This Could Be On Broadway

KRIS:
Didn’t you feel it?
Didn’t you know?
How the hallway was humming after the show
It was buzzing with a certain something in the air

The people have spoken
And they all agree
All the critics are raving
They’re saying that we
Belong on a big tall billboard
In Times Square

Hey, maybe I’m crazy

FRESHMAN #1/FRESHMAN #2:
But my parents said
And my teachers said

KRIS:
This play is amazing

FRESHMAN #1/FRESHMAN #2:
Yeah my parents said
And My teachers said

KRIS:
That this this show

KRIS/FRESHMAN #1/FRESHMAN #2:
This show
This show
This could be on Broadway!
This could be on Broadway
I can see my name in lights
On opening night
On Broadway
Someday
Someway
Broadway

ERIC:
Ok, ok, sure Broadway would be a blast
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves too fast
Cuz as someone who knows
About Broadway shows
The whole thing would probably have to be recast

FRESHMAN #1:
But my parents said it

FRESHMAN #2:
Mine said it too

FRESHMAN #1 & #2:
And that’s how we know that
It must be true
And if you think they’re lyin’

ERIC (spoken):
What?

FRESHMAN #1 & #2 (sung):
You must be scared

ERIC (spoken):
Ok, no

COLE (sung):
You better write a letter
To Dear Evan Hansen
To tell him there’s a better
Show advancin’

BETHANNE:
So just like Lion King
He better be prepared

ERIC (spoken):
How dare you say that about Dear Evan Hansen

COLE:
The old shows were special

ALL:
But my parents said and my teachers said

BETHANNE:
This show is pro level

ALL:
Yeah my parents said and my teachers said

ALL:
That this show
This show
This show

This could be on Broadway!
This could be on Broadway

COLE:
When I win a thousand Tony’s
You’ll be so proud to know me

ERIC (spoken):
Blow me!

ALL:
On Broadway
Someday
Someway
Broadway

ERIC:
OK, ok, hey Broadway shows are works of art
And they don’t take shows just for having heart

KRIS:
But if they did, and if they were smart
They’d make Trinity’s dad a much bigger part
I can see it now
I can see it now

MAX:
I can see a slice of my New York life
Where every meal is a New York slice
And every line makes everybody laugh
And every night I’m signing autographs

COLE:
New York, New York

FRESHMAN #2:
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

JEAN:
The greatest city in the world

BETHANNE:
NYC

ERIC:
Since this is fantasy
I’m ten feet tall
With a billion dollars

FRESHMAN #2:
And I can fly!

KRIS:
You try to say hi, I can’t remember who you are
But that’s just the life of Broadway star

ALL:
Ohhh!
See you all on Broadway
Yeah we’re going to Broadway
Because if we don’t, our parents
Will feel so embarrassed
Cuz they say
This play
Could head straight

To Broadway
Broadway
Broadway
This could be on Broadway
Broadway
Broadway
Because as our parents tell us

Even Stephen Sondheim’s jealous
Broadway, Broadway!