Various Artists - La Vie Boheme B |
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La Vie Boheme B
Various Artists ROGER and MIMI exit. JOANNE reenters, obviously steamed.) MAUREEN Are we packed? Yes and by next week JOANNE I want you to be MAUREEN Pookie? JOANNE And you should see And they're rioting on Avenue B They've padlocked your building Benny called the cops MAUREEN That fuck! JOANNE The cops are sweeping the lot They don't know what they're doing But no one's leaving They're just sitting there, mooing! ALL Yeah!!! To dance! (Pandemonium erupts in the restaurant.) A GIRL No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short careers, eating disorders! ALL Film! MARK Adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations, Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money, Hollywood and sleaze! ALL Music! Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation, ANGEL Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony, and heavy competition! Anarchy! ALL COLLINS & MAUREEN Forcing changes, risk, and danger Revolution, justice, screaming for solutions, Making noise and making pleas! ALL To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers too MAUREEN To me MARK To me COLLINS & ANGEL To me ALL To you, and you and you, you and you To people living with, living with, living with Not dying from disease Be the first to condemn Let he among us without sin La vie Boheme La vie Boheme La vie Boheme MARK Anyone out of the mainstream Is anyone in the mainstream? Anyone alive OTHERS La vie boheme La vie boheme La vie boheme MARK Tear down the wall Aren't we all? The opposite of war isn't peace... It's creation! ALL La vie Boheme The riot continues. The Christmas tree goes up in flames. The snow MARK dances. Oblivious, Mimi and Roger share a small, lovely kiss ALL Viva la vie Boheme! ACT 2 apron of the stage(The COMPANY enters from all directions and forms a line across the |
