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Lady in the Dark (Theatre)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Lady in the Dark is a 1941 psychoanalytic musical play by Moss Hart, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and music by Kurt Weill. The original production starred Gertrude Lawrence, with Danny Kaye in a supporting role. There was a film adaptation in 1944, directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland.Liza Elliott has been editor of the Fashion Magazine Allure for the last decade. Though she appears to be satisfied with her job and in complete control of her affairs, lately she has been overcome by depression and feelings of panic. Her irrational solicitude has been aggravated by the weird, fantastic dreams she has been having. It is furthermore no consolation to her that her longtime publisher, Kendall Nesbitt, has gone to the trouble of divorcing his wife so that she could be free to marry him, especially since handsome, hunky movie star Randy Curtis just walked into her office a few minutes before.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })So Liza, on her doctor's recommendation, goes to visit a psychoanalyst to discover what is making her emotional state go to pieces, since she is a completely healthy woman aside from her irrational fears. The psychoanalyst, Dr. Brooks, notices the contrast between the glamorous personality Liza imagines herself as in her dreams and the real Liza's preference for severely tailored business suits, strange for a woman whose chosen career is in telling the most glamorous women what to wear. What finally helps Liza resolve all her worries is going back to memories of her childhood, in which she recalls the words of the song whose tune has haunted all her dreams. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_14ee9ce | type |
Dream Melody | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_14ee9ce | comment |
Dream Melody: "My Ship". Liza keeps humming a childhood tune to herself at times when she is lost in thought or is overcome with panic. She can't recall the words to it ("My ship has sails that are made of silk...") until she relives her childhood in flashbacks with the help of her psychoanalyst. Lyricist Ira Gershwin compared the importance of "My Ship" to the show to that of "a stolen necklace or missing will to a melodrama." | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_181c8a41 | type |
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_181c8a41 | comment |
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: Said in the Wedding Dream, where it's the cue for the chorus to object to the mentally afflicted Liza's marrying Kendall Nesbitt, over her protests of "I do! I do!": | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_196ccadc | type |
Is That What They're Calling It Now? | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_196ccadc | comment |
Is That What They're Calling It Now?: Charley insinuates that "color plates" might be the new "etchings": | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_1ab65185 | type |
That Reminds Me of a Song | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_1ab65185 | comment |
That Reminds Me of a Song: In the Circus Dream, this little bit of dialogue is all it takes to introduce a completely irrelevant patter song: | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_252fb4b3 | type |
Gem-Encrusted | |
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Gem-Encrusted: To make the red dress as sparkly as possible. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_259dc974 | type |
The Freakshow | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_259dc974 | comment |
The Freakshow: The Circus Dream has Liza as the feature attraction of the Greatest Show on Earth: "The Woman Who Cannot Make up Her Mind!" | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_26cce216 | type |
Age-Progression Song | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_26cce216 | comment |
Age-Progression Song: "The Saga of Jenny". Jenny makes her mind up at 3, 12, 22, 39, 51 and 75, never learning the song's moral. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_2b374ed1 | type |
It's Not You, It's Me | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_2b374ed1 | comment |
It's Not You, It's Me: Liza says this to Kendall Nesbitt. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_2bd2b7b8 | type |
List Song | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_2bd2b7b8 | comment |
List Song: Apart from the opening and closing lines, "Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians)" consists of a list of four dozen Russian composers. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_2fef0c01 | type |
Twisted Christmas | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_2fef0c01 | comment |
Twisted Christmas: In "The Saga of Jenny", Jenny's parents are killed at Christmas in a fire caused by a mishap lighting festive candles. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_38718ea8 | type |
Beautiful All Along | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_38718ea8 | comment |
Beautiful All Along: Liza undergoes this sort of transformation at the end of the first act. It's not such a surprise to the audience, since her glamorous self has already appeared in two dream sequences. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_44f5d199 | type |
Pretty in Mink | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_44f5d199 | comment |
Pretty in Mink: Liza dreams of a red dress with a mink skirt, and a mink jacket, then makes it for real. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_4f62bde6 | type |
Kavorka Man | |
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Kavorka Man: Charley Johnson's female colleagues react with various degrees of offense to his habit of making drunken passes at them. However, he has little trouble getting pretty models to go out with him, even after pinching one on the behind. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_5d513961 | type |
Medley Overture | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_5d513961 | comment |
Medley Overture: Lady in the Dark, unusually for its time, has no opening music at all; it brings the curtain up on the opening scene without a single note of music from the orchestra, and music comes in only when Liza starts to hum the Dream Melody for the first time. Instead it has an "Overture" before the second act that is a medley of "This Is New", "One Life to Live", "The Saga of Jenny", "My Ship" and the rhumba version of "Girl of the Moment". | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_5dcb7ce7 | type |
Fashion Magazine | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_5dcb7ce7 | comment |
Fashion Magazine: Allure, which Liza and her colleagues work on. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_615fdb1f | type |
Dream Sequence | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_615fdb1f | comment |
Dream Sequence: Three dreams, all musicalized. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_64972c10 | type |
Flashback Effects | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_64972c10 | comment |
Flashback Effects: The dream transitions in the original production were done with a complicated system of turntables within turntables and a kaleidoscopic light effect to get the cinematic effect Moss Hart apparently wanted. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_6b2b3b59 | type |
The Reveal | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_6b2b3b59 | comment |
The Reveal: Liza's neurosis comes from thinking she isn't beautiful or desirable as a result of youthful traumas. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_6d089995 | type |
The Shrink | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_6d089995 | comment |
The Shrink: Dr. Brooks analyzes Liza's musical dream sequences and discovers the roots of her nervous disorder in her childhood memories. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_6f54cbdf | type |
The Ditherer | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_6f54cbdf | comment |
The Ditherer: Liza Elliott, acclaimed in the Circus Dream as "The Woman Who Cannot Make up Her Mind!" | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_775a1af6 | type |
Married to the Job | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_775a1af6 | comment |
Married to the Job: Charley accuses Liza of being married to her desk. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_7e676cdf | type |
Engagement Challenge | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_7e676cdf | comment |
Engagement Challenge: In the song "Princess of Pure Delight", a King demands his daughter's suitors answer the riddle, "What word of five letters is always spelled wrong?" | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_839f38fa | type |
Morality Ballad | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_839f38fa | comment |
Morality Ballad: Liza sings "The Saga of Jenny" after being described as "The Woman Who Cannot Make up Her Mind". The moral of the story is that making up your mind can get you in a lot of trouble. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_90984c54 | type |
Glamour Failure | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_90984c54 | comment |
Glamour Failure: The "Glamor Dream" version of Liza is a wealthy, glamorous lady in blue. As in her dream she is a renowned celebrity with legions of admirers, she can hardly refuse to allow her portrait to be painted, but when the portrait is unveiled, it shows Liza as the austerely dressed, neurotic magazine editor she really is. Consternation ensues. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_94e4c8ab | type |
Betty and Veronica | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_94e4c8ab | comment |
Betty and Veronica: Liza Elliott, editor of Allure magazine, is unable to make up her mind between Kendall Nesbitt, the publisher who started the magazine for her, and hunky Hollywood actor Randy Curtis. She finally decides to reject both and Take a Third Option. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_9e8760ab | type |
Tongue Twister | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_9e8760ab | comment |
Tongue Twister: "The Best Years Of His Life": | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_adc34767 | type |
Serial Homewrecker | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_adc34767 | comment |
Serial Homewrecker: Jenny from "The Saga of Jenny" is implied to be one. At twenty-two she takes up with a married man, and at fifty-one, the release of her memoirs results in at least 33 wives shooting their husbands. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_bef25af8 | type |
Circle of Shame | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_bef25af8 | comment |
Circle of Shame: The Circus Dream ends with Charley's voice rising in accusation and the chorus laughing at Liza. As they leave her and the dream fades, they chant, "Make up your mind! Make up your mind!" | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_bf1255fa | type |
Really Gets Around | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_bf1255fa | comment |
Really Gets Around: The title character from "The Saga of Jenny" couldn't say "no" in 27 different languages. She only gets worse from there. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: The Circus Dream includes a Shout-Out to a famous number from The Mikado: | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_caa05cf | type |
Breach of Promise of Marriage | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_caa05cf | comment |
Breach of Promise of Marriage: In the third Dream Sequence, Liza Elliott is put on trial for refusing to marry Kendall Nesbitt as she promised. The phrase "breach of promise" is not used, however, partly because, as Liza suggests, women were traditionally immune to such claims. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_ce515bc3 | type |
MusicalWorldHypothesis | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_ce515bc3 | comment |
Musical World Hypothesis: A particularly explicit version of "All Their Heads"; all the elaborate musical numbers take place during the dream sequences. | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_ceb79d4 | type |
Stock Lateral Thinking Puzzle | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_ceb79d4 | comment |
Stock Lateral Thinking Puzzle: The Engagement Challenge in the song "Princess of Pure Delight". | |
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Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_e5448c9 | type |
Pimped-Out Dress | |
Lady in the Dark (Theatre) / int_e5448c9 | comment |
Pimped-Out Dress: A film version has Liza wear a red dress with a mink skirt, loads of jewels, and a mink jacket. Another dress was a Medieval style dress. | |
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