- Players, have you ever had that dream
where you've been on stage and you haven't known your lines?
(players laughing)
- Yeah. - Yeah.
- Scott.
(bright piano music)
Lights up on a small New England town.
(stirring piano music)
It's spring, but winter has left a hint of dew upon the air.
A local newsie shouts today's headline.
- Extra, extra, read all about it!
The fish are gone!
Where'd they go?
I don't know.
But it's not my job, because I don't write the paper,
I just distribute it.
- That is so funny, given what I have next.
A fisherman hawks their catch of the day.
- Oh, I got a whole batch of nothing!
'Cause they're all gone, it's just water out there!
- Two old women gossip on a nearby porch.
♪ Did you hear about the fish? ♪
(bright piano music)
♪ Did you hear about Gladys? ♪
♪ Sorry, your thing sounds bigger ♪
♪ No, I heard that Gladys stole the fish ♪
♪ Oh, right, okay, so it was the same thing ♪
♪ Gladys went out on a schooner ♪
♪ And caught all the fish ♪
♪ I heard it was tuna ♪
♪ She caught on the schooner ♪
- Welcome to the mountain/seaside town
(stirring piano music) of Mountport.
- [Players] Ooh.
- How is that geologically possible, you ask?
(graceful piano music)
Theater, I suppose.
And like so many musicals, ours begins with a group number
to introduce you, the audience, to town.
In a scene that will eventually turn into a song,
from the Official Cast Recording, I give you,
(stirring piano music) Welcome to Mountport.
- Good morning!
- [Zeke and Zach] Good morning!
- Hello, hello there!
- Hello. - Oh, hey, you down there!
- Hey, Timothy.
- Yeah?
- You're not allowed on the street anymore,
and you know why.
- Why?
- On account of the crimes.
- Okay, I guess I'll go back indoors.
- Oh, it's another foggy day,
where the ocean marine layer gets stuck
in our mountain range.
- That's right. - But I wouldn't have it
any other way.
♪ Oh, the mountain's over there next to the sea ♪
♪ How can that be? ♪
♪ Well, the mountains stretch from the sky ♪
♪ Right down to the sea ♪
♪ How can that be? ♪ ♪ Like physically ♪
♪ How can that be? ♪
♪ But when you live in Mountainport ♪
♪ You don't ask many questions ♪
♪ Like to say this is impossible ♪
♪ Throw out that suggestion ♪
♪ Yes, the literal name is Mountainport ♪
♪ That's what we're about ♪
♪ But because we're very busy ♪
♪ Very, very busy ♪
♪ We shorten it to Mountport ♪
♪ The mountain is right next to the sea ♪
♪ How can that be? ♪
♪ How can? ♪ ♪ How can? ♪
♪ Don't ask me ♪
- Don't ask me.
- You can ask me!
- Get back inside! - Okay!
(audience applauds) - Holy shit!
- We get a lot of points, Sam? - Yeah,
put the points in there. - Yeah.
Rack 'em up. - Gimme those points.
- What you do is a magic trick.
I'm gonna cut this part,
because it doesn't make me look cool.