​Synopsis

Someone New is the funny, heartwarming, sad, and truthful story about the relationship between the play's main characters Robert Harte and Katherine Keenan as they progress through various love and relationship phases.   The 15 musical numbers in the play tell the story musically:  searching for love in the beginning songs "Won’t", "Something New", "I’ll Love Again", and "Periphescence",  finding love in the songs "I See Her", "Invite Her To Dance", "Keep On Dancing With Me", "A Gentleman", and "First Kiss",  falling in love in the love trilogy "A Contract To Fall In Love", "More Than Anything I Love You", and "Behold My Love", and, finally,  waning love in the ending songs "You Can’t Romance Her In Paris", "Manhattan Holiday", and the sad finale "It’s Not You".   The book in its entirety, including all sheet music, was published in March, 2006 in Granby, CT.   It can be viewed as a PDF file and downloaded by clicking on "download file" above. Initially called Something New,  the authors changed the name to Periphescence (An Old-fashioned Musical)  in 2006, and to Someone New  in 2015.

​Scenes


ACT I

​Scene 1:  The kitchen of Robert Harte’s bachelor pad in Chicago  
  • "WON’T” - Robert
  • “SOMETHING  NEW" - Robert
  • “I’LL LOVE AGAIN”  - Robert
​Scene 2:  A bar in Chicago
  • “PERIPHESCENCE” - Michael
Scene 3:  A wedding reception in Kansas City, Kansas
  • “I SEE HER" - Robert & Katherine
  • “INVITE HER TO DANCE" - Louis
  • ​“KEEP ON DANCING WITH ME” - Robert & Katherine
​Scene 4:  Robert Harte’s house in Chicago
Scene 5:  A luncheon in Kansas City, MO two days after the wedding.
  • "A GENTLEMAN" - Katherine
Scene 6:  Katherine Keenan’s work office in Kansas City, MO

Scene 7:  Katherine Keenan’s work office a week later

Scene 8:  A Cosmetics Counter in Kansas City, Kansas
  • "FIRST KISS" - WIG
Scene 9:  Angelo’s Restaurant in Kansas City, MO
  • "A CONTRACT TO FALL IN LOVE" - Robert & Katherine

ACT II
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Scene 1:  6 months later on a street in Paris
  • "MORE THAN ANYTHING I LOVE YOU" - Katherine
Scene 2:  A restaurant in Montmartre, Paris

Scene 3:  Robert Harte’s house in Chicago
  • “BEHOLD MY LOVE" - Robert
  • “YOU CAN’T ROMANCE HER IN PARIS" - Michael
  • “MANHATTAN HOLIDAY" - Robert
Scene 4:  The living room of Robert Harte’s house in Chicago
  • "IT'S NOT YOU" - Katherine
Scene 5:  Robert Harte’s house in Chicago the next day

Scene 6:  Months later in Robert Harte’s New York Apartment

Scene 7:  A restaurant in New York
  • “SOMETHING NEW”  (Reprise) - Robert

Musical Numbers

Piano - Wendell H. Mills II
Vocals - Vocaloid Miriam Computer Software