Show Synopsis:
The chorus girl Jeanie is beginning to think that the electrician Bob may not be the right boyfriend for her, not knowing that Bob's coworker Larry loves her. They start the performance of the musical that they are working on, Me and Juliet. This show is about a character named Me who wants to marry Juliet and is scared of Carmen, who loves him. Me wants Carmen to marry Don Juan. A few days later, Larry encourages Jeanie to audition for a meatier role in the show, even though his boss Mac tells him that it's not a good idea to get involved with someone when the two of you are working on the same show. Over the next few months, Larry and Jeanie keep their romance a secret from Bob, and Mac has dumped his girlfriend Betty because she got an acting job in the show, but they are still in love. Bob finds out about Jeanie's affair and humiliates her onstage. Mac starts to lecture Jeannie and Larry on their romance when Bob comes in to fight Larry and ends up hitting Mac instead, then knocking himself out. The company manager Ruby tells Bob that Jeannie and Larry had gotten married earlier that day, and Bob asks to leave the show so that he can date Betty again. Larry is promoted to being stage manager of Me and Juliet. 

Character:
Jeanie, a beautiful lead chorus girl who wants to do more onstage; would like to be valued by the man she loves; not extremely confident in herself.

Song Context:
Jeanie would love to be the second understudy for the lead in the musical, but is positive that she will not perform well at her audition, so she practices in front of others in the company.

Fun Facts:
1. This musical was the result of a longstanding idea of Richard Rodgers to musicalize backstage drama of a musical within a musical. 
2. This song was originally part of the score of Victory at Sea, a twenty-six episode documentary series for the History Channel about naval combat in World War II, and had the title "Beneath the Southern Cross." 
3. Perry Como recorded this song and it was #1 on the Billboard charts in August 1953.