A Chorus Line Page #7

from the second section.

Here we go!

Five, six, seven, eight.

One

moment in her presence,

-Cassie, don't roll the shoulders.

and you can forget the rest,

for the girl is second best

-Diana, sharp in with the leg.

to none

son.

Ooh! Sigh!

Give her your attention.

Do... I...

really have to mention

she's the

One?

-Cassie, there's no release in the head.

Boys! From the top.

Five, six, seven, eight.

One

-Cassie!

singular sensation

Do it again with the boys.

You're still doing it too much.

One

-Don't pop the head, Cassie.

thrilling combination

every move that she makes.

One smile and suddenly, nobody

else will do.

You know you'll

never be lonely with

you know who.

One

-Cassie, this isn't Vegas.

and you can forget the rest,

for the girl is second best

This isn't a solo, Cassie.

Look around.

-Get your kicks even!

son.

Ooh! Sigh!

Give her your attention.

Do... I...

really have to mention--

Goddamnit, Cassie, you're disturbing

the combination! Now, pull in!

One?

Okay, everybody, from the top!

Let's go!

Five, six, seven, eight.

One

singular sensation

every little step she takes.

One

thrilling combination

every move that she makes.

One smile and suddenly, nobody

else will do.

You know you'll

never be lonely with

you know who.

One

moment in her presence

and you can forget the rest,

for the girl is second best

to none,

son.

Cassie!

Give her your attention.

Come down here!

really have to mention

she's the

One?

One smile and suddenly, nobody

else will do.

You know you'll

never be lonely with

you know who.

-Turn around and look at the routine.

Is that what you really want?

One

moment in her presence

and you can forget the rest,

for the girl is second best

to none,

son!

Ooh! Sigh!

Give her your attention.

Do... I...

really have to mention

she's the

One!

One!

One!

One!

That's who I am.

No, you're not! You're special!

Zach, we're all special. Paul, Bebe,

Sheila and everybody up there.

Damn it!

You know what I'm talking about!

Look at them.

Look at them.

Why did you leave me?

Why, Zach, you noticed.

At least you could've told me

about that job in Hollywood--

And what would you've told me

if I told you? "Take it", right?

-I didn't want you to tell me "Take it".

-What're you talking about? You took it!

That's one thing, my taking it.

Your telling me "take it"

is something else.

Anyway, you're the one who left,

months before I went to Hollywood.

I left? We were living together!

Sharing the same apartment, maybe.

But when did I ever see you?

Now what're you giving me?

The neglected woman bullshit?

You were jealous of my work?

-You acted so proud of what I was doing.

-Zach, I was proud! I still am.

And I know that directing a show

takes 24 hours a day...

which I wanted for you

as much as you--

As long as I spend an equal 24 hours

with you, right?

-Exactly! That's all I wanted.

-And you're going to tell me

exactly how I could've done that?

If I knew that, then I'd be the hit

and you'd be asking me for a job.

Cassie.

Jesus.

Don't you know why

I took that job in Hollywood?

Not for me. For you.

It was the only way that

I could hold you, I thought,

was to be a star like you.

Make you want me again.

Treat me important.

Ready, Zach?

Who do you want to pick?

I don't know yet.

Let's do the tap combination

and start matching them up.

Okay, everybody,

for the tap combination...

we're gonna start

after the second eight count.

Girls downstage, boys upstage.

Nice and easy. And,

five, six, seven, eight.

Kiss today goodbye,

The sweetness and the sorrow.

Wish me luck,

the same to you,

but I can't regret

what I did for love.

What I did for love.

Look, my eyes are dry.

The gift was ours to borrow.

It's as if we always

knew.

And I won't regret

what I did for love.

What I did for love.

Gone,

love is never gone.

As we travel on

love's what we'll remember.

Kiss today goodbye

and point me toward tomorrow.

We did what we had to do.

Won't forget, can't regret

what I did for love.

What I did for love.

What I did for

love.

Okay, we're gonna put you

into groups of four.

Two and two. Let me see.

Mike, Maggie. Paul, Connie.

Girls downstage, boys upstage.

Let's go!

Ready?

Five, six, seven, and eight!.

Connie, smile bigger,

if you gotta fake it.

Tapping's not my strongest point.

What?

Tapping's not my strongest point!

I see that.

I'll be right back.

-Paul! You all right?

-Don't move him! Don't move him.

Larry, call Dr. Rhodes.

It's his knee, the cartilage.

He had it operated on last year.

Don't move him, don't move him.

Maybe we should put something

under his knee.

-Get him the ice bag.

-It's okay, really. I just twisted it.

-Does anyone have any Darvon? Valium?

-I do.

-Somebody get some water.

-I'll get it.

It's already swelling.

You're gonna be okay, Paul.

You're gonna be just fine.

You think we should give him that?

-We don't know what's wrong.

-I've had three already, since lunch.

-It's just a muscle relaxer.

-Zach, Rhodes is at St. Joseph's.

He said to bring him to Emergency.

He'll be waiting.

-where's his handbag?

-I'll get it!

-You got the knee?

-Yeah, I got it.

Paul, you'll be all right. Rhodes is

the best knee doctor in the city.

-Paul, I got your bag!

-Good luck, Paul.

Call me from the hospital!

Do you ever think about what

you're gonna do if you stop dancing?

Me?

Yeah.

Real life, I guess.

What? Getting married, having babies?

Go off my diet.

What about you, Mark?

Do you want to spend your life

dancing in a chorus?

I'd just like to get in one.

You don't remember, but

we were in a show together,

in the chorus,

about a hundred years ago.

Of course I remember.

You were a rotten dancer.

Why do you think I became

a choreographer?

How've you been, Sheila?

God, since then, I don't know.

Good, terrific...

okay, so-so.

You know I actually found

the glass slipper once,

and it fit.

But then it broke.

I have a daughter. She's nine.

She loves me a lot, hates me a lot.

And, uh...

God help her,

she wants to be a dancer.

What's so wrong about that?

How can anybody in their right mind

want to be anything else?

I remember I used to stand

outside this stage door,

and watch the girls come out,

and think:

"God, can anything like that

ever happen to me?"

But now I meet somebody,

and they say:

"Wow, you dance on Broadway?

"You got somewhere. You're something."

Hell of a day, huh?

Yeah...

A few months ago,

the night before I was going to

audition for a new show,

I had a-- kind of breakdown.

I started crying and I couldn't stop

for about two weeks.

I just got out of the hospital and...

my doctor told me it was

too soon to try again.

But I did.

And now, even if I lose,

I won.

Hell of a day.

Larry.

-Line 'em up, Zach?

-Yeah, line 'em up.

Okay. Everybody on the line.

Before we start eliminating...

You're all terrific,

and special.

Very special. I wish I could

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