Ladies and gentleman! Sharon Arnotdon, Sam Loomis and Terrance Wynn are proud to announce their new musical creation starring...
*Michael Myers
*Laurie Strode
*And many more!
The story of the night HE came home brought to Broadway!
Blood in the Leaves.
See www.bloodinleaves.com for details (no such site, just for flavor)
Act One
*Curtain Rises, Halloween Theme is played as an overture*
We see a rickety cardboard version of The Myers House. Little Michael is on the sidewalk watching his sister, and Loomis' voice fills the audience.
Loomis-
Late night
Not a sound from the pavement
Just in case you've no memory
I'll tell you what went on.
In the lamplight the young girl was brushing her hair
And her brother
Was there to kill.
Murder
Viciously in the moonlight
I can still see the crime scene
I can smell that think stench
I remember the time I knew what sanity was
And my memory is my only friend.
Loomis walks into Michael's room, he is maybe about twelve now, and is staring out the window.
Loomis- You fooled them all Michael. But not me.
(Inside Michael's "catatonic" mind we hear him sing, his mouth never moves)
Michael VO-
All day
Staring out the window makin'
Friends with people walkin' 'round.
All night
Hearing voices telling me
That I should talk to them
As if talking is ever good for anything.
Right now
I'm feeling like I'm heading for a
Breakdown
And now I know why
I'm not crazy I'm just
A little bit cursed
I know right now they cant tell
But very soon they're gonna think of me
And how I came to not be..
Crazy but just a little bit cursed
And now I know that they don't care
But soon enough they're gonna wish for me
To be how I used to be.
Marion Whittington and Loomis are driving nine years later, talking about moving a patient, obviously disliked by the doctor. They pull up to the building to find patients all over the grounds.
Marion- What, they just let them wander around?
Loomis- Pull up to the gate!
Marion- But don't...
Loomis- PULL UP TO IT!
Marion-
Look at this crazy old doctor!
Running out while patients are loose, a temperamental guy!
No reason to go nuts, what's up Dr. Loo-mis!
We see a man in white leap onto the station wagon and climb on top. Ditzy Marion rolls down her window and he begins to choke her. She stumbles out and the patient gets in and with excellent skill, drives away.
Loomis- The evil is gone!
The evil is gone!
15 years it sat and didn't even yawn! Now the evil is gone!
The evil is gone...
He goes to her.
Loomis- Are you all right?
Marion- Yes I'm, I'm fine.
Laurie Strode is walking to school as the previous set fades. Clasped in her fingers she holds a key on a ring and Tommy Doyle runs up to her.
Tommy- Hey Laurie
Laurie- Hey Tommy
Tommy- Why're you walking to school this way?
Laurie- My dad asked me to
Tommy- Why?
Laurie- I have to drop off a key
Tommy- Why?
Laurie- *laughs* 'Cause he's gonna sell a house
Tommy- Why?
Laurie- 'Cause that's his job.
Tommy- Where?
Laurie- The Myers house.
Tommy- The Myers house!
Laurie- Yeah
Tommy- You can't go in there!
I remember
A kid at school said
That this house was none other than a
Spook house Laurie
You cant go in there
Laurie he told me to beware
There was something
Bad that happened
Awful in a sense but that's just fine
How I see it
Is that a spook house
Is a spook house no matter how you define!
Laurie- Tommy, they probably won't get out of the sixth grade!
Tommy- Well, I gotta go. See you tonight!
Laurie- Bye.
I wish I had you all alone
Just the two of us.
I'd hold you close to me
Just the two of us...
We see the Shape behind her.
~Smith's Grove~
Wynn- I'm not responsible Sam!
Loomis- Oh no.....
Wynn- I told them how dangerous he was! If proportions weren't strong enough you should have told somebody!
Loomis-
You say I should've done it differently
I don't necessarily agree.
Do this drug that
Calm down!
Your antics are enough to piss off a clown!
Don't bother trying to make excuses gleam
'Cause one wipe can make this stuff come really clean
Wynn-
God Sam! Grow up!
Right now!
Do me a favor and understand.
Here we are in this conversation Myers
Couldn't even drive!
Loomis-
Here we are go call those damn apes man!
He probably learned it from you!
Loomis drives off.
Laurie in her English class as the lights come back from being dim, she's looking out the window at the station wagon, someone in it that she can't quite see. We hear her sing as her class goes on around her, this is not a voice over but still her thoughts.
Laurie-
Going through one of the weirdest days of my boring life
Trying to keep my cool but got a chill comin' through
Whose that guy?
There's this feeling in my gut
There's a voice inside of my mind
Are you my white knight?
My white knight...
Who could you be?
Do I like you?
Or am I paranoid,
Could this all be wrong?
Am I paranoid
Or is this my dream song?
Am I being real?
Or is this someone not here for me
Why are you?
Watching me write?
Teacher- Laurie?
Laurie- Ma'am?
Teacher- Answer the question.
Laurie- Oh. Costaine wrote that fate was only related to religion, where as Samuels, well he thought fate was like a natural element, like earth, wind, fire or water.
Teacher continues as Laurie looks back to the window and sighs.
Laurie-
Well now you've gone
Now you've gone
I thought maybe I had a chance but I was wrong
And now you're gone
Now you're gone
Meanwhile the kids at Tommy's school have just finished a bout of teasing him. He's fallen over his pumpkin and we watch as he gets up. One boy who had been teasing him runs right into Michael Myers, the Shape we have seen following Laurie. The boy stares at him a moment, his face hidden in darkness, then runs.
Michael follows Tommy along the chainlink fence, then gets into the car and starts singing.
Michael-
Poor little thing
There's no one who understands
Except you and me
Well I'll tell you something tho
Ain't nothing in this world that'll make the pain go away
You'll take it my friend
To the end of your life as you know it
But take it one day for maybe
And one for nothing.
Michael drives away, past the sad looking 8 year old.
Loomis at the phone, a sign- Haddonfield- 73, we listen to the conversation.
Loomis- He's coming. You've got to believe me officer he is on his way to Haddonfield! I know him! I'm his doctor, you must be ready for him! If you don't, it's your funeral.
He hangs up the phone and the abandoned Phelp's truck catches his eyes, he finds Michael's old clothing, the Rabbit In Red matches, and runs off to his car.
Lynda, Laurie and Annie are all walking home from school when Michael (unknown to them) drives by.
Annie-
Hey, jerk! Speed kills!
Michael froze, glaring at her in the rearview mirror.
Michael-
I just wont take this anymore
Saying all this crap I wont ignore
All my thoughts they make no sense
I find bliss in innocence
No more I'll hear
No more you'll say
You'll find out just how to play
Just like sister
Everything they say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge
Now I'll take a break
Hope you aren't to used to breathing...
Cause I walked right over to the edge
Get ready to break!
~He sighs~ You'll be the first to go. *spoken*
Michael drives off and Laurie looks at Annie.
Laurie- You know Annie, some day you'll get us all into deep trouble.
A muffled conversation ensues, but we know Lynda and boyfriend Bob will be coming over The Wallace house that evening, where Annie is babysitting. We also know Laurie is babysitting Tommy right across the street.
Laurie walks stage right to a bunch of potted shrubs, onto some steps and we see the set rotate to make it look like she is up on the top level of her home. She sets her books on her bed and goes to the open window. We don't know why, but she slams it shut and jumps back.
Laurie-
Lost
In a dream
I don't know why
He wont go
If you are all that you seem
Then baby cant we go
A little more slow?
I've dated guys before
Wouldn't wanna step into the wrong big wooden door
How about some information please?
Straight up tell me
What do you want from me and why me at all?
And why don't you come and just talk to me?
Straight up now tell me
Are you gonna just watch me forever?
Or will you actually be...
The phone rings and she answers it. Unlike in the movie, Annie responds immediately.
Annie- Hey Laurie, my mother's letting me use her car, I'll pick you up at 6:30.
Laurie- Ok Annie, bye.
Annie- Bye
Laurie hangs up the phone and looks to the window.
Laurie-
Take me out
Take me out
I wanna know what's wrong with me.
Take me out
Take me out
Why don't you take a chance on me?
Tell me who you are tonight
One day fall in love
I wanna feel like they do
And have something grow......
Later, Laurie goes outside to wait for Annie, pumpkin for Tommy in lap. She watches several trick-or-treaters when Annie pulls up. Laurie gets in.
Annie- We just have time *she hands Laurie a joint*
Laurie drags from it and makes a sour face, then passes it to Annie
Annie- So you still spooked?
Laurie- I wasn't spooked
Annie- Lies
Laurie- I wasn't! I saw somebody standing in Mr. Riddle's backyard.
Annie- Probably Mr. Riddle
Laurie-
I came home and decided to look out my window then I saw
someone watching me it wasn't that old fart Ann I couldn't be wrong.
Annie-
All day long you've seen some things guys behind bushes and all that jazz
Maybe babysitting will give you a break from Halloween spaz.
It will help you
Occupy your brain
Oh yeah
Laurie-
I need someone so badly that I can't seem to think of things
I can't see anything but finding some good guy to happiness I've become blind
Make a joke and I will sigh and you laugh and I will spy
This guy makes me feel so weird could it be love or am I scared?
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you I think this guy may want me too but what's the bait?
Annie shakes her head and looks ahead.
Annie- My dad! Get rid of it!
They pull up to the hardware store, unaware that Michael has been following them.
Mr. Brackett- Oh nothing just the hardware store's been robbed, probably by kids.
Annie- You blame everything on kids!
Mr. Brackett- Well alls they took was some Halloween mask and a couple of knives, who do you think it was?
Annie- It's hard growing up with a cynical father.
Mr. Brackett- Aren't you gonna be late?
Annie- Huh?
Mr. Brackett- I said aren't you gonna be late?
Annie- He shouts too.
Mr Brackett- Bye girls
Annie- Bye dad
Laurie- Bye
They drive off and have mixed conversation, we watch Michael drive past loomis.
Loomis- Sheriff? My name's Loomis, Dr. Sam Loomis
Mr. Brackett- I'd be Brackett.
Loomis- I'd like to have a word with you, if you don't mind.
Brackett- Well maybe in a minute I...
Loomis- It's important
Brackett- Ten minutes
Loomis- I'll be here.
End Act One
Songs in descending order. Originally...
1. Memory- From Cats (Loomis)– Murder
2.Unwell- Matchbox Twenty (Michael at twelve) A Little Bit Cursed
3.Disconnected- Kelly Osbourne (Marion) Crazy Doctor
4.The Love Is Gone- From A Muppet Christmas Carol (Loomis) The Evil Is Gone
5.La Luna- Belinda Carlisle (Tommy) Spook House
6. Shut Up- Kelly Osbourne (Loomis and Wynn) Grow Up
7. Standing Still- Jewel (Laurie) My White Knight
8. The Love Is Gone- A Muppet Christmas Carol (Laurie) Now You Are Gone
9. One For My Baby- (One More For the Road)- Frank Sinatra (Michael 21) Tommy's Song
10. One Step Closer- Linkin Park (Michael) Now You're Gonna Break
11. Straight Up- Paula Abdul (Laurie) Stalker
12. Take Me Home- Cher (Laurie) Take Me Out
13. Paranoid- Ozzy Osbourne/ Black Sabbath (Laurie and Annie) In Love Or Danger?