Book: Joel Shatzky; Lyrics: Composer & Shatzky
revised as one-act cabaret for 2 people (48′) 14 numbers:
1) The Real Realpolitik
2) I Am I… Or Am I? – Why Do I Love Him?
3) We’re Right Because We’re Right
4) The Geneticist’s Song
5) The SDI Waltz (arr. of op. 87, text by composer)
6) Deniability
7) Side by Side with Cyanide
8) Just a Little Favor
9) A Girl Without Morals
10) Tell Me, What Is Love? [expanded version]
11) Superspy
12) A Cure for Everything
13) An Upbeat Ending
14) Superspy-Realpolitik (Encore)
prem. by Helene Williams & composer,
US Peace Committee-Paris 7/7/89; NY 11/18/89
also perf. 2/22/90 Nassau Community College Little Theater;
Chelsea Mansion, E. Norwich (Nassau Cty Ofc of Cultural Dev) 10/20/90;
and Turtle Bay Music School, sponsored by Center for Contemporary Opera
11/17-18/90; command perf for Tom Lehrer, Santa Cruz, 12/91.