Alphabetical ALW: Something Beginning With U or V Quiz

Answer: Tell Me On A Sunday

This is sung after our lady has fallen in love with a younger man.

It was not in the original London production but did appear in the Broadway show and was part of the 2003 rewrite.

"Now no matter where I am
No matter what I do
I see your face appearing
Like an unexpected song
An unexpected song
That only we are hearing"

Answer: The Man

The Man sings this while he is reflecting on his life - and all the things that went wrong with it - that lead him to make the choices he did.

"There's a prayer for the living and the dying
There's a prayer to soothe the savage sea
There's a prayer it seems for almost everything
But you, you haven't got a prayer for me
And I, I haven't got a prayer
So many cries in the night that you try to ignore
Why didn't I do this ? Why didn't I do that ?
So many unbroken chains, so many unsettled scores"

Answer: Masquerade

Ubaldo Piangi is the company's leading tenor in "The Phantom Of The Opera".

"Masquerade" is the only of these songs from 'Phantom'. It is sung by the full company at the masquerade ball at the beginning of Act Two.

"Hand Me The Wine And The Dice" is from "Aspects Of Love."

"Dangerous Jade" is from "Evita".

"Light At The End Of The Tunnel" is from "Starlight Express."

Answer: Dinah

This is sung by Dinah in "Starlight Express" after Greaseball has dumped her as his partner and asked Pearl to race with him in the final.

'Starlight' has many different styles of song within it - this is a full blown country and western ballad.

"I've been U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D, I can't bring myself to say it, no sirree
I'm a carriage with no marriage, I'm a van without a man
I've been U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D"

Answer: The Phantom Of The Opera

The Vicomte de Chagny is Raoul from "The Phantom Of The Opera."

This is mentioned by the Auctioneer in the Prologue:

"Six, seven. Against you, sir, seven. Eight. Eight once. Selling twice. Sold, to Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny."

And Madame Giry in the first scene with the new managers after The Phantom has made an appearance:

"Monsieur Lefevre paid him twenty thousand francs a month. Perhaps you can afford more, with the Vicomte de Chagny as your patron."

Answer: Volta

Volta is Electra's freezer truck.

Vibert is Rose's last name in "Aspects Of Love."

Victor and Victoria are both characters from "Cats."

Victor is a young grey male and Victoria is a pure white kitten with a gift for dancing. Her dance solo begins the Jellicle Ball.

Answer: Jeeves

A sign on stage at 'An Evening With Bertram Wooster' - a banjo concert which Bertie is performing to aid the Little Wittam Church - says "Come good people, save our steeple."

This is the setting for "Jeeves".

Answer: Giulietta

Giulietta Trapani from "Aspects Of Love."

George goes to visit her at her studio there after he leaves Rose with Alex in Paris. Rose follows him and they eventually marry in Venice.

Christine lives in Paris in "The Phantom Of The Opera."

Syrie is in London in "The Likes Of Us."

Eva is from "Evita" and lives in Buenos Aires.

Answer: Variations

ALW wrote "Variations" for his cellist brother Julian.

He based it on Paganini's 24th caprice and then added 23 variations for the cello and rock band. It premiered in 1977.

In 1982 it was combined with "Tell Me On A Sunday" and became "Song And Dance."

The Second Act is a ballet choreographed to Variations.

Variation 5 is the music to "Unexpected Song."

Answer: Whistle Down The Wind

This is the opening number from "Whistle Down The Wind."

Most of the cast is at a church service and the congregation is singing.

"Open up the vaults
We've got to find the keys
The nights have been growing darker
Even darker now than sin
We'll open the vaults of heaven
The glories are there within"