

The Man in the Yellow Suit visits the Fosters and convinces Betsy to give Treegap Wood to him if he can safely bring Winnie home ("Everything's Golden (Reprise)"). The Tucks then lament what it means to be stuck in time forever, and aim to live more fully in the coming years ("Time (Reprise)"). Winnie talks to Miles about his son Thomas, whom Mae mentioned earlier, and Miles shares how he has not seen Thomas in eighty years ("Time"). The Tucks discover that Jesse has asked Winnie to drink the water and become angry with him. Back at the Tucks' house, Winnie contemplates Jesse's proposal ("Seventeen (Reprise)"). The Man in the Yellow Suit celebrates his victory with those from the traveling fair ("Everything's Golden"). The Man in the Yellow Suit overhears Jesse's speech and decides to follow the Tucks to get to the enchanted water. They leave the fair and sit on top of the Treegap water tower, where Jesse convinces Winnie to drink the water when she turns seventeen so they can be married ("Seventeen"). Still, she eventually decides to sneak out with Jesse to go to the fair ("Join the Parade (Reprise)").Īt the fair, Winnie and Jesse play games and decide to become friends that travel the world together ("Partner in Crime"). Winnie decides that staying in the Tuck family's attic is its own kind of adventure ("The Attic"). Winnie stays the night with the Tucks and, while finding clothes for Winnie to wear, Mae tells her the story of the day when her husband, Angus proposed to her ("My Most Beautiful Day"). The Tucks, across the wood from the Fosters, tell Winnie the history of the Tuck family, and how they have become immortal by drinking the water in Treegap Wood ("The Story of the Tucks"). After, he and Miles kidnap Winnie and bring her back to the Tucks' house to keep her from revealing their secret.īack at the Foster home, Betsy has called on Constable Joe and his son Hugo to search for Winnie ("Hugo's First Case, Parts 1 and 2"). To keep her from doing the same, Jesse offers to show her what he calls the top of the world, as seen from the trees ("Top of the World"). There she meets Jesse Tuck, who drinks from the spring. Desperate to see the fair, Winnie Foster opens the gate and runs into the Wood after the faint sound of a music box ("Good Girl, Winnie Foster (Reprise)"). She wishes for a life bigger than their living room and wants to explore Treegap Wood ("Good Girl, Winnie Foster").Īfter running outside once again, Winnie encounters a parade led by the Man in the Yellow Suit that leads to the fair ("Join the Parade"). Winnie goes into her house, where she spends most of her time with her mother Betsy, and her grandmother now that her father has died. The show opens in Treegap, New Hampshire, where the various characters name what they want most in the world: Winnie Foster, to go to the fair Mae Tuck, to see her sons again Jesse Tuck, to take in the familiar sights of Treegap Miles Tuck, to be unstuck in time and the Man in the Yellow Suit, to "learn the secret" of Treegap Wood and become immortal ("Live Like This"). The production closed on May 29, 2016, after 39 performances. It began Broadway previews on Maand opened on April 26, 2016, at the Broadhurst Theatre, in New York City. The musical had its premiere at the Alliance Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2015. It features music by Chris Miller, lyrics by Nathan Tysen and a book by Claudia Shear and Tim Federle, with direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw. Tuck Everlasting is a musical based upon the American children's novel Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt.
