The play takes place in the late 1960’s where two single girls, El and Grace, work in a big metropolitan city. They share an apartment and always meet at a Bus Stop after work to go home together. While waiting for the bus El brings up the fact they made no plans for going on their yearly vacation. It is decided that instead of planning their usual vacation around places where they might find prospective husbands, this time they would think differently and focus on more cultural activities. A dynamic opening number “Fall In Love” is sung by both girls. They realize they would need help with this new plan and immediately proceed to a Travel Agency, which is nearby. There they find a worldly-wise Travel Consultant named Miss Parker. She recognizes the girls dilemma and sells them on the idea of not giving up looking for husbands because, after all, “Sex Is Basic” . Miss Parker then calls upon a higher authority “A Travel Agent” [song] —that he’s not an ordinary man, who turns out to be none other than Mr. Big, the owner of the agency. Mr. Big appears on the scene and gives the girls the impression he is a mystical magician and “puts it in the plan to catch a man.” He goes into a monologue of places to visit, but his plan is out of the question because of limited funds. It is decided they could afford a short cruise to the Bahamas.
The cruise certainly proves to be no ordinary one. Miss Parker makes a surprise appearance as the girls are making their way to breakfast, as it was ‘in the plan’. Parker, however, is no help at all and even gets seasick. Waiter confuses her sickness as being in love, “Love Sick Sea Sick” , what’s the difference? During breakfast the girls invite Parker to take a tour with them when they dock at the island. She declines and later goes alone, which turns out to be catastrophic when confronted by a dancer dressed as a Witch Doctor. She is carried onboard and remains in sickbay the rest of trip.
During the cruise El and Grace fall in love with members of the crew and become involved. Towards the end of the cruise we learn Grace, who is idealistic, becomes disappointed in her affair because it wasn’t turning out the way she thought it would. She insists “There Is No Good In Goodbye” [song]. El, on the other hand, is more realistic about life and tells Grace “There Is Good In Goodbye” [song], because “All Is Change” [song], and it is better to accept things and move on. The play ends on a happy note.
[Note: Where’s The Good In Goodbye is a fast moving play with lots of surprises. Although it might remind one of a 1930’s Musical, the conflict that arises in the relationship of two of its main characters can be recognized as happening today. There are 16 songs, 1 optional.
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