This Day (Opening)

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JUDY A mother's work is never done When a daughter's getting married I've still got errands left to run And Devon has to do my hair The seating chart what was I thinking? Keep an eye on Sheila's drinking Worryin's okay My baby's getting married on this day I'm going to go check on your sister JENNY Why don't you call Rebecca first, give her a chance to... run away! MIMSY & WALT Doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo Bah dah dah dah dah dah Dah dah dah Ahh (Hotel telephone rings) REBECCA Hello JENNY Incoming REBECCA No! Incoming I think I'm dying! My pulse is racing! I'm close to death! BRIAN Now don't start crying And stop your pacing Just take a breath REBECCA What are the symptoms Of anaphylactic shock? I'll never make it through this day JUDY How's my girl, is she okay? REBECCA I'm good JUDY My darling precious child. My beautiful innocent little virgin REBECCA Mother, I'm not a-- JUDY Let me have my fantasy, please. Are you ready for our big day? REBECCA Ready as I'll ever be JUDY Good. And remember we're all having our hair done at ten And tell what's his name it's bad luck to see the bride before the ceremony! REBECCA My mother's psychic! BRIAN Your mother's psycho! JENNY What else is new?! Brian, your being here is bad luck BRIAN And kine-ahora, it'll all be fine JENNY Did you just say kine-ahora? BRIAN Yeah, I picked up a Yiddish phrase book to impress your parents JENNY Like a lamb to slaughter. Where are the best man and co-Maid-of-Honor? BRIAN They're getting dressed GREG Best rehearsal dinner ever! ANNIE Whoooooohooooo! JENNY Check. Now you two shoe me some lovin', to remind me why I'm doing all this That's what I'm talking about MIMSY & WALT Doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo Doo doo doo doo doo doo ALBERT MIMSY & WALT I desing Bah dah dah I perfect Dah dah dah So their day is Dah dah dah Pure enjoyment Ahh ALBERT, MIMSY & WALT No detail Left unckecked MIMSY & WALT Or he'll-- We'll be on unemployment (Hotel telephone rings) JENNY Hello ALBERT So you do want the Panini station. What's a wedding without one? JENNY How'd you know that, Albert? ALBERT I'm a wedding planner, Jenny. We see and hear everything JENNY Thanks, Albert ALBERT No problem MIMSY & WALT No problem JUDY Did you get the Wedding Planner? JENNY He got me. The staff at this hotel--they like see and hear everything JUDY Then I guess you won't need to tell him that I'm beginning to think a Panini Station is a little too-- (Hotel telephone rings) JENNY On it. Hello ALBERT Eighty-six the Panini Station, got it JENNY Albert, you're the best ALBERT I live to serve JENNY Then would you call the groom's mother for me? ALBERT No hablo inglés JENNY Make a noose and tie the knot... GEORGETTE Hello. Yes. Oh, hellooooooo, Jenny. All ready for the big day? Uh-huh. Uh-huh Of course, I'm looking forward to having my hair done with you girls. Bye GEORGE Are you really going to let someone beside Elsie do your hair? GEORGETTE Don't be stupid, George. You've got to get Brian to call off this wedding GEORGE Brian and I don't talk, Georgette GEORGETTE Well then start. Bond with the boy, open his eyes, talk some sense into him GEORGE That's a lot to do before noon GEORGETTE Fine Get me some ice And hand me the gin There's times in her life A mother can't win My son doesn't know The trouble he's in I guess I'll have to play nice So get me some ice JUDY Jenny! Jenny!!!!!! JENNY In the shower! JUDY I just remembered, your Aunt Sheila had a Panini-- JENNY Calling! All of this for a steady-- (A cell phone rings) MARTY Hello JENNY This has already turned into the longest wedding day in history MARTY Wedding day? Jenny? JENNY Oh, no. Please no. Dad! Dad! Dad! MURRAY What? What is it, Sweetheart? JENNY I just accidentally called Marty MURRAY That's okay, Rebecca's ex-boyfriend or not, he's like a member of this family JENNY But, Rebecca didn't want him to know the wedding was today. She was afraid he'd tray to stop it MURRAY Ah, don't worry about it, he probably didn't even know it was you MARTY It's a sign! I wasn't gonna do this I wasn't gonna get involved But it's a sign! I wasn't gonna do this But it felt so unresolved Now I know I was right Right from the start Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! It's a sign! I will change her mind, I swear It's a sign! They won't even know I'm there I can't just walk away I've got to have my say Jenny still has me on speed dial--I'm never turning my cell phone off in a theatre again! It's a sign! I'm gonna stop this wedding day! ALBERT Unrequited and uninvited. A recipe for disaster WALT This is terrible MIMSY Oh no, it's fantastic! ALL Still we pray and we fight for A wedding that is joyous REBECA I think I'm dying! JUDY Amother's work is never done ALL For a day dressed in white MARTY It's a sign JENNY Make a noose and tie the knot ALL That might GEORGETTE Ice ALL Quite possibly destroy us GEORGETTE Nice ALL At this wedding celebration JENNY Where you barely slept a wink WALT With its grand panini station JENNY Where you sure could use a drink JUDY It will be so life affirming BRIAN & REBECCA While we're struggling And squirming MIMSY We'll be fabulous and floral ALBERT And delightfully immoral ANNIE Suspenful and upsetting GREG There's something I'm forgetting GEORGETTE Completely soul destroying JUDY And deliberately annoying ALL We'll be dressed Smart and snappy While we're happily unhappy With our hearts on display MARTY It's a sign! ALL This day. This day REBECCA I'll never make it through... ALL This day JENNY I never wanted this