This enrages Kate who throws Nadine to the ground by her hair.

To get the reaction he wants from Queenie, Burrs grabs Nadine, the minor, and makes out with her. Black and Queenie is prohibited by the whole company dancing the Juggernaut ('The Juggernaut'). Black's arms and dances with her instead.īurrs' violent reaction against Mr. Unsuccessfully, Kate tries to get Burrs to dance – then to defuse the situation, Kate takes Queenie out of Mr. Black, easily getting him to dance with her ('By Now the Room Was Moving'). Meanwhile, in a corner of the room, Madelaine is in a drunken stupor and on the prowl for a woman with very little success ('An Old-Fashioned Love Story').Īlthough Queenie is fully aware that Burrs will threaten her physically, she makes her move on Mr. As revenge, Kate plans on seducing Burrs. During the chaos, Black finds himself equally as taken by Queenie as she with him - much to the chagrin of Kate ('Poor Child'). The party's revelry continues: Burrs hits on Kate Madelaine hits on Nadine, Eddie chugs beer and almost fights with Burrs. Queenie's plans are momentarily undermined ('He Was Calm'). Kate drags him away to meet the other guests. Queenie, quite taken by Black, plans to make her move on him. The vivacious Kate arrives with her new friend, Mr. Despite her casual reprimand of his behavior, Queenie wants to hurt Burrs in return ('Raise the Roof'). He makes his move on their youngest guest, Nadine. Although Queenie radiates beauty and confidence, Burrs preys on other women. The party begins with a parade of guests: Madelaine the lesbian, Eddie the thug, Mae the dimwit, Jackie the dancer, lover-brothers d'Armano, Dolores the hooker, and Nadine the minor ('What a Party'). She suggests a party, and Burrs agrees ('Out of the Blue'). Still, she longs to generate the same excitement that brought them together. Burrs' violent nature, which once thrilled Queenie, now scares her ('The Apartment'). However, the relationship eventually sours. Both Queenie and Burrs have now met their emotional and sexual match ('Queenie Was a Blonde').įor a while, they live together happily sated.

It's the roaring 1920s and the beautiful, young Queenie, although she tries, cannot find a lover able to satisfy her desires – until she meets Burrs, a vaudevillian clown with a voracious appetite for women. The Wild Party is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa.īased on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name, it coincidentally made its debut off-Broadway during the same theatre season (1999–2000) as a Broadway production with the same name and source material.

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