SCENES & MUSICAL NUMBERS
The action takes place between 1887 and 1927 along the Mississippi River and in Chicago

ACT I

Overture
Scene 1: The Levee at Natchez on the Mississippi River, 1897
Cotton Blossom - Company
Where's the Mate for me? - Ravenal
Only Make Believe - Ravenal, Magnolia
Ol' Man River - Joe, Men
Scene 2: The Kitchen Pantry on the Cotton Blossom
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man - Julie, Queenie, Joe, Company
Scene 3: A Riverfront Gambling Saloon in Natchez
Till Good Luck Comes My Way - Company, Ravenal
Scene 4: The Auditorium and Stage on the Cotton Blossom
Mis'ry's Comin' Aroun' - Queenie, Women, Company
Scene 5: The Windows if Magnolia's and Ravenal's Cabins on the Cotton Blossom
I Have the Room Above Her - Ravenal, Magnolia
Scene 6: The Box Office on the Cotton Blossom in Fort Adams, three weeks later
Life Upon the Wicked Stage - Ellie, Girls
Queenie's Ballyhoo - Queenie, Ensemble
Scene 7: The Auditorium and Stage on the Cotton Blossom
Scene 8: The Upper Deck of the Cotton Blossom, later that night
You Are Love - Ravenal, Magnolila
Scene 9: The Levee at Natchez, the next morning
Act I Finale - The Wedding Celebration - Company

ACT II

Entre'acte
Scene 1: The Levee at Natchez, two years later, 1889
Scene 2: Magnolia's and Ravenal's Cabin on the Cotton Blossom
Why Do I Love You? - Ravenal, Magnolia, Ensemble
Scene 3: Montage I, 1898 - 1899
Outside the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, 1899-1993
Dandies on Parade - City Folk
The Levee at Natchez six years later, 1899
Outside the Palmer House
Scene 4: A Room in a Chicago Boarding House
Scene 5: St. Agatha's Convent in Chicago
Alma Redemptoris - Nuns Choir
Ol' Man River (Reprise) - Joe
Make Believe (Reprise) - Ravenal
Scene 6: The Trocadero Nightclub in Chicago
The Washington Post March
Bill - Julie
Can't Help Loving Dat Man (Reprise) - Magnolia
Scene 7: Outside the Palmer House on New Year's Eve, ringing in the year 1900
Scene 8: The Trocadero Nightclub, later that night
The Washington Post March
Good-bye, My Lady Love - Ellie, Frank
After the Ball - Magnolia, Andy, Ensemble
Scene 9: Montage II - 1900 - 1921
Outside the Palmer House
Ol' Man River (Reprise) - Joe
Scene 10: The Levee at Natchez, six years later, 1927
Dance Away the Night - Magnolia
You Are Love (Reprise) - Ravenal
Scene 11: On the Levee at Natchez, a couple of nights later
Why do I Love You? (Reprise) - Kim, Parthy
Kim's Charleston - Kim, Parthy and Ensemble
Act II Finale - Joe and the Company

"Bill" Lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse and Revised by Oscar Hammerstein II
"Good-bye, My Lady Love" Music and Lyrics by Joseph E. Howard
"After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris
"The Washington Post March" by John Philip Sousa