Andrew Lloyd Webber — Arrival of the Trio — Are You Ready to Begin?

SQUELCH: Are you ready to begin? Are you ready to get on? You're about to start out On the journey of your lives RAOUL: (Is this some kind of joke?) ONLOOKER 1: (Nah, it's a publicity stunt for that freak show on Coney!) REPORTER 1: (It's a front page feature, is what it is! [Aside.] You gettin' this, Smitty?) PHOTOGRAPHER: (You bet'cha.) GANGLE: If you're ready then get in Once you're in then we'll get gone And who knows once it goes Where you'll be when it arrives? RAOUL: (This is outrageous!) VARIOUS [Spoken]: It's amazing! (It's brilliant!) I'm telling you, that Mr. Y is an absolute genius FLECK: It's a fun house where the mirrors All reflect what's real FLECK/GANGLE: And reality's as twisted As the mirrors reveal FLECK/GANGLE/SQUELCH: And the fun is finding out what the mirrors show... RAOUL: (This is unacceptable! Do you hear me?! I will be taking this up with your employer, whoever he is!) GUSTAVE: Everything and everyone It's all just how I dreamed All the freaks and all the fun Exactly how I dreamed! And Phantasma still awaits... Wonder what's behind its gates? REPORTER 1: (That was somethin', wasn't it?) ONLOOKER 2: (Meh, I was hoping she'd sing. Caruso sang half of Pagliacci for us when he got off the boat.) ONLOOKER 3: (Eh, I bet she ain't got it no more, not like the old days. Oh sure, she's pitch-perfect, but empty, inside, like the flame went out of somethin'.) ONLOOKER 4: (Oh, look, it's The Rockefellers!)