The place: USA
The time: Present
Act 1
Prelude
Characters talk backstage while the stage manager reminds them to get ready for the show.
Prologue
Narrator introduces the cast and starts the show. The characters come
out on stage and show their personalities. Each sings something. This
leads into "Gonna."
Scene 1
Beauty is in the gym. She's been looking for an important man to take
care of her but hasn't found him anywhere she looks. She starts singing
the "Very Lonely" song. While she is at the gym, Hero is on his way to
work. We see him in the shadows as he watches Beauty. He falls in love
with her immediately. She doesn't see him and continues with her song.
He leaves for his job at the flower shop and we see him come out of the
shadows. Beauty and Hero sing the last line of "Very Lonely" together.
Scene 2
Hero is in his flower shop and Beauty
arrives after her workout. He recognizes her and flirts with her. She
rejects him because he is not important enough for her. After all, he
is just a clerk in a shop. She asks him how he was named "Hero" and he
sings "The Cookies Never Lie." She's not impressed. She buys her
flowers and leaves. Hero watches her walk away. He puts his head down
and falls asleep and we see his dream on the opposite side of the
stage.
Hero dreams of Beauty meeting Very Bad Guy (VBG) and flirting with him.
They exchange phone numbers and they kiss. Then, that side of the stage
goes dark. Hero wakes up and realizes he had a nightmare.
Scene 3
VBG comes into the flower shop. He is an
herbalist and wants to buy some flowers. Hero recognizes him from the
dream and thinks VBG is going to kill him. He's afraid and angry. Hero
won't believe anything VBG says and calls him evil. VBG doesn't like
how everyone always stereo-types him. Hero laughs at him. VBG says
"Fine. If that's the way you want it..." and starts singing "Bad as Bad
Can Be." Hero chases him out of the shop and calls the White House. He
says he'll be big hero for alerting the authorities. After the call, he
says he hopes VBG doesn't kill him for alerting the authorities.
Scene 4
The president and his staff appear on stage singing "Never Ask Why."
Then, President and Messenger discuss finding the right person to hunt
down VBG. When President asks who they had last time, Messenger is
confused and thinks President is talking about him. Messenger takes a
letter from the president and leaves to deliver it to Hero. He sulks
because he wasn't the one chosen.
Scene 5
Hero is working in his flower shop. He
thinks everyone is out to kill him since he called the White House. He
tells the flowers what's going through his mind. Messenger comes in to
deliver President's message. Hero is frightened. He and Messenger sing
"Killing Billing" and Messenger tells Hero he's only there to deliver a
letter from the president. Messenger says he's tired of being ignored
by the world. Hero ignores him and keeps reading the letter. Messenger
sings "It Should Be Me." Messenger throws up his hands at the end of
the song and stalks out the door.
Scene 6
Beauty comes back into the flower shop. She rushes to Hero, happy to
see him. She tells him she heard the news that he is a hero and is
going to rescue the world. She sings "Now That I Have Found You Here."
They embrace and she asks what happens next. Hero tells her he has to
do what the president asked him to do. He asks her to look after his
shop while he is gone. She promises to take care of everything. He
sings "Rescue the World" and the ensemble returns to join the song.
End of Act 1
Act 2
Overture
Scene 1
Narrator appears on stage and tells the
musicians she's ready. They stop playing the overture and begin "Battle
Preparation." Hero is wandering around with his suitcase in hand. He
asks a few people passing on the street if they've seen the VBG. No one
has. He continues his journey. He sees a church and goes inside. He
sings "Take My Hand."
Scene 2
VBG enters the flower shop to buy more
flowers. Beauty is working there and they flirt with each other. Beauty
asks him what he does and he tells her that he is an herbalist. She
asks what that is and he tells her it is like a doctor. Beauty is
impressed but misinterprets everything he says. She starts to sing "The
So Important Song." She says that he must be important. He asks where
Hero is and Beauty tells him that Hero is off looking for a very bad
guy. VBG says he hopes Hero finds him and rescues the world. Neither
realizes that it is VBG that Hero is looking for. As VBG is leaving, he
asks Beauty to dinner for her. Beauty agrees and he leaves.
Scene 3
Messenger comes to the flower shop to
deliver a message for Hero. He sees Beauty and immediately falls in
love with her. She asks who he is and he tells her he works for the
president. She says he must be important and Messenger tells her that
he is. They sing a reprise of "The So Important Song." Beauty tells
Messenger where Hero has been on his journey to find VBG. Messenger
tells her that Very Bad Guy is at a flower conference in Connecticut
and to tell Hero to go there. Beauty promises to give Hero the message.
Messenger asks Beauty on a date and she agrees. Messenger kisses her
and says he will pick her up at seven. He leaves and Beauty stares
dreamily out the door after him.
Scene 4
Beauty arrives at VBG's house and marvels
at his medical degrees on the wall. She says he must be important. VBG
is very humble. Beauty tells him that he is one out of ten. VBG smiles
and tells her that his mother used to read him this story called "One
Out of Ten" when he was a child. Beauty asks to hear it. On the other
side of the stage, we see flowers coming to life. As VBG tells the
story, we hear part of it told by the flowers. The flowers sing "It's
Blooming Time" and "It's Glooming Time."
Scene 5
Hero learns VBG is at a flower conference
in Connecticut and goes off looking for him. He finds VBG and they
fight using the flowers. The choir sings "Temp Love" as temp music
plays in the background. VBG wants to know why there is "stupid music"
playing. Hero says it's a temp track and the director can't change it.
VBG says he hates temp tracks and threatens to sing on his own if the
musicians don't stop playing. The musicians ignore him. He begins to
sing "Very Lonely (Reprise)." VBG tires of fighting and decides to end
it. Hero still wants to fight so he will be a bigger hero. VBG starts
singing "Flower Shop Dreams" and Hero joins in the song.
Scene 6
Messenger comes to tell Beauty that Hero is
coming home and President wants to have a party for Hero. Beauty gets
excited and thinks about getting his money. Messenger asks her to go
have coffee with him but she turns him down. She says that Hero is more
important and she can't see Messenger anymore. Messenger is furious. He
stalks out of the flower shop and slams the door behind him. Beauty
doesn't notice. She is thrilled about. She sings "I'll Have It All."
Scene 7
Hero comes home. Beauty is working in the
Flower Shop. They embrace. She asks if it was scary to go off and fight
the VBG. He says no. They sing "Your Love" to each other. Beauty starts
to tell Hero about her affairs when Messenger appears for a date. As
they all start to argue, VBG appears. He's also ready to go on a date
with Beauty. This leads into the "Arguing Song." There is confusion and
fighting over Beauty and why Hero didn't kill VBG. President enters
during the song to thank Hero for his efforts. He is confused. Beauty
chooses Messenger and they leave together. President speaks with VBG
and eventually pardons him. Hero feels left out. He sings "Take My Hand
(Reprise)."
Scene 8
VBG comes back to Hero. He asks if Hero
wants to learn to be an herbalist and they can run the flower shop
together. Hero agrees and asks what happened with Beauty. VBG tells him
that people aren't always what they appear to be. This leads into
"Secrets." Then, the cast comes out to sing "Time to Go (Gonna
Reprise)" for their curtain call.
End of Act 2
End of Show
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