
Casey Likes, Solea Pfeiffer, Original Broadway Cast of Almost Famous
Original Broadway Cast of Almost Famous
Anika Larsen
Solea Pfeiffer
[ ELAINE: ]
Your charm does not work on me!
Listen to me
I may just be his mom
But I’m about to drop a bomb of truth on you
Listen to me
You may act all nice and sweet
But I know you’ll toss him on the street
If he doesn’t write what you want him to
[ RUSSELL: ]
Not true—
[ ELAINE: ]
Listen to me!
He’s smart, and good-hearted
I sometimes forget he’s only fifteen
So listen to me
These trollops and fools, they may listen to you
But you listen to me
[ RUSSELL: ]
Yes, ma’am
[ ELAINE: ]
I know about your Valhalla of decadence
Your dedication to selfishness and arrogance
But my boy is just not ready
For your shallow, cheap-aesthetic brain cells
Thrown away like confetti
Don’t you long to be authentic?
Don’t you want something real?
[ RUSSELL: ]
You have no idea
[ ELAINE: ]
Listen to me
I have friends in high places
Who run background checks and traces, so you know
Listen to me
He can sometimes get real sad
I think he really misses his dad
It’s hard to let him go
So listen to me
Don’t you dare break his spirit
For I fear it will derail his precious dreams
Your path is very clear
Make a noise if you can hear
[ RUSSELL: ]
I… I—
[ ELAINE: ]
You can make this right, you see
If you listen to me
For you to become a person of substance, Russell
Now, get my son home safely
Or you will meet the person on the other end of this line
And it will not be pretty!
Anika Larsen released Listen To Me on Fri Apr 21 2023.