Laura Benanti sings “Vanilla Ice Cream” in She Loves Me. The critically-acclaimed Roundabout Theatre Company production of She Loves Me comes to GREAT PERFORMANCES, Friday, October 20 at 9PM (check local listings) as the opening presentation of PBS’s fall Broadway’s Best lineup.
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[Soft instrumental music] LAURA BENATI AS AMALIA: Dear Friend LAURA BENATI AS AMALIA, SINGING:I AM SO SORRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE IN EVERY WAY BUT TOGETHER YOU AND I WILL LAUGH AT LAST NIGHT SOME DAY.
ICE CREAM HE BROUGHT ME ICE CREAM VANILLA ICE CREAM IMAGINE THAT!
ICE CREAM AND FOR THE FIRST TIME WE WERE TOGETHER WITHOUT A SPAT!
FRIENDLY HE WAS SO FRIENDLY THAT ISN''T LIKE HIM.
I''M SIMPLY STUNNED!
WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE?
WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE?
IT''S BEEN A MOST PECULIAR DAY!
WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE?
WILL WONDERS NEVER CEASE?
Oh, where was I?
I AM SO SORRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT.
IT WAS A NIGHTMARE IN EVERY WAY BUT TOGETHER YOU AND I WILL LAUGH AT LAST NIGHT SOME DAY I SAT THERE WAITING IN THAT CAFÉ AND NEVER GUESSING THAT YOU WERE FAT- Ooh! THAT YOU WERE NEAR.
YOU WERE OUTSIDE LOOKING BALD Oh, my Dear Friend I AM SO SORRY ABOUT LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT I WAS SO NASTY!
WELL, HE DESERVED IT!
BUT EVEN SO THAT GEORG IS NOT LIKE THIS GEORG.
THIS IS A NEW GEORG THAT I DON''T KNOW.
SOMEHOW IT ALL REMINDS ME OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE FOR RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES A MAN THAT I DESPISE HAS TURNED INTO A MAN I LIKE!
IT''S ALMOST LIKE A DREAM AND STRANGE AS IT MAY SEEM, HE CAME TO OFFER ME VANILLA ICE CREAM!
