The FRANKENSTEIN World Premiere Recording features all of the essential and most memorable songs and scenes from the New York production.

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ACT ONE

1. PRELUDE

2. A GOLDEN AGE

3. FIND YOUR WAY HOME/
         GOLDEN AGE Pt. 2

4. AMEN

5. BIRTH TO MY CREATION

6. 1:15 A.M.

7. DEAR VICTOR/BURN THE
         LABORATORY

8. THE HANDS OF TIME

9. YOUR FATHER'S EYES

10. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 1

11. THE WAKING NIGHTMARE

12. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 2

13. THE MUSIC OF LOVE

14. THE CREATURE'S TALE Part 3

15. WHY?

16. THE PROPOSITION

ACT TWO

17. A HAPPIER DAY

18. THE MODERN PROMETHEUS

19. ANOTHER LIKE HIM

20. THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART

21. AN ANGEL'S EMBRACE

22. THE WORKINGS OF THE HEART
        Reprise

23. THESE HANDS

24. THE CHASE

25. THE COMING OF THE DAWN

26. AMEN Reprise

TRACK 8: THE HANDS OF TIME

ELIZABETH:

SO MANY WORRIED MONTHS
WITHOUT A SINGLE LETTER
WON'T YOU ALLAY OUR FEARS
MY DARLING?

HENRY:

SUCH TROUBLING NEWS WE'VE HEARD
GREAT FIRES AND ACCUSATIONS
AND YET FROM YOU, MY TRUSTED FRIEND
THERE'S SILENCE

ELIZABETH & HENRY:

RACING EVER TOWARD TOMORROW, WHY DO WE?

HENRY: COULD HE NOT STAY HERE AT OUR SIDE?

ELIZABETH: COULD I NOT HOLD HIM IN MY ARMS FOREVER?

HENRY: COULD WE CHANGE THE WORLD...

ELIZABETH: ...AND SOMEHOW LEAVE THINGS JUST AS THEY'RE DESIGNED?

ELIZABETH & HENRY:

WOULD THAT BE A CRIME?
IF WE TRIED TO STAY THE HANDS OF TIME

MAN: It was THAT man! Frankenstein!

WOMAN: I saw him running from the courtyard!

UNIVERSITY OFFICIAL: What were you doing locked up in that laboratory?!

WILLIAM:

SO MANY YEARS APART
I BARELY KNOW YOU, VICTOR
WHAT IF WE NEVER MEET AGAIN, MY BROTHER?

JUSTINE:

A TIME FOR EVERYTHING
YOU'LL LEARN SWEET MASTER WILLIAM
THE SILENT BONDS WE SHARE WITH FAMILY
ARE THOSE THAT SHALL ENDURE

BOTH: ...FOR ALWAYS

PHYSICIAN: The patient is in a state of mental shock. Any inquests into the events at the University will have to await his full recovery.

ELIZABETH & HENRY: RACING EVER TOWARD TOMORROW, WHY DO WE?

ELIZABETH: YOUR FATHER LONGS FOR YOUR

JUSTINE: A YOUNG BOY NEEDS A BROTHER'S HAND TO GUIDE HIM

ELIZABETH: REACH INTO THE PAST

HENRY: MAKE THE WORLD THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE

ELIZABETH & HENRY: LET THE DAYS UNWIND
REVERSE THE EVER-TWISTING HANDS OF TIME

VICTOR: No... no... get away... DEVIL!

HENRY: WHERE HAVE YOU GONE MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND?

ELIZABETH: THE TWISTING HANDS OF TIME, THEY TURN IN ONE DIRECTION

HENRY: WALK WITH ME AGAIN

ELZIABETH: AND DRAW US EVER TOWARD TOMORROW

WILLIAM: WHEN WILL YOU RETURN? I FEAR WE'LL NEVER MEET AGAIN

JUSTINE: A FAM'LY LASTS FOREVER    
A YOUNG BOY NEEDS A BROTHER'S HAND

ALL:

THE TWISTING HANDS OF TIME
THEY TURN IN ONE DIRECTION
AND DRAW US EVER TOWARD ANOTHER DAY
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR

ELIZABETH: MY DARLING...

HENRY: COMPANION...

JUSTINE: GOOD MASTER...

WILLIAM: DEAR BROTHER...