Charade

I've worked it out.

Words apart

Those people Who savour Messin' round With words Have something Connect them Cross Disparate Worlds

A couple of great musicals

The Wizard of Oz (1939) Jack and the Beanstalk (1952) Guys and Dolls (1955) West Side Story (1961) The Music Man (1962) Mary Poppins (1964) My Fair Lady (1964) The Sound of Music (1965) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (1971) The Slipper and The Rose (1976) Annie (1982) The…

The show

It is time You sit back That you Enjoy The show Have this programme preface It provides Blow by blow Folk will come up on stage They'll do wondrous things For they'll work And they'll play And they'll dance And they'll sing They’ll find love They'll find joy Provoke audience cheers They’ll lose love They’ll…

Tragedy

Sometimes I think The best thing for me Would be to draw a line under it And call it a tragedy