Douglas Sills, in full Percy regalia, enters and starts singing along with them. He and Ron vie for the spotlight.
Next, Rachel York and Rex Smith show up in costume, then Christine Andreas and Terry Mann, and each battle their counterparts for space.
With so many people on stage singing, bumping into and tripping over each other, the song quickly comes to a halt.
The actors devolve into bickering over who should receive credit for originating each of the characters.
Swords are drawn, wigs are snatched from people's heads, and chaos ensues.
As the argument reaches fever pitch, Frank Wildhorn commands their attention when he enters with Linda Eder to announce his latest Broadway musical adventure--Veterans of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
He says the show will run for a year, be overhauled and run another year, close, go on tour, and reopen at a new theater with a new cast.
When the former/current cast members learn they won't be included in the new production, they become incensed and drag Frank to the guillotine.
The blade falls, Frank's baseball cap falls into the basket, and Linda screams and breaks into sobs.
But all learn it was merely a theater trick when Frank steps out from behind the guillotine, orders the stage hands to tie up the cast, and grabs Linda for a passionate kiss.
A yacht rises from the stage, and our hero and heroine head for home.
Onward ho!
Amy Lovett