Another Opening of Another Show by Vivien Teasdale

The story was in perfect prose,

Though Greeks would have their little joke.
While actors to their fortune rose,
The chorus answered nowt but ‘Croak’.

Then songs galore were ushered in
With divas, bass and baritones.
Those glorious notes! Or raucous din,
The chorus gets the dirge and drones.

Then on a lighter note there came
Some speech as well as song.
And still the principals found fame,
The chorus still just ‘merry throng’.

Along came G & S and Ronnies Two,
who had a special sense of humour
that needed singers and the chorus, who
encored again this new consumer.

But though we tried to raise our profile
We’re just the echo, mirror image.
Costume, make-up, dance and smile,
Then stow the backdrops, fetch the luggage.

Though half the time, we just repeat,
Repeat the lines in half the time,
We make the musical complete:
Some choruses are quite sublime.

"red stage curtains" by sethoscope is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.