Research Playwrights, Librettists, Composers and Lyricists Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! Lyrics to Promises, Promises Broadway musical. While he admits to the affairs, he declares his love for Fran, but tells her that he must leave in order to catch his train home to spend Christmas Eve with his family. While talking together she wonders if she will ever find someone to share her life with. To curry favor with higher-ups in the company, he allows his apartment to be used for their romantic trysts in return for promises of promotion ("Upstairs"). Sheldrake, the company's powerful personnel director, notices the glowing reviews written by Chuck's superiors and deduces the reason for them. J.D. Miss Olsen, Sheldrake's secretary, reveals to Fran that she is simply the latest in a long line of Sheldrake's mistresses. The next morning Chuck calls Sheldrake to let him know what happened. Sheldrake says he can't leave for the city without his wife knowing and asks Chuck to take care of Fran ("Christmas Day"). Chuck has his own eye set on Fran Kubelik, a waitress in the company cafeteria whom he's always admired from a distance. Mr. Kirkeby, one of Chuck's former 'clients', discovers that Fran has been staying at Chuck's apartment, so as revenge for cutting him and the others off from using the apartment he tells Fran's overly protective brother where she has been staying.
A despondent Chuck spends Christmas Eve trying to drink away his troubles at a bar, where he meets another tipsy lonelyheart, Marge MacDougall, who agrees to come back to his apartment ("A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing"). Musical numbers for the original Broadway production were choreographed by Michael Bennett.
After quickly disposing of Marge, a frantic Chuck gets his neighbor, Dr. Dreyfuss, to come over and together they save her life. For other uses, see "Songs from the musical include the title tune, which was an international hit for This article is about the musical.
Deciding that he has to get away, Chuck begins packing to move elsewhere when Fran comes to see him. Chuck refuses and quits his job rather than allow Sheldrake to take Fran to his apartment ever again ("Promises, Promises"). When he informs the other executives that his apartment is no longer available for their use, they express dismay ("Where Can You Take a Girl?"). He requests sole use of the apartment for his affairs in exchange for Chuck's long-awaited promotion and tickets to a basketball game ("Our Little Secret"). She quits her job and tells Mrs. Sheldrake all about her husband's affairs. Sheldrake asks for the keys to Chuck's apartment again on New Year's Eve to take Fran there. Sign up today to unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. Chuck asks Fran to attend the basketball game with him, and she agrees to meet him there after first having a drink with her soon-to-be ex-lover ("She Likes Basketball"). A reading for a revival of the musical was held in October 2008 with This production ran from January to February, directed by Bronagh Lagan with Gabriel Vick in the role of Chuck and Daisy Maywood as Fran.Chuck Baxter is an ambitious bachelor and junior executive for a large insurance company, Consolidated Life, who expresses his frustrations and hopes for career advancement ("Half as Big as Life"). "Promises, Promises" - Chuck "I'll Never Fall In Love Again (reprise)" + - Chuck & Fran; 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. Though Fran stands him up, Chuck forgives her. A despairing Fran discovers Chuck's sleeping pills and takes the whole bottle ("Whoever You Are").
She leaves him, resulting in his desperation to woo Fran back. Karl Kubelik then comes to the apartment to collect her, and believing that Chuck is the cause of her current state he punches Chuck. (In the 2010 revival, the song "I Say a Little Prayer For You" was added for a scene in which Fran tells female workmates about flowers she has received from a new "mystery individual".)