Romance in Hard Times
Show Details
- Music
- William Finn (44)
- Lyrics
- William Finn (44)
- Book
- William Finn (44)
- Type
- Musical
- Notes
- Previously developed as America Kicks Up Its Heels.
- Plot
- Set in a depression soup kitchen in New York City, Romance in Hard Times tells the story of Hennie, who has recently learned she is pregnant; Harvey, her husband who refuses to speak because he cannot provide for his wife; and Boris, a determined loser who loves Hennie. Through a series of disappointments and tragedies (though told with lots of humor included), Hennie decides that the world is not an acceptable place to bring her baby into, and therefore, holds her baby back, for many months past the normal term. With other characters such as Zoe, Polly, the Handcuffed Sisters, Gus, The Kid, and even Eleanor Roosevelt helping out, Hennie tries to find something that will make everything right again, so she can bring her baby into the world.
- Premiere
- May 31, 1989
Recordings
Noncommercial Audio Recordings
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Romance in Hard Times - 1989 Off-Broadway Cast |
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Songs also appear on these recordings (3)
Songs
- Bad News Ballet
- Before "Harvey Promised to Change the World"
- Before "Hennie Soup"
- Charity Quartet (Reprise)
- Hold My Baby Back (2)
- News Flash
- Overture
- Standing in Line (Reprise)
- That's Enough For Me (4)
- Time Passes (Reprise)
- You Can't Let Romance Die (Reprise)
- Another Celebrity Song
- Blame It on These Times
- Charity Quartet
- Feelin' Rich
- A Gaggle of Celebrities
- The Good Times Are Here
- Goodbye
- Harvey
- Harvey Promised to Change the World
- Hennie Soup
- How Could You Do This to Someone Who Robbed for You
- I Don't Want to Feel What I Feel
- I Never Said I Didn't Love You
- I'll Get Out of Here
- I'll Get You Out of My Life
- Lovesong
- Places I Fainted from Hunger
- The Prosperity Song
- Standing in Line
- Supreme Court
- The Supreme Court Saved from Fire
- Thinking of You
- Time Passes
- You Can't Let Romance Die
- You Got Me Crazy
Cut Song
- All of Us Are Brothers
- Cut during run
- All of Us Are Losers
- Cut during run, same music as "All of Us Are Niggers" from America Kicks Up Its Heels
- Gus' Triumph
- Cut during run
- I Will Make You Rich
- Cut during run
- In the Nick of Time
- Cut during run
- The Last Can of Hennie Soup
- Cut during run
- The New World Ain't Coming Soon
- Cut during run
- Red Faces at the Kremlin
- Cut during run
- Stop Kicking
- Cut during run
- That's Why We Do the Things We Do
- Cut during run
- Vote for Polly
- Cut during run
Songs used from other shows
- All Fall Down (3) from America Kicks Up Its Heels
- Eleanor Roosevelt: A Discussion of Soup from America Kicks Up Its Heels
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