Show Synopsis:
Robert flees the early political climate of the French Revolution and sells himself to the Beaunoir family in New Orleans. Robert falls in love with with Marianne Beaunoir but is captured and put aboard a ship to France. Marianne pretends that she is in love with the ship?s captain Duval so that she can go too but Robert believes she was the one who betrayed him to the French. Robert and the bond-servants gain power over Duval in a mutiny and form a new republic on an island, which Robert leads. Marianne refuses to marry him, the French try to reclaim the island, and Robert must renounce his title because of the dangers of the French Revolution. He gladly does so and lives happily ever after with Marianne.
Character:
Robert, a young French aristocrat who empathizes with the revolutionaries in his home country; brimming with ingenuity; a natural-born leader.
Fun Facts:
1. New Moon has a strong reputation as Broadway's last hit operetta.
2. In the 1930 MGM film adaptation, the story was rewritten and transplanted to take place in Russia.
Marianne is what they call you
But there?s no name describing all you
Could mean to any lucky fellow ? oh lucky fellow!
Who will he be?
In your eye an elfin gleaming
Can make me lose myself in dreaming
And hoping too
Someday you
May dream of me.
Marianne, I want to love you.
I?ll repeat it every day, dear.
Marianne, I want to love you.
It?s a simple thing to say, dear.
Were there more praises to sing
And phrases to ring?
I?d sing them to you.
Let others doubt them who will
But I would be still
Believing them true.
And though you may never love me,
I will never cease to woo you.
Though you?re flying high above me,
I will try to fly up to you.
I know the worry and strife
That come with a wife,
But here is a man
Who?d gladly give up his life
To marry you, Marianne!