Changing Lives

Lyrics

[OLIVIA KEATING, spoken] It's Olivia Keating of Broadway Mania and we're here for the opening night of Eleanor, the Eleanor Roosevelt musical, starring the incomparable Dee Dee Allen and Barry Glickman.​ [BARRY, spoken] Let's talk process.​ (sung) When I'm in character I go insane I stagger, I stammer, I sob I make the audiences feel my pain And if they don't leave depressed Then I've not done my job [DEE DEE] Each time I find a role like Eleanor The artist inside of me thrives I put on that wig And those prosthetic teeth And know I'm changing lives By the time I get tuberculosis in Act Two [BARRY] Even the people who are dead inside [BOTH] Will Shout "Bravo!" On Cue [BARRY, spoken] The first review is in!The New Jersey Star-Ledger.​ [DEE DEE, spoken] No, don't tell me! Unless it's a rave. Or a mixed-positive.​ What does it say? [BARRY, spoken] It says we're a hit! (sung) We're a hit and I think we deserve it! [DEE DEE] That's for sure [BARRY] Also it means that this tour de force Will not be forced to tour [DEE DEE, spoken] To Eleanor! May she run for eternity! [ENSEMBLE] To Eleanor! [ALL] Cheers to a show that's so inspiring It's almost too much to sit through And if we've won that might mean one more thing [BARRY] That in ten years or so, we'll do Eleanor 2! [DEE DEE] I can predict what the reviews will say Before the next notice arrives It's ground-breaking [ENSEMBLE] Earth-Shaking [BARRY] Life-affirming [ENSEMBLE] Breath-taking [BARRY and DEE DEE] Gut-wrenching [ALL] Heart-aching [BARRY and DEE DEE] In two words it's [ALL] History-making [BARRY and DEE DEE] That's why every actor strives [ALL] For adulation And compensation That comes from nightly Changing lives [BARRY, spoken] It's just what we do.​