Act II
Voice Mail #3
...the phone rings...
Mark:
The funeral is today at 9 a.m. at the Meeting House on 11th Street and Avenue B.
...from the answering machine...
Secretary:
If Mimi Marquez is at this number, please call Dr. White at 338-4322 on Monday, November
2nd between 3:00 and 3:15. Your bloodwork is in and it's vital you talk to the doctor.
Also Mimi- remember you still owe $111.68 on your last bill- the new one will cost
$238.31, making your October balance $349.99 - due immediately. If Mimi is not at
this number, uh...Happy Halloween.
Seasons of Love
Company:
525,600 minutes.
525,000 moments so dear.
525,600 minutes- how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes- how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love? How about love? How about love?
Measure in love.
Seasons of love.
Seasons of love.
Soloist 1:
525,600 minutes!
525,000 journeys to plan.
525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?
Soloist 2:
In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried?
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died?
Company:
It's time now to sing out, although it's not the end.
To celebrate, remember a year in the life of a friend.
Remember the love! Remember the love! Remember the love!
Measure in love.
Seasons of love!
Seasons of love.
Out Tonight
Mimi:
What's the time?
Well it's gotta be close to midnight!
My body's talking to me, it says time for danger.
It says I wanna commit a crime....
Wanna be the cause of a fight.
I wanna put on a tight skirt and pretend you're a stranger!
I've got an itch to be a bitch!
I need to laugh like a child.
C'mon all you ? -
I know a spot, where it's too hot not to go wild!
We don't need any money,
I always get in for free!
You can get in too if you get in with me!
Let's go out tonight!
I hafta go out tonight!
You wanna play, let's run away!
We wont be back till next Valentine's Day!
Take me out tonight!
Meow.
...off, into phone...
Maureen:
Forget me not? I can't forget you, Mark- it's like forgetting a brother,
a friend. That too. Well, thanks for the- Mark, stop crying! No, this is not a phase
I'm going through.
...
Mimi:
I had a knack from way back
of breaking the rules once I learned the games.
Get up - life's too quick!
I know someplace sick-
where this chick will dance in the flames!
When I get a wink from the doorman
do you know how lucky you'll be?
That you're on-line with the feline of Avenue B!
Let's go out tonight!
I hafta go out tonight!
You wanna prowl?
Be my night owl?
Well take my hand we're gonna howl
out tonight!
...off...
Angel:
He loves me- he loves me more...He loves me- he loves me more...He loves me.......
...
Maureen:
It's me.
Joanne:
Traditional Chinese medicine offers a holistic approach - using acupuncture.
Maureen:
Do I care?
Joanne:
Not if you don't!
Maureen:
Kiss?
Joanne:
No- I can't take this!
...
Mimi:
In the evening I've got to roam-
can't sleep in the city of neon and chrome.
Feels to damn much like home
when the Spanish babies cry!
So let's find a bar
so dark we forget who we are,
and all the scars of the nevers and maybes die!
Let's go out tonight!
I hafta go out tonight!
You're sweet, wanna hit the street?
Wanna wail at the moon like a cat in heat!
Just take me out tonight!
Please take me out tonight!
Don't forsake me.
Out tonight!
I'll let you make me out tonight!
Tonight!
Tonight!
Tonight!
Seasons of Love B
Company:
In diapers, report cards, in spoked wheels, in speeding tickets.
In contracts, dollars, in funerals, in births.
In 525,600 minutes- how do you figure a last year on earth?
Figure in love! Figure in love! Figure in love!
Measure in love.
Seasons of love.
Seasons of love.
Voice Mail #4
...the phone rings...
Maureen:
April in the cruelest month. You can reach Joanne at 784-3321. Anyone but Mark-
please leave a message.
...dial tone- Mark hangs up the phone...
Without You
Joanne:
Without you, the ground thaws, the rain falls, the grass grows....
Without you, the seeds root, the flowers bloom, the children play....
The stars gleam, the poets dream, the eagles fly.... without you.
The earth turns, the sun burns- but I die, without you.
Maureen:
Without you, the breeze warms, the girl smiles, the cloud moves....
Without you, the tides change, the boys run, the oceans crash....
The crowds roar, the days soar, the babies cry, without you.
The moon glows, the river flows- but I die, without you.
Both:
The world revives- colors renew....
but I know blue, only blue- lonely blue,
within me blue....
Maureen:
Without you. Without you the hand gropes, the ear hears, the pulse beats.
Both:
Without you, the eyes gaze, the legs walk, the lungs breathe.
Joanne:
The mind churns!
Maureen:
The mind churns!
Joanne:
The heart yearns!
Maureen:
The heart yearns!
Both:
The tears dry, without you.
Life goes on, but I'm gone....
Joanne:
Cause I die, without you.
Maureen:
Without you.
Both:
Without you....
Without you....
Voice Mail #5
...the phone rings...
Collins:
We went to steal an air-conditioner.
Angel:
We'll be right back.
...from the answering machine...
Student:
Um, professor Collins, um, I'll be a freshman in your class this fall. Um, the
summer reading list- um, the bookstore in Dayton didn't have "The Story of O".
So I'm wondering- He said he was going steal an air-conditioner! Maybe this isn't
the right number.
Contact
Random voices:
Um hmmm! You know that's right! Oh yeah baby! Silky silky silky!
Lord have mercy! etc.
All:
Hot-hot-hot-sweat-sweet! Wet-wet-wet-red-heat! Hot-hot-hot-sweat-sweet!
Wet-wet-wet-red-heat! Hot-hot-hot-sweat-sweet! Wet-wet-wet-red-heat!
Sticky-licky-trickle-tickle-steamy-creamy-soaking-stoking!
Collins:
Touch!
Maureen:
Taste!
Mimi:
Deep!
Collins:
Dark!
Maureen:
Kiss!
Collins:
Beg!
Mimi:
Slap!
Mimi & Maureen:
Fear!
Collins:
Thick!
Collins, Mimi, & Maureen:
Red, red, red, red, red, red - please!
Maureen:
Harder!
Angel:
Faster!
Maureen:
Wetter!
Mimi:
Bastard!
Collins:
You whore!
Maureen:
You cannibal!
Mimi & Angel:
More!
Maureen:
You animal!
Collins, Mimi, & Maureen:
Fluid no fluid no contact yes no contact
All:
Fire, fire, burn - burn yes! No latex rubber rubber! Fire latex
rubber latex bummer lover bummer!
Angel:
Take me, take me,
take me, take me- Oh!
Take me! Take me!
Take me! Take me!
Today me, today me!
Tomorrow you- today me!
Tomorrow you!
Take me!
Tomorrow you love!
You love- I love you!
I love you! Oh!
Take me, take me, I love you!
Roger:
Um...
Joanne:
Wait!
Mimi:
Slipped!
Collins:
Shit.
Joanne:
Ow!
Roger:
Where'd it go?
Mimi:
Safe.
Collins:
Damn.
Maureen:
I think I missed - don't get pissed.
All:
It was bad for me! Was it bad for you?
Maureen:
Move over!
Joanne:
Move over!
Roger:
It's over!
Mimi:
It's over!
Collins:
It's over.
I'll Cover You B
Mimi:
Angel was one of my closest friends. I knew we'd hit it off the
moment we met. That skinhead was bothering her, and she said that she was
more of a man he'd ever be - and more of a woman then he'd ever get.
Mark:
And then there was this time when he walked right up to this group of tourists and they
were petrified because A, they were obviously lost and B, had probably never spoken to a
drag queen before in their lives. And he- she- offered to escort them out of
Alphabet City, and then let them take a picture
with her and then said she'd help them find the Circle Line.
Maureen:
You were so much more original then any of us. You'd find an old tablecloth on the
street and turn it into a dress and sure enough: next year they'd be mass producing
them at The Gap. You always said how lucky you felt that we were all friends- but it
was us, wasn't it? We were the lucky ones.
Collins:
Live in my house, I'll be your shelter.
Just pay me back with one thousand kisses.
Be my lover, and I'll cover you.
Open your door, I'll be your tenant.
Don't got much baggage to lay at your feet.
But sweet kisses I've got to spare-
I'll be there and I'll cover you.
I think they meant it when they said you can't buy love-
now I know you can rent it, a new lease you were my love, on life....
All my life, I've longed to discover something as true as this is.
Soloist 1:
So with a thousand sweet kisses, I'll cover you.
With a thousand sweet kisses, I'll cover you.
With a thousand sweet kisses, I'll cover you.
With a thousand sweet kisses, I'll cover you.
Company:
525,600 minutes... 525,000 moments so dear... 525,600 minutes... 525,600 - measure a year.
Collins:
If you're cold and you're lonely....
You've got one nickel only....
When you're worn out and tired....
If your heart has expired!
Collins & company:
Oh lover, I'll cover you!
Oh lover, I'll cover you....
Company:
525,600 minutes... 525,000 seasons of love...
Collins:
I'll cover you!
Goodbye Love
Mimi:
You said that you were leaving town last week.
Roger:
You said that Benny was the most disgusting yuppy scum of the earth.
Benny:
You said you'd never speak to him again.
Mimi:
Not now!
Maureen:
Who said that you have any say in who she says things to at all!
Roger:
Yeah!
Joanne:
You said you'd stick to your own problems.
Maureen:
You said you'd give me some space!
Joanne:
Maureen, we have this fight each night! Why can't you admit you need me?
Mark:
Everyone! Please!
Mimi:
He's the same way- he's always run away, hit the road, don't commit!
You're full of shit!
Benny:
Mimi!
Joanne:
She's in denial!
Mimi:
He's in denial!
Joanne:
Didn't give an inch when I gave a mile!
Mimi:
I gave a mile!
Roger:
When you weren't trashed!
Mark & Benny:
C'mon guys! Chill!
Mimi & Joanne:
I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had!
Maureen:
Oh, give up Joanne!
Mimi & Joanne:
Someone to live for!
Maureen:
I live for you! I do!
Mimi & Joanne:
Unafraid to say I love you!
Roger:
All your words are nice Mimi, but love's not a one-way street! You'll never share real
love until you love yourself - I should know!
Collins:
You all said that you'd be cool tonight - so please, for my sake!
I can't believe he's gone....
I can't believe you're going.
All:
I can't believe this is goodbye.
...everyone but Mark & Roger silently walk away...
Mark:
I hear there are great restaurants out West.
Roger:
Some of the best. How could she?
Mark:
How could you let her go?
Roger:
You just don't know. How could we lose Angel?
Mark:
Maybe you'll see why if you face up to your pain!
At least now if you try Angel's death won't be in vain.
Roger:
His death is in vain!
Mark:
Use your right brain.
There's so much to care about- there's me, there's Mimi.
Roger:
Mimi's got her baggage too.
Mark:
So do you!
Roger:
I don't know what I am, what I know, what to do.
Mark:
Who does?
Roger:
Oh God, Mark! Don't you?
Mark:
Mark has got his work, they say Mark lives for his work, and Mark's in love
with his work- Mark hides in his work.
Roger:
From what?
Mark:
From facing my failure, facing my loneliness, facing the fact I live a lie!
Roger:
You don't live a lie!
Tell you why- you've never finished your film cause the standards you set for yourself are
too high! But the fact remains that you're the one of us with the talent and the
drive. The fact remains Mark, you're the one to survive.
Mark:
I know. I'm afraid the burden's gonna make me crack.
Roger:
If it does just let me know- I'll come back.
Mark:
Why's it easier to return to a friend then to burn with a lover till the end?
Roger:
Not as much to lose!
Mark:
Mimi still loves Roger. Mimi's just with Benny because Mimi's getting weak.
Roger:
Mimi did look pale.
Mark:
Mimi's gotten thin, Mimi's running out of time- Roger's running out the door!
Roger:
No more! Oh no, I've gotta go!
Mark:
Anything you need in Santa Fe....
Roger:
I'll be fine - make your film!
Mark:
Okay. Love you! Call.
Roger:
Love you too. I hate the fall.
...Mimi enters...
Roger:
You heard?
Mimi:
Every word.
You don't want baggage without lifetime guarantees.
You don't want to watch me die.
I just came to say goodbye love.... goodbye love!
Came to say goodbye love, goodbye!
Just came to say goodbye love.... goodbye love!
Goodbye love, goodbye.
Roger:
Right brain - how do I find the right brain? I lost my map!
Mimi:
Goodbye love.... goodbye love!
Came to say goodbye love, goodbye!
Just came to say goodbye love.... goodbye love!
Goodbye love.... hello disease.
Real Estate
Minister:
Hey! I said I didn't want you on these premises and I meant it!
What do you think? We give hand outs here?
Mark:
Is that any way to send a boy to meet his maker?
They should have known we couldn't pay the undertaker.
Benny:
What happened to rest in peace?
Mark:
It's true! And they wouldn't even take an IOU. I give up!
Benny:
Don't worry about him! I'll take care of it.
Allison make a note- church donation.
Mark:
It must be nice to have money.
Benny:
It is.
Mark:
I don't know why I do this anymore.
I'm all alone, my film's no prize-
But I've got the stuff- at least everybody says so.
My friends have flown or are dropping like flies,
and if that's not enough I'm in love with a lezbo!
My rent is due, my family's nuts.
I haven't had sex in a millennium.
I'm stuck with you, I hate your guts!
And it's only ten am!
Benny:
Have you considered real estate?
Mark:
Real estate?
Benny:
Real estate! Have you considered real estate, as a career? Could you consider
real estate?
Mark:
Let me get this straight...
Benny:
Could be great!
Cohen and Coffin - like Helmsley and Spheare!
I know it may it sound silly- it's a notion I've had for a while.
Imagine us as affiliates: we could go to town!
My savvy- your smile!
There's art in every deal-
create with bricks and steel!
Mark:
Real estate... I don't know...
Blockbuster Rep:
What's with him?
Mark:
I start work I don't complete.
Am I uninspired, or just a perfectionist?
I'm such a jerk, I don't compete.
I can't get hired as a PA or a projectionist.
I hate my hair and my goatee.
I talk in my sleep, but no one's there to listen.
Why do I care about film or TV?
What they ever do for me?
Benny:
Have you considered real estate?
Blockbuster Rep:
Real estate.
Benny:
Real estate!
Mark:
I should consider real estate. My life is a dump.
Benny:
Do consider real estate!
Mark:
Real estate!
Benny:
We'll collaborate! Any fool can do it, witness Donald Trump!
Mark:
Maybe it's time to stop carousing, do something else more fulfilling.
Couldn't we build low income housing?
Benny:
That's an idea! I mean it! Really!
Mark:
It does have its appeal.
Benny:
Doing for the commonweal!
Mark & Benny:
Real estate!
Blockbuster Rep:
Anyway, there ain't no money in documentary film!
I said there ain't no money in documentary film!
And I know there ain't no money cause folks get funny-
they like things sunny, not truthful honey!
There ain't no money in documentary film!
Any idiot can turn on a camera and shoot hobos!
Developing property requires vision.
Take that site over there!
Last year empty lot - next year super store!
Last year filthy bum-
Mark:
Person!
Blockbuster Rep:
Okay filthy person!
Next year automatic double doors!
Last year cardboard boxes filled with strangers-
next year Might Morphin' Power Rangers!
Mark:
I'm doomed forever to be poor.
...simultaneously...
Blockbuster Rep:
Ain't no money in documentary films!
Ain't no money in documentary films!
There ain't no money cause folks get funny-
they like things sunny, not truthful honey!
There ain't no money in documentary films!
Mark:
Ain't no money in documentary films!
Ain't no money in documentary films!
I can't consider real estate, so sue me.
I can't consider real estate- I cannot deal.
I'll be fine, I'll give it a whirl.
The film may suck but I'll never stop.
I'll go find myself a girl.
You got that all- its definitely a lot!
...
Benny:
Meet you back in Scarsdale!
Blockbuster Rep:
Last year crummy boho goon- next year corporate tycoon!
Benny:
A team like Snow White and a Dwarf! Like Edwin Coch and Steven Gorne!
Mark:
I'll never have that kind of zeal as my expose will soon reveal!
I'm just not cut out for....
All:
Real estate!
Open Road
Roger:
Open road....
Why does love erode?
Get away- you can't stay away!
Look away from the mirror now-
look straight out ahead, that's how.
But how can you let her go?
Let her go....
No, you can't her can't save the world-
better save your heart.
Start to close the door.... look for open road.
Open road....
Why can't I crack love's code?
Time to fly.... no time to say goodbye.
Goodbye!
Just try to forget her face-
just get yourself in the race.
There's a place that you have to go, have to go.
No, you can't heal their pain-
better heal your heart.
Start your motor up, take up open road.
There's a hit and run cat on the highway.
Another cat sits saying a prayer.
I swear as I pass she's glaring my way.
Where did my love go, cry her eyes!
Where did my love go?
Operator:
The number you have reached 675-8304 has been disconnected.
...dial tone...
Roger:
Where did my love go?
No, you can't forget her eyes,
but still protect your heart.
As you start for home- breathe it in and slow.
You don't have to go if your heart is open....
your heart is open.... your heart is open road!
Voice Mail #6
...the phone rings...
Mark & Roger:
SPEAK!!
...from the answering machine...
Roger's Mom:
Roger, this is your mother!
Roger honey, I don't get these postcards!
Moving to Santa Fe, back in New York, moving to Brooklyn....
Roger where are you?
Roger where are you?
Please call.....
Mimi's Mom:
Mimi, chica, donde estas?
Tu mama- esta llamando.
Donde estas Mimi call....
Mr. Jefferson:
Muffin, wherever are you? Call....
Mark's Mom:
Mark, are you there, are you there?
I don't know if he's there!
We're all here, wishing you were here too!
Where are you Mark?
Are you there are you- where are you?
Mark are you there?
Are you there?
I don't know if- please call your mother!
On the Street #3
Homeless people:
Christmas bells are ringing....
Christmas bells are ringing....
Christmas bells are ringing-
how time flies- when compassion dies!
No stockings, no candy canes, no ginger bread,
no safety net, no loose change, no change, no....
Homeless man:
Santa Claus is coming!
Homeless people:
Cause Santa Claus aint coming!
No room at the Holiday Inn- again!
Well maybe next year or when!
Finale
Roger:
If I got a rope and hung myself, my face bright blue, my sneakers dangling in the air!
Mark:
If I bought an AK-47, shot myself, would anyone care?
Roger:
Like Quentin Tarantino!
Mark:
Fuck, what does he know?
Both:
How we gonna pay?
How we gonna pay?
How we gonna pay last years-
...Collins enters...
Collins:
Salutations! I had a little hunch, you could use a little flow.
Roger:
Tutoring again?
Collins:
Negative!
Mark:
Back at NYU?
Collins:
No, no, no.
I rewired the ATM at the Food Emporium to provide an honorarium to anyone with the code.
Mark & Roger:
The code- well?
Collins:
A - N - G - E - L
Yet Robin Hooding isn't the solution.
The powers that be must be undermined where they dwell.
In a small exclusive gourmet institution
where we overcharge the wealthy clientele.
We'll open up a restaurant in Santa Fe.
Mark & Roger:
Santa Fe!
Collins:
With a private corner banquette all our own.
Mark & Roger:
All our own!
Collins:
We'll make it yet we'll somehow get to Santa Fe.
Mark & Roger:
Santa Fe!
Roger:
In a car this time that makes it past Beron.
All:
Oh......
...Benny enters...
Benny:
An espresso Allison, espresso Allison, and zambocadine-
Andelucia's closed.
We are the world, we are the children.
Hey, choo- choo Charlie.
All:
Off the Harley!
Benny:
No more fiction, this is an eviction!
Mark:
We're already moving.
Roger:
Williamsburg, yahoo.
Mark:
Gang way Blockbuster!
Benny:
Blockbuster fell through!
Collins:
You have a conscience?
Benny:
My wife did....
Roger:
You suck!
Benny:
I do this kind of business, I'm cut off from the trust fund!
Mark:
What about Mimi?
Benny:
You can stay if you pay!
Roger:
What about...
Benny:
Not so loud!
Mark, Roger, & Collins:
Mimi?!?!
Benny:
Hey!
...Roger picks up Benny's cell phone...
Roger:
How do you work these?
Benny:
Don't be a jerk please!
Roger:
I'm a jerk?
Benny:
I didn't see you paying her blue cross!
Roger:
Well I don't make money by selling out to destitute.
Benny:
Out of my house you squatters!
Mark:
You slumlord!
Benny:
I dumped Mimi anyways. It was a drag! Things got queer!
Mark, Roger, & Collins:
When?
Benny:
A week ago, more!
Mark:
Where is she?
Benny:
I assumed.... you mean she isn't here?
...Roger dials a number on the cell phone...
Roger:
Allison!
Benny:
Don't you do that!
Roger:
I just thought you might like to know....
Maureen:
Mark! Roger! Anyone! Help!
Mark:
Maureen?
Maureen:
It's Mimi!
I can't get her up the stairs!
Roger:
No!
Maureen:
She was huddled in the park, in the dark, and she was freezing, and begged to
come here.
Roger:
Over here! Oh God!
Mimi:
Got a light? I know you.... you're shivering!
Joanne:
She was living on the street.
Roger:
We need some heat.
Mimi:
I'm shivering!
Mark:
We can buy some wood and something to eat.
Collins:
I'm afraid she needs more than heat.
Mimi:
I heard that!
Maureen:
Collins will get you a doctor honey.
Mimi:
Don't waste your money on Mimi, me, me.
Collins:
(counting money) 15, 16....
Maureen:
There, there.
Mimi:
Cold! Cold! Would you light my candle?
Mark:
Wait I'll sell the camera!
Collins:
Time to be on your way comrade- it's been 525,600 moments clad.
We were nomads together in a no mans land!
Where man's the only beast who pays rent.
And if it's spent, at least he's got to stay afloat.
And he's got to have a damn good coat.
Which you were, like an angel!
But it's over....
Goodbye love, goodbye love!
Goodbye love, goodbye!
Farewell Angel.
Mark:
I finished the film.
Maureen:
That's great.
Mark:
It's called "Today for You - Proof Positive".
Mark & Maureen:
God let her live!
Mimi:
I should tell you, I should tell you....
Roger:
I should tell you, I should tell you....
Mimi:
I should tell you Benny wasn't any....
Roger:
Shhh! I know.
I should tell you why I left- it wasn't cause I didn't....
Mimi:
Don't go! I should tell you.
Roger:
I should tell you....
Mimi:
I should tell you....
Roger & Mimi:
I love you!
Walking through fire without a burn.
Roger:
Clinging- a shoulder.
Mimi:
A leap begins.
Roger:
Stinging and older.
Mimi:
Asleep on pins.
Roger & Mimi:
So here we go, now we....
Roger:
Oh no.
Mimi:
I know.
Roger:
Oh no.
Roger:
Who knows where?
Who goes there?
Who knows?
Here goes.
...Mimi collapses...
Roger:
Who do you think you are?
Leaving me alone with my guitar.
...Roger passionately plays Musetta's Waltz on his guitar...
Mimi!
...Mimi stirs, and jumps up...
Mimi:
Moonstruck! The theme from Moonstruck!
Mark:
Moonstruck?
Mimi:
Moooooo!
Mark:
I knew it sounded familiar!
Maureen:
She's drenched!
Mark:
Her fever's breaking!
Mimi:
There is no future, there is no past....
Roger:
Thank God this moment's not the last!
Roger & Mimi:
There's only us, there's only this....
Forget regret or life is yours to miss.
All:
No other road, no other way....
No day but today....
Women:
I can't control my destiny!
I trust my soul...
My only goal is just to be!
Without you, the hand gropes, the ear hears, the pulse beats....
Life goes on, but I'm gone-
cause I die, without you.
I die without you.... I die without you..... I die without you....
Men:
Will I lose my dignity?
Will someone care?
Will I wake tomorrow from this nightmare?
There's only now, there's only here-
give into love or live in fear.
No other path, no other way, no day but today.
No day but today.... No day but today.... No day but today....
All:
No day but today!