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Position:Home>Theater & Acting> Is Rosie Alvarez in the musical bye bye birdie Hispanic?Question:i want her part in my school musical Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i want her part in my school musical Look at the lyrics to the song she sings (Spanish Rose) for a clue. She says she is from Allentown PA, but if her boyfriend's mother, Mae, thinks she is a Spanish Rose, she will act like one. I'm just a Spanish tamale according to Mae Right off the boat from the tropics far far away Which is kind of funny Since where I come from is Allentown, Pa Spanish! Ok, may I'll be Spanish Right after I've married Alberto I'll be the toast of chi-chi Costanango, And all day long my castanets will click! I'll hide behind my fan and do the tango! I'll be so Spanish it'll make you sick! I'll eat the tacos and the enchilada! I'll drink Tequila till I feel no pain! The only song I'll sing will be "Granada"! I'll be more "espa?ol" than Abbe Lane! Coo coo coo La cuc.........racha Ssssso Call me the wild Spanish rose! The craziest flower that grows I'll kick up my heels and see How it feels to be sultry Spanish rose Olé! Behind my mantilla I will pose The beauty that nobody knows! So regal and cool, exciting and cruel, That's me! Spanish rose (My name Rosita Hernandez!) (You'll buy my "tortilla"!) (You like me, yes? No? Maybe? "Eeyuckh!") "Americano" let me give you a bit of advice To cross Spanish do not twice Your match you have found So don't mess around Her heart is cold as ice! With Albert I will dance to the bolero We'll cha cha in the nicest honky tonks Hell wear a little mustache and sombrero My handsome Latin lover from the Bronx So now that you've met Spanish rose Never forget Spanish rose Shell taunt you, Shell tame you but what man can blame you For worshiping Spanish rose. Not Danish Not British Not Swedish Not Yiddish But span............................ish Rosa! So no, she is not especially Hispanic, though she does look like she is. The song is more of a send up of the idea that just because she looks exotic that she must be some kind of wild character, but, in fact, she just wants to marry Albert, settle down and be a housewife. However, to play the part of Rosie, you do need to be able to play it up for this song. For more of a clue about her character, look at the song "An English Teacher" where she talks about how she really wants him to settle down too so she can be a teacher's wife He's going in the Army It's the best thing he could do Now we're free to start to do What we wanted to Albert, Albert, A-A-A-Albert! I remember how you told me I should trust you for a year It would just be for a year But it's eight years, Albert! Eight long years, Albert! Albert: Rosie, it takes time to go to business. Rosie: It was only a sideline That's what you said You just needed some money That's what you said You were going to college and get ahead Instead of being a music business bum You were going to NYU And become an English teacher An English teacher, an English teacher. If only you'd been an English teacher We'd have a little apartment in Queens You'd get a summer vacation And we would know what life means A man who's got his masters Is really someone How proud I'd be if you had become one It could have been such a wonderful life I could have been Mrs. Peterson Mrs. Albert Peterson, Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson, The English teacher's wife! Albert: Oh Rosie, I told you as soon as I get a few bucks ahead... Rosie: You said it before, Albert! And along came Conrad Birdie... And it was goodbye Jeffery Josser Hello William Morris Goodbye NYU, Hello all ALMAELOU 'Cause when you wrote Conrad's first hit Agha-bagha-boo Then I knew that was it You were through with English Forever... An English teacher is really someone How proud I'd be if you had become one It could have been such a wonderful life I could have been Mrs. Peterson Mrs. Albert Peterson, Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson, The English teacher's wife! |