Once On This Island - Musical Numbers

Musical Numbers

Note: This is the song list from the original Broadway production

  • Prologue/"We Dance" - Storytellers
  • "One Small Girl" - Mama Euralie, Tonton Julian, Little Ti Moune, and Storytellers
  • "Waiting for Life" - Ti Moune and Storytellers
  • "And the Gods Heard Her Prayer" - Asaka, Agwe, Erzulie, and Papa Ge
  • "Rain" - Agwe and Storytellers
  • "Pray" - Ti Moune, Mama Euralie, Tonton Julian, Guard and Storytellers
  • "Forever Yours" - Ti Moune, Daniel and Papa Ge
  • "The Sad Tale of the Beauxhommes" - Armand and Storytellers )
  • "Ti Moune"- Ti Moune, Mama Euralie, Tonton Julian
  • "Mama Will Provide" - Asaka and Storytellers
  • "Waiting for Life" (Reprise) - Ti Moune
  • "Some Say" - Storytellers
  • "The Human Heart" - Erzulie and Storytellers
  • "Pray" (Reprise) - Storytellers
  • "Some Girls" - Daniel
  • "The Ball" - Andrea, Daniel, Ti Moune, and Storytellers
  • "When We Are Wed" - Andrea, Daniel and Ti Moune
  • "Forever Yours" (Reprise) - Papa Ge, Ti Moune, Erzulie, and Storytellers
  • "A Part of Us" - Mama Euralie, Tonton Julian, Little Ti Moune, and Storytellers
  • "Why We Tell the Story" - Storytellers

Cut songs include "Come Down From the Tree" and "When Daniel Marries". "Come Down From the Tree", was a song for Mama Euralie; it is included in several recordings, including Audra McDonald's How Glory Goes.

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