Vivian Blaine credited as playing...
Miss Adelaide
- Miss Adelaide: And what was that about?
- Nathan Detroit: His wife's having a baby.
- Miss Adelaide: But why is he asking you?
- Nathan Detroit: He's nervous, it's his first wife.
- Nathan Detroit: I have been running the crap game since I was a juvenile delinquent.
- Miss Adelaide: Speaking of chronic conditions, happy anniversary.
- Nathan Detroit: [to Nicely and Benny] Take Adelaide to the Hot Box. In a cab.
- Miss Adelaide: But it's only a couple of blocks.
- Nathan Detroit: The streets are covered with tourists and I do not want you molested.
- Miss Adelaide: Now, Nathan, how could you think I was Lt. Brannigan? We don't even use the same perfume.
- Benny Southstreet: [about the cab that Nathan told him to take Adelaide to the Hot Box in] But who's going to pay for it?
- Miss Adelaide: I am, of course!
- Miss Adelaide: Nathan, no matter how terrible a fellow seems, you can never be sure that some girl won't go for him. Take us.
- Miss Adelaide: In Rhode Island people do not remain engaged for 14 years. They get married.
- Nathan Detroit: So how come it's such a small state?