Scene 9
Deck of an ocean
liner as it is pulling into New York harbor. It is just before dawn, and
in the background we can see the Statue of Liberty. MARITZA, NIKKO, MARIANNE
and VASILY stand by the railing.
MARIANNE
Look, everyone!
VASILY
The gateway to freedom.
NIKKO
Here we shall start anew.
Away from all munitions manufacturers.
MARITZA
There are no munitions manufacturers
in America?
NIKKO
They don't need munitions
in America. People are too happy there.
MARIANNE
But I thought everyone was
happy in Montavia.
VASILY
They were…until the Kielbasians
invaded.
MARIANNE
But thanks to Nikko, we won
the war.
NIKKO
Yes, you won the war, but
there are more munitions manufacturers left on the continent. And more
turmoil in the future. Isn't that correct, Vasily?
VASILY
Yes. I see a carriage with
an archduke and his archduchess. They are moving through a cheering crowd.
When suddenly a shot rings out. The archduke slumps over...and there is
fighting and killing. All Europe is involved. But here in America, there
is only happiness and player pianos.
MARIANNE
Thank the Lord we left when
we did.
NIKKO
My darling, will you miss
not being a Princess?
MARITZA
Not for a moment. I want
only to be a wife and to raise a whole house full of little Nikkos.
MARIANNE
But your highness…I mean,
Maritza, what about your father?
MARITZA
Monarchies are on the way
out. Soon there will be democracy in Montavia. Isn't that right, Vasily?
VASILY
There will be democracy in
Montavia, Moravia, Marsovia, Monrovia, Zilania, Sylvania and Ruritania.
MARIANNE
Then there will be no princesses
and princes to sing about.
VASILY
That is not entirely true.
They will be captured in color and set in a talking stereopticon.
MARITZA
Vasily, really! You do go
too far sometimes.
MARIANNE
Oh, mum, look at the dawn!
MARITZA
Why, it's just like…
MARIANNE
Some dawns twinkle across
the sky.
NIKKO
Some dawns thunder and jeer.
MARITZA
Some dawns sputter and
some dawns sigh.
VASILY
And some dawns never
appear.
NIKKO
But when you feel the
whole world hum,
MARIANNE
You know a gypsy dawn
has come.
ALL FOUR
Gypsy dawn,
How strange and magical
it feels!
Gypsy dawn
Is in your heart and
in your heels.
You long to dance,
You long to glide across
the floor.
You want romance,
A love you've never had
before.
Gypsy dawn,
It casts a spell upon
the dew.
Gypsy dawn,
It brings the thrill
of something new.
Then you will know
By the time another dawn
shall glow,
Your dream of love will
come true.
(The lights have
gradually flooded the stage with pink, blue and green. During the last
verse, the CHORUS appears through the backdrop scrim and joins the Principals
for the final part of the song.)
CURTAIN
