Finally, in early December, the two "Dear Friends" arrange to meet in person. She Loves Me song list including song titles, associated characters and recommended audition songs. Maraczek is impressed with Arpad's hard work in his absence, and Arpad begs to be promoted to sales clerk ("Try Me").
Maraczek reprimands Sipos and leaves. He admits that he always thought Amalia was the sort of girl he could fall in love with.
Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. She fears he has come to spy on her and tell the others she is not really sick, so she attempts to get out of bed and get ready for work ("Where's My Shoe"). Georg says the man told him that he had to work and could not meet his date, and Georg surmises that he must be her "dear friend". Simple, tight dark rhythms and mediocre, weak jazzy, Esham provides a wack, gray, tasteless, never inspired dark rapping. Ilona and Kodaly are at odds, Mr. Maraczek is increasingly short-tempered with Georg, and Georg and Amalia bicker constantly.
Arpad naively suggests they tell Georg and Amalia this, and Sipos retorts that they'd never believe it.
Georg sits at Amalia's table and mocks her, singing a "Tango Tragique" about a woman who was murdered on a blind date (the show has been re-structured to where the song is not sung by Georg, but it is a dance number for the ensemble, 8-20-19). Amalia is surprised to find she enjoys her conversation with Georg. Maraczek had assumed it was Georg. Georg joyously decides that "She Loves Me".
Maraczek is impressed and immediately hires Amalia. At Maraczek's, Ilona explains to Sipos that she has gotten over Kodaly; last night, she went on "A Trip To The Library" where she met Paul, a kindly optometrist. A limited run of concert performances was held in March 1977 at A slightly abridged BBC-TV production was made in 1978 starring The Roundabout Theatre Company presented a revival in 2016, again directed by Scott Ellis and choreographed by Warren Carlyle, on Broadway which opened at Following the huge success of the 2016 Broadway revival, the musical was revived in London's West End at the A critically acclaimed Australian premier production opened at Sydney's The June 30, 2016 performance of the Roundabout revival of Musical with a book by Joe Masteroff, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and music by Jerry Bock After he leaves, she begins a letter to "dear friend" but can only think of Georg's kindness and his gift of ("Vanilla Ice Cream"). Amalia finally understands that Georg really is "dear friend" and they embrace. Working at the shop are Ladislav Sipos, a fretful middle-aged salesman with a family; teenage delivery boy Arpad Laszlo; thirty-something Ilona Ritter, who is having an affair with suave Steven Kodaly; and Georg Nowack, the shy assistant manager. A nervous young woman, Amalia Balash, enters, hoping to obtain a job at the Parfumerie. Will he like the girl he sees? Amalia confesses to having similar feelings, and Georg takes one of Amalia's letters to "dear friend" out of his pocket and begins reading it aloud. Georg is worried about Amalia and visits her at her apartment. At Maraczek's, Ilona explains to Sipos that she has gotten over Kodaly; last night, she went on "A Trip To The Library" where she met Paul, a kindly optometrist. She invites Georg as well, and he hesitatingly accepts. Maraczek is impressed and immediately hires Amalia. When Georg tells her they are not hiring, she demands to speak with Maraczek. Maraczek points a gun at his own head and pulls the trigger as Arpad enters the shop.