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* [[Dramatic Irony]]: A corollary of the [[Back to Front]] structure - when the audience sees the characters' relationships developing or at a turning point they've already seen them go wrong. Especially strong and poignant during "Our Time", an inspring and optimistic song in the last ([[Back to Front|or first]]) scene when Frank and Charley meet Mary for the first time and they reflect on how their generation will change the world.

* [[Engaging Conversation]]: Subverted--in the final scene (first chronologically), Mary compliments Frank's music, compelling him to say "I've just met the girl I'm going to marry". He never does, however.

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]] / [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The original production featured a pre-[[Seinfeld]] Jason Alexander as Joe.

* [[Hollywood Tone Deaf]]: The auditioning girl in "Opening Doors." "Sopranos with voices like bees" indeed.

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Frank to Mary, even throughout twenty years and two disastrous marriages.

* [[Opening Chorus]]

* [[Take That, Critics!]]: Played with when Joe makes the same criticisms of Frank's work that many have made of Sondheim's work.

* [[Trade Your Passion for Glory]]

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