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ROGER:

That depends

MIMI:

Depends on trust

ROGER:

Depends on true devotion

JOANNE:

Depends on love

MARK (to ROGER)

Depends on not denying emotion

ROGER:

Perhaps

ALL:

It's gonna be a happy new year

ROGER:

I guess

ALL:

It's gonna be a happy new year

ROGER:

You're right

(ANGEL brings ROGER and MIMI together. ANGEL and others move

away from MIMI and ROGER)

ANGEL:

It's gonna be a happy new year

ROGER & MIMI

I'm sorry

ROGER:

Coming?

MIMI:

In a minute I'm fine go

(ROGER kisses MIMI and exits. THE MAN appears)

THE MAN:

Well, well, well. What have we here?

(He walks over to MIMI and holds out a small plastic bag of white

powder)

It's gonna be a happy new year

There, there...etc.

(Fade out)

TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME (Any location and Joanne's loft)

MARK:

Valentine's Day.Pan across the empty lot. Roger's down at Mimi's, where

he's been for almost two months now - although he keeps talking about

selling his guitar and heading out of town...Still jealous of Benny... God knows

where Collins and Angel are...Could be that new Shanty Town near the river

or a suite at the Plaza...Maureen and Joanne are rehearsing...

JOANNE:

I said once more from the top

MAUREEN:

I said NO!

MARK:

That is, if they're speaking this week. Me? I'm here. Nowhere

(Lights up on the scene)

JOANNE:

The line is 'Cyber Arts and its corporate sponsor, Grey Communications,

would like to mitigate the Christmas Eve riots.' What is so difficult...?

MAUREEN:

It just doesn't roll off my tongue. I like my version.!

JOANNE:

You - dressed as a ground hog. To protest the ground breaking!

MAUREEN:

It's a METAPHOR!

JOANNE:

Well, it's less than brilliant!

MAUREEN:

That's it, Ms. Ivy League!

JOANNE:

What?

MAUREEN:

Ever since New Year's, I haven't said boo. I let you direct, I didn't pierce my

nipples because it grossed you out! I didn't sta and dance at the Clit Club that

night, 'cause you wanted to go home

JOANNE:

You were flirting with the woman in rubber

MAUREEN:

That's what this is about!? There will always be women in rubber, flirting with

me... Gimme a break

Every single day

I walk down the street

I hear people say,

"Baby's so sweet"

Ever since puberty

Everybody stares at me

Boys - girls

I can't can't help it baby

So be kind

Don't lose your mind

Just remember that I'm your baby

Take me for what I am

Who I was meant to be

And if you give a damn

Take me baby or leave me

Take me baby or leave me

A tiger in a cage

Can never see the sun

This diva needs her stage

Baby - let's have fun!

You are the one I choose

Folks'd kill to fill your shoes

You love the limelight too, baby

So be mine

Or don't waste my time

Cryin' -- "Honeybear -- are you still my baby?"

Take me for what I am

Who I was meant to be

And if you give a damn

Take me baby or leave me

No way can I be what I'm not

But hey don't you want your girl hot!

Don't fight don't lose your head

Cause every night who's in your bed?

Who's in your bed, baby?

(Pouts in JOANNE's direction)

Kiss, Pookie

JOANNE:

It won't work

I look before I leap

I love margins and discipline

I make lists in my sleep

Baby what's my sin?

Never quit I follow through

I hate mess but I love you

What to do

With my impromptu baby?

So be wise

This girl satisfies

You've got a prize

But don't compromise

You're one lucky baby

Take me for what I am

MAUREEN:

A control freak

JOANNE:

Who I was meant to be

MAUREEN:

A snob yet over-attentive

JOANNE:

And if you give a damn

MAUREEN:

A lovable, droll geek

JOANNE:

Take me baby or leave me

MAUREEN:

And anal retentive

BOTH:

That's it!

JOANNE:

The straw that breaks my back

BOTH:

I quit

JOANNE:

Unless you take it back

BOTH:

Women

MAUREEN:

What is it about them?

BOTH:

Can't live

With them

Or without them!

Take me for what I am

Who I was meant to be

And if you give a damn

Take me baby or leave me

Take me baby

Or leave me

Guess I'm leavin'

I'm gone

(They both sit)

SEASONS OF LOVE B

COMPANY:

In diapers report cards

In spoke wheels in speeding tickets

In contracts dollars

In funerals in births

In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred 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

WITHOUT YOU (Mimi's Apartment)

(Three beds appear downstage. One, a hospital bed, is occupied by

ANGEL. ROGER sits on another, JOANNE on the third. MIMI

approaches ROGER, and then appears to be in a hurry)

ROGER:

Where were you?

MIMI:

I'm sorry I'm late.

ROGER (interrupting)

I know. You lost your keys. No, you went for a walk; you had to help your

mother. (As he picks up the guitar) And how's Benny? I'm gonna work

upstairs tonight

MIMI:

Wait

I should tell you

I should

Never mind

ROGER:

Happy Spring

(ROGER exits. MIMI pulls out a just-purchased stash and angrily flings it

across the room. As she sings the following, a stylized "musical beds" is

choreographed around her; during the bridge of the song, COLLINS

carries ANGEL from the hospital bed and ROGER takes his place. By the

end of the song, MAUREEN and JOANNE are reunited, as are ROGER

and MIMI. COLLINS and ANGEL have lain down together, where

ANGEL dies)

MIMI:

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

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

ROGER:

The world revives

MIMI:

Colors renew

BOTH:

But I know blue

Only blue

Lonely blue

Within me, blue

Without you

MIMI:

Without you

The hand gropes

The ear hears

The pulse beats

ROGER:

Without you

The eyes gaze

The legs walk

The lungs breathe

BOTH:

The mind churns

The heart yearns

The tears dry

Without you

Life goes on

But I'm gone

Cause I die

ROGER:

Without you

MIMI:

Without you

ROGER:

Without you

BOTH:

Without you

VOICE MAIL #4 (The loft. The phone rings)

ROGER & MARK'S ANSWERING MACHINE

"Speak" ... ("Beeeep!")

ALEXI DARLING:

Mark Cohen

Alexi Darling

Labor Day weekend

In East Hampton

On the beach

Just saw Alec Baldwin

Told him you say hi

Just kidding

We still need directors

You still need money

You know you need money

Pick up the phone

Don't be afraid of ker-ching ker-ching

Marky -- sell us your soul

Just kidding

We're waiting

CONTACT (Various fantasy bed locales)

(The COMPANY forms two main groups. As the music begins, a group of

dancers start a sensual life and death dance, while a group of actors

gather around a table centerstage to speak words of passion which

punctuate the dancing. Eventually, the actors converge on the table and

cover themselves with a white sheet, while moving to the music)

GROUP A (ROGER, MARK, JOANNE, BENNY)

Hot-hot-hot-sweat-sweet

Wet-wet-wet-red-heat

Hot-hot-hot-sweat-sweet

Wet-wet-wet-red-heat

Please don't stop please

Please don't stop stop

Stop stop stop don't

Please please please please

Hot-hot-hot-sweat-sweet

Wet-wet-wet-red-heat

Sticky-licky-trickle-tickle

Steamy-creamy-stroking-soaking

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