Scandalous.
Scandalous is a stage musical based on the life of Aimee Semple McPherson.
Cast[]
2005 World Premiere[]
- Carolee Carmello - Aimee Semple McPherson
- Florence Lacey - Minnie Kennedy
2012 Broadway Cast[]
- Carolee Carmello - Aimee Semple McPherson
- Candy Buckley - Minnie Kennedy
- George Hearn - James Kennedy/Brother Bob
- Edward Watts - Robert Semple/David Hutton
- Roz Ryan - Emma Jo Schaeffer
- Elizabeth Ward Land - Louella Parsons
- Andrew Samonsky - Kenneth Ormiston
- Benjamin Howes - Asa Keyes
Plot[]
The musical relates events in the life of early 20th century evangelist and pop culture icon Aimee Semple McPherson. It follows her life and career from her childhood to her controversial death in 1944, focusing on her mysterious kidnapping and the ensuing trial. Other highlights include her becoming the first woman to obtain a radio broadcast license in the United States, her cross-country drive unaccompanied by a man, her multimedia empire that included several newspapers, and her interactions with such contemporaries as Charles Chaplin and William Randolph Hearst.
Musical numbers[]
- Act I
- "Stand Up" – Aimee & Ensemble
- "Minnie's Prayer" – Minnie
- "Why Can't I?" – Aimee
- "He Will Be My Home" – Robert & Aimee
- "Come Whatever May" – Robert & Aimee
- "He Will Be My Home" (Reprise) – Robert, Aimee, James & Minnie
- "That Sweet Lass From Cork" – Ensemble
- "Come Whatever May" (Reprise) – Robert, Aimee & Ensemble
- "How Could You?" – Aimee
- "You Have a Fire" - Aimee & James
- "Minnie's Prayer" (Reprise) – Minnie
- "Follow Me" (Part 1) – Aimee & Ensemble
- "A Girl's Gotta Do What a Girl's Gotta Do" – Emma Jo & Girls
- "Follow Me" (Part 2) - Aimee & Ensemble
- "For Such a Time as This" - Aimee & Ensemble
- Act II
- "Hollywood Aimee" – Reporters
- "Adam and Eve" – Aimee, David & Eve
- "Foursquare March" – Aimee & Ensemble
- "Samson and Delilha" – Aimee, David & Ensemble
- "Hollywood Aimee" (Reprise) – Reports
- "Moses and Pharaoh" – Aimee, David, Emma Jo & Ensemble
- "It's Just You" – Kenneth & David
- "The Coconut Grove" - The Lovely Coconuts, Louella & Reports
- "No Other Choice" – Minnie
- "Hollywood Aimee" (Reprise) - Ensemble
- "Lost or Found?" - Aimee, Asa & Ensemble
- "What Does It Profit?" - Aimee
- "I Have a Fire" - Aimee & Ensemble