The Prom Musical - Changing Lives Lyrics

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THE PROM the Musical - Changing Lives Lyrics

"Changing Lives" is a song performed by Beth Leavel (Dee Dee Allen), Brooks Ashmanskas (Barry Glickman), Ensemble. Music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin.

(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've found a role like Eleanor
The artist inside of me thrives
I put on my 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
... 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:
Here's to a show that's so inspiring
It's almost too much to sit through
And if we're ? 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 note has arrived
It's ground-breaking

ENSEMBLE:
Earth-Shaking

BARRY:
Life-affirming

ENSEMBLE:
Breath-taking

BARRY & 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 congratulation
And compensation
That comes from nightly
Changing Lives

BARRY (spoken):
It's just what we do

THE PROM the Musical Lyrics

SYNOPSIS
Changing Lives
Changing Lives (Reprise)
Just Breathe
It's Not About Me
Dance With You
The Acceptance Song
You Happened
We Look to You
Tonight Belongs to You
Zazz
The Lady's Improving
Love Thy Neighbor
Alyssa Greene
Barry Is Going to Prom
Unruly Heart
You Happened (In-rehearsal)
Time to Dance