Opening Night Page #9

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- Charlie, get away from that door!

- [Manny Whispers] It's your show now.

If it becomes too impossible,

you ring down the curtain. Understand?

[Leo]

All right, Manny.

[Manny] Keep pumping coffee into her.

Black coffee.

[Actors Continue Speaking On Stage]

[Lena]

I don't know. I don't care.

- [Carla] Do you think he knows her?

- [Lena] Yeah, he knows her.

- It's the first wife.

- [Charlie] Wife?

- [Lena] He had her by the wrist.

- [Charlie] Did he hurt her?

- [Lena] You think I'm gonna interfere

in that kind of bullshit?

- [Whispers] You sure?

It's a shock for me to see you. I'm not

seeing you on a street corner somewhere.

I didn't bump into you in a crowd.

[Audience Applauding]

[Lena] What the hell is going on here?

Who is this dame?

[Tony]

This is Virginia.

This is, uh, my, uh, ex-wife

from 15 years ago.

And this is my new wife.

Say hello to Carla.

- Hello.

- That's Carla.

Charlie Spikes, my brother-in-law.

Charlie Spikes.

[Audience Laughing]

[Tony]

Wait a minute!

Goddamn it, no! No!

No!

[Audience Continues

Chuckling, Laughing]

I've gotta get a glass of water.

I can't -

Never mind the water.

I said, what do you want?

[Vito]

Dad's gonna hit you again.

What kind of woman are you?

Hey. Come here. Sit down.

- Sit down.

- Let go of my arm.

- I said sit down!

- Stop it, Dad.

- Sit down.

- Take it easy. You're bigger than she is.

- [Shouting]

- Hey, Tony, leave my house!

- Goddamn it, leave my house!

- [Shouting Continues]

- How dare you act like this?

- Leave him alone! How dare you!

Look, I - I even wore this veil

because...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I -

I'm a very foolish woman, and I--

This is very embarrassing.

It's just that...

I'm alone.

No, I'm not alone. I've been living

with this guy for- for several years...

and-and I was married

to someone else before Tony...

and I don't--

I don't even know where he is.

I was just--

I was just floating around...

and I--

- [Carla] Go on.

- You were married, you and him.

- Right, honey?

- Yeah, but it didn't mean anything.

It was just for a little - little bit of time.

It didn't mean anything.

- You have any kids?

- No. No.

I don't have any kids.

- [Groans]

- Virginia. Virginia!

- Come on.

- Tony.

- Hey, Tony.

- In the bedroom.

- Put her down, Tony.

- Leave me alone, will ya, Lena?

This woman is hurt.

I'm not gonna do anything.

- [Lena] Put her down, Tony.

- I'm gonna lay her down on the bed.

[Charlie]

Come on, we all love you, Tony.

You wanna hit me?

Go ahead and hit me.

[Lena Sobbing]

[Audience Laughing]

[Charlie]

Tony? Tony?

Come on, Tony.

We all love you, Tony.

You wanna hit me?

Go ahead and hit me.

You're my friend.

You're my best friend.

[Lena Continues Sobbing]

[Charlie] Everybody loves you.

Your kids love you.

Come on.

[Crashing]

[Kelly Muttering]

Come on, baby, it's coffee time. Let's go.

[Leo Muttering, Indistinct]

[Audience Applauding]

[Patrons Shouting, Laughing]

- A double scotch, please!

- Double scotch.

[Virginia]

Do you love me?

[Audience Applauding]

Honey, you better get her dressed.

- Better hurry. We don't have much time.

- Okay.

[Kelly Whispering]

Come on. Here we go.

It's going to be fine.

Easy. Easy does it.

Oh, yeah, you're gonna be fine now.

You were really good.

Yeah, you were just -just fine.

If we can just get over this -

[Leo]

Okay, straighten up. Here we go.

You're gonna make it.

- You all right?

- Terrific.

[Jimmy]

Places, please.

The show's going well.

- We'll all have some champagne later.

- [Sighs]

[Laughs]

Or whatever.

You're terrific.

## [Whistling]

[Myrtle]

I'm gonna bury that bastard.

I think it's going very well.

Keys, please.

- [Stage Hand] House lights down.

- See ya on stage.

- Okay.

- [Jimmy] Places, please!

[Jimmy]

Curtain!

- [Phone Rings]

- [Myrtle Groans]

[Phone Rings]

[Marty]

Hello?

Oh. Hello. How are you?

No, your sister isn't here.

No. No.

No--

- Oh, she told you.

- [Kelly] Come on, baby.

Well... there you are.

No, there's no--

there's no point.

- I said, there's no point.

- Miss Gordon?

- Can I say something?

- Sure.

I've seen a lot of drunks in my day...

but I never seen anybody as drunk as you

and still be able to walk.

You're fantastic!

- Thank you, Bobby.

- Okay.

[Marty]

That's right. That's right.

I'm not hostile. No.

No, I don't care.

Because I'm goddamned sick and tired

of walking into this house...

and finding it empty, that's why.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Look, I can't talk now, all right?

I'm gonna hang up.

Okay, well, listen,

it'll either work out or it won't.

[Phone Hangs Up]

[Keys Jingling]

[Lock Rattling, Door Slams]

Great.

This is funny, you know.

It's very funny.

Hysterical.

You want to recap it?

[Laughs]

All right, I run off...

to the Beverly Hills Hotel...

and I find myself

a little, innocent girl...

and I sit there with her...

and all she can think about

is my graying temples.

And you run off with -

[Marty]

Do you love me?

Listen, Marty...

you object to my going out, right?

Yes, I do.

- And my drinking?

- Yes.

Somehow, a cocktail here and there

is very destructive.

Yes, I think it is, very.

Well, I've heard

your every point of view.

Every story you tell

turns out the same way.

A constant, long-winded recital...

about what's wrong

with everyone in the whole world.

I tell you what I think

is important for you!

Well, I am not me.

I used to be me.

- I'm not me anymore.

- What the hell do you want from me?

You want me to get down on my knees?

What the hell do you want?

Everything you can't give me.

I want youth...

super strength...

dream building, happiness,

fun, emotion.

- Babe.

- Practically anything.

- Babe, I love you.

- No, no, no.

I love you! I am Superman!

- Hey!

- I am Superman!

Oh, you're weird!

And you make me feel old.

I am so strong

you can't believe it.

- Hey, M -

- I am -Aaah! Aaah!

- Aaah! Aaah! Aaah! Aaah!

- [Audience Laughing]

I am Superman!

[Audience Continues Laughing]

- What -

- We are not we!

- What are we fighting about, Marty?

- We are--

[Audience Laughs]

What are we fighting about, Marty?

We are absolutely different people

than we were.

When I look at my face in the mirror

when I'm shaving in the morning...

you know what I see?

I can see it then in my face.

It's hard to cover it up.

- What?

- There's something deeply cynical

about my face.

[Audience Laughing]

It's hard to cover it up.

- Congratulations.

- It's hard to cover it up.

[Audience Continues Laughing]

It is very hard to cover it up!

- My heart -

- [Audience Continues Laughing]

My heart pounds!

Do you understand?

My heart pounds! It pounds!

Bah-bah-bah-bah-bum!

Bah-bah-bah-bah-bum!

Bah-bah-bah-bah-bum!

# Bah-bah-bah-bah-bum #

My stomach is empty...

and I feel like screaming.

I am restless...

[Chuckles]

with this pose.

Well, I am not me!

And I know that I am

someone else!

- Do you think I am too?

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