Stepsisters and Cinderella
Stephens/Rue
STEPSISTER
WHO CAN SCRUB THE BREAKFAST DISHES?
STEPMOTHER
WHO WILL STINK FROM CLEANING FISHES?
TOGETHER
WHO'LL GET DRENCHED WHILE HOLDING THE UMBRELLA?
STEPMOTHER
WE NEED A NICE COMPLIANT SLAVE:
SOME PAUPER WHO WON'T MISBEHAVE-
I HAVE IT!
STEPSISTER
MY STEPSISTER!
TOGETHER
CINDERELLA!
(Spotlight on CINDERELLA. Shift to
dramatic ballad.)
CINDERELLA
DUST OFF YOUR DREAMS; KEEP THEM PURIFIED:
BUFF UP YOUR FAITH AND YOUR HOPE!
WASH OUT THE STUBBORN STAINS ON YOUR PRIDE!
(USE ANTI- BACTERIAL SOAP!)
STEPMOTHER
(spoken)
Stop the music!
WHO CAN CLEAN THE BATHROOM GROUT,
WHO WILL WASH OUR UNDIES OUT
WHILE WE ARE PRACTICING THE TARANTELLA?
STEPSISTER
WE NEED A GIRL WHO KNOWS HER STATION,
BEST OF ALL, A POOR RELATION:
STEPMOTHER AND SISTER
EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A CINDERELLA!
(STEPMOTHER and STEPSISTER exit with a flourish. Shift to dramatic ballad. Spotlight on CINDERELLA.)
CINDERELLA
POLISH YOUR CLOUDS' SILVER LININGS:
REMEMBER HOW THEY ONCE SHONE!
GET OUT THE SCUFFS ON YOUR GUMPTION:
(TRY A MILD ACETONE...)
(STEPMOTHER enters.)
STEPMOTHER
I said no solos!