Bright Star

Musical

Writers: Steve Martin Edie Brickell

Songs

Act One

  • If You Knew My Story- Alice and Ensemble
  • She’s Gone- Daddy Cane and Billy
  • Bright Star- Billy and Ensemble
  • Way Back in the Day- Alice and Ensemble
  • Whoa, Mama- Jimmy, Alice, and Ensemble
  • Firmer Hand/Do Right- Daddy Murphy, Mama Murphy, Alice, and Ensemble
  • A Man’s Gotta Do- Mayor Dobbs and Jimmy
  • Asheville- Margo and Ensemble
  • *Picnic Dance- Stanford, Ensemble
  • What Could Be Better- Jimmy, Alice, and Ensemble
  • I Can’t Wait- Alice, Jimmy, and Ensemble
  • Please, Don’t Take Him- Mayor Dobbs, Alice, Daddy Murphy, Mama Murphy, Stanford Adams, and Ensemble
  • A Man’s Gotta Do (Reprise)- Mayor Dobbs and Ensemble

Act Two

  • Entr’acte- Orchestra
  • Sun’s Gonna Shine- Alice, Mama Murphy, Margo, Daddy Cane, Edna, Florence, and Ensemble
  • Heartbreaker- Jimmy
  • *Another Round- Lucy, Darryl, Billy, and Ensemble
  • I Had a Vision- Alice and Jimmy
  • Always Will- Billy, Margo, and Ensemble
  • I Can’t Wait (Reprise)- Ensemble
  • So Familiar- Alice and Ensemble
  • At Long Last- Alice and Ensemble
  • Finale- Ensemble

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.

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