Brigadoon
Overview
 
Brigadoon is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner
Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre for both the stage and on film...

 and music by Frederick Loewe. Songs from the musical, such as "Almost Like Being in Love
Almost Like Being in Love
"Almost Like Being in Love" is a popular song published in 1947. The music was written by Frederick Loewe, and the lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner....

" have become standards.

It tells the story of a mysterious Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 village that appears for only one day every hundred years, though to the villagers, the passing of each century seems no longer than one night. The enchantment is viewed by them as a blessing rather than a curse, for it saved the village from destruction.
Quotations

"Well, most of my friends who have inferiority complexes are absolutely right. They're NOT as good as everybody else!"

"If they want to disregard two hundred years of human bing-bang, that's their privilege."

"There's nothing a woman hates more than her fiancee's best friend. He knows all the secrets she's going to spend the rest of her life trying to find out."

"You're confused, aren't you, boy? If you believed as much as you thought you believed, you wouldn't be confused."

"It's the hardest thing in the world to give everything. Though it's usually the only way to get everything."

"I told you if you love someone deeply enough anything is possible. Even... miracles?"

"Why do people have to lose things to find out what they really mean?" ~ Tommy Albright

 
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