DANIEL: (spoken) I blew it, honey. I'm so sorry. You ok? LYDIA: I don't know how I'm supposed to feel I mean I've seen your wedding video You said you'd love each other for forever (unaudible) So where did that go? DANIEL: (spoken) I don't know LYDIA: You and Mom were always good at acting like the perfect pair So why can't you just keep it going? Acting like the love's still there? Maybe you could just pretend Say that you could just pretend A little more If you could just pretend We could still be a family DANIEL: (spoken) We probably could but we'd be a pretend family. We'd be acting. You can't act twenty-four hours a day. It's not real. Acting...acting's just a job. LYDIA: (spoken) And it's your job to be our father! DANIEL: (spoken) No. It is a joy to be your father. And that is not pretend That would never be pretend (spoken) I don't play the part of your father, ok? I am your father. Always. It's the one wonderful thing that I have in my life. LYDIA: I just don't know anymore what is real or what is true But your love for Mom has ended Then could your love for me end too? DANIEL: (spoken) What? No! That could never end LYDIA: (spoken) Why not? DANIEL: My love for you could never end, Lydia (spoken) You know that, don't you? Promise me, you know that. Yeah? LYDIA: (spoken) Yeah. BOTH: That will never end My love for you will never end My love for you will never end Never DANIEL: I always pictured what our life would be And this isn't that at all LYDIA: I guess we'll have to make a new picture now And hang it on the wall DANIEL: (spoken) A new picture? LYDIA: (spoken) Mhmm DANIEL: (spoken) Right. God, you grew up fast LYDIA: (spoken) One of us had to
Rob McClure Daniel Hillard / Mrs Doubtfire Annalise Scarpaci Lydia Hillard Just Pretend Mrs. Doubtfire The Musical Original Broadway Cast Stephen Sondheim Theatre New York City
