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Over the Moon
(Arthur/Mark)
Maureen's performance
(Mary/Maureen)
Last night I had a dream. I found myself in a desert called
Cyberland
It was hot. My canteen had sprung a leak and I was
Thirsty
Out of the abyss walked a cow Elsie
I asked if she had anything to drink
She said, "I'm forbidden to produce milk
In Cyberland, we only drink
She then leans into the microphone which echoes.
Diet Coke
She said, "Only thing to do is jump over the moon"
They've closed everything real down… like barns, troughs, performance spaces and replaced it all with lies and rules and virtual…life
But there is a way out
(Backups)
Leap of faith, leap of faith
Leap of faith, leap of faith
(Mary/Maureen)
Oh, oh, "Only thing to do is jump over the moon"
I gotta get out of here! It's like I'm being tied
To the hood of a yellow rental truck,
Packed in with fertilizer and fuel oil,
Pushed over a cliff
By a suicidal Mickey Mouse!
I've gotta, gotta,
Gotta, gotta find a way
"To jump over the moon
Only thing to do is jump over the moon"
(Backups)
Leap of faith, etc.
(Mary/Maureen)
Then a little bulldog entered. His name we have learned
Was Benny
And although he once had principles,
He abandoned them to live as a lap dog to a wealthy
Daughter of the
Revolution
"That's bull," Benny said
"Ever since the cat took up the fiddle, that cow's been jumpy
And the dish and the spoon were evicted from the table
And eloped…
She's had trouble with that milk and the moon ever since
Maybe it's a female thing
"Cause who'd want to leave Cyberland
Anyway?...
Wall ain't so bad
The dish and the spoon for instance
They were down on their luck – knocked on my doghouse
Door
I said, "Not in my backyard, utensils! Go back to China!
"The only way is up," Elsie whispered to me
"A leap of faith. Still thirsty?" she asked
"Parched. Have some milk"
I lowered myself beneath her swollen udder
And sucked the sweetest milk I'd ever tasted
Maureen then makes a giant slurping, sucking sound.
"Climb on board," she said
And as a harvest moon rose over Cyberland,
We reared back and sprang into a gallop
Leaping out of orbit
I awoke singing?
The tech doesn't play the backup
Singing? Shit
She then kicks the box.
(Backup)
Leap of faith, etc.
(Mary/Maureen)
Only thing to do
Only thing to do is jump
Only thing to do is jump over the moon
Only thing to do is jump over the moon
Over the moon over the
Moooooooo
Moooooooo
Moooooooo
She then encourages the audience to moo with her. She says, "C'mon. sir, moo with me", etc. The audience responds. When the moos reach a crescendo, she cuts them off with a big sweep of her arms.
Thank you.
(Blackout)
La Vie Boheme
Downstage right, the principals have lined up and are waiting to be seated. A large table is located in the center. Down and to the right, Benny and Mr. Grey are seated at a smaller table. The Restaurant Man tries to shoo the group out.
(The Restaurant Man)
No please no
Not tonight please no
Mister can't you go
Not tonight can't have a scene
(John/Roger)
What?
Roger then drags Mimi past the restaurant man to find a table.
(The Restaurant Man)
Go please go;
You – hello, sir
I said, "no"
Important customer
(Arthur/Mark)
What am I just a blur?
(The Restaurant Man)
You sit all night you never buy
(Arthur/Mark)
That's a lie that's a lie
I had a tea the other day
(The Restaurant Man)
You couldn't pay
(Arthur/Mark)
Oh yeah
Everyone pushes past the Restaurant Man and follows Mimi and Roger.
(Charles/Collins)
Benjamin Coffin III – here?
(Restaurant Man)
Oh no
(All)
Wine and beer!
(Mary/Maureen)
The enemy of Avenue A
And Mr. Grey
They all sit along with 4 other people.
(Restaurant Man)
Oy vey!
(Charles/Collins)
What brings the mogul in his own mind to the Life Café?
(Micah/Benny)
I would like to propose a toast
To Maureen's noble try
It went well
(Mary/Maureen)
Go to hell
(Micah/Benny)
Was the yuppie scum stomped
Not counting the homeless
How many tickets weren't comped
(John/Roger)
Why did Muffy –
(Micah/Benny)
Alison
(John/Roger)
Miss the show?
(Micah/Benny)
There was a death in the family
If you must know
(Javier/Angel)
Who died?
(Micah/Benny)
Our Akita
(Micah/Benny, Arthur/Mark, Javier/Angel, Charles/Collins)
Evita
(Micah/Benny)
Mimi I'm surprised
A bright and charming girl like you
Hangs out with these slackers
Who don't adhere to deals
They make fun yet I'm the one
Attempting to do some good
Or do you really want a neighborhood
Where people piss on your stoop every
Night?
Bohemia, Bohemia's
A fallacy in your head
This is Calcutta
Bohemia is dead
The bohemians immediately then begin a mock funeral, with Mark giving the "eulogy."
(Arthur/Mark)
Dearly beloved we gather here to say our
Goodbyes
(Charles/Collins & John/Roger)
Dies irae dies illa
Kyrie eleison
Yitgadal v' yitkadash
(Arthur/Mark)
Here she lies
No one knew her worth
The late great daughter of Mother Earth
On this night when we celebrate the birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass – you bet your ass to –
La vie Boheme
(All) (simultaneously while Arthur/Mark sings)
La Vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
(Arthur/Mark)
To days of inspiration
Playing hookie, making something out of
Nothing
The need to express
To communicate,
To going against the grain,
Going insane
Going mad
To loving tension, no pension
To more than one dimension
To starving for attention
Hating convention, hating pretension
Not to mention of course,
Hating dear old Mom and Dad
To riding your bike,
Midday past the three-piece suits
To fruits to no absolutes
To absolut – to choice
To the village voice
To any passing fad
To being an us – for once -, instead of them
(All) (the restaurant erupts into chaos as the bohemians start to dance)
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
Joanne then enters.
(Mary/Maureen)
Is the equipment in a pyramid?
(Tilly/Joanne)
It is, Maureen
(Mary/Maureen)
The mixer doesn't have a case
Don't give me that face
Maureen smacks Joanne's ass as she exits. Mr. Grey reacts to this.
(Mr. Grey)
Ahhemm
(Mary/Maureen)
Hey mister – she's my sister
(Restaurant Man)
So that's five miso soup, four seaweed salad
Three soy burger dinner, two tofu dog
Platter
And one pasta with meatless balls
(A dude)
Ew!
(Charles/Collins)
It tastes the same
(Abigail/Mimi) (standing on her chair and covering her eyes)
If you close your eyes
(Restaurant Man) (Mimi sits down)
And thirteen orders of fries
Is that it here?
(All) (shouting, hitting the table with their fists)
Wine and beer!
(Abigail/Mimi & Javier/Angel)
To hand crafted beers made in local
Breweries
To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans and
Cheese
To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo
To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou
They then get down.
(Mary/Maureen & Charles/Collins) (climbing on the table)
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion
Creation, vacation
(Arthur/Mark)
Mucho masturbation
(Mary/Maureen & Charles/Collins)
Compassion, to fashion, to passion when it's
New
(Charles/Collins)
To Sontag
(Javier/Angel)
To Sondheim
(Four people)
To anything taboo
(Charles/Collins & John/Roger) (jumping on the table and playing air guitar)
Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham, and Cage
(Charles/Collins)
Lenny Bruce
(John/Roger)
Langston Hughes
(Mary/Maureen)
To the stage
(Person #1)
To Uta
(Person #2)
To Buddha
(Person #3)
To Pablo Neruda, too
(Arthur/Mark & Abigail/Mimi) (the table is cleared as Mimi jumps up and walks along while Mark walks alongside the table like a dog.)
Why Dorothy and Toto went over the
Rainbow
To blow off Auntie Em.
Mimi then jumps off.
(All)
La vie Boheme
Joanne then returns.
(Mary/Maureen)
And wipe the speakers off before you pack
(Tilly/Joanne)
Yes, Maureen
(Mary/Maureen)
Well – hurry back
Maureen and Joanne then kiss.
(Mr. Grey)
Sisters?
(Mary/Maureen)
We're close
Angel then jumps on top of Collins, who's on the table, and they kiss.
(Javier/Angel, Charles/Collins, Mary/Maureen, Arthur/Mark, and Mr. Grey)
Brothers!
(Arthur/Mark, Javier/Angel, Abigail/Mimi, & three others) (on the table)
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo sapiens,
carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, Pee Wee
Herman
German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein,
Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa,
Carmina Burana
(All)
To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy
Vaclav Havel – the Sex Pistols, 8BC,
To no shame – never playing the fame game
(Charles/Collins)
To marijuana!
(All)
To sodomy,
It's between God and me
To S&M
Mr. Grey then walks out.
(Micah/Benny)
Waiter…Waiter…Waiter
(All)
La vie Boheme
(Charles/Collins)
In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu salon
Will commence
Mimi Marquez clad
Mimi then gets on the table and dances.
Only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn-chair
Handcuff dance to the sounds of ice being stirred
(John/Roger) (climbing on the table as Mimi gets down)
Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his
Inability to hold an erection on the high holy days
(Arthur/Mark) (who's on the table as he walks along he spins Maureen)
Maureen Johnson, back from her spectacular one-night
Engagement at the eleventh street lot,
Will sing Native American tribal chants backwards through
Her vocoder,
While accompanying herself on the electric cello
Which she has never studied
At this point, Joanne has entered and has seen Maureen playfully kissing a dude. Benny then pulls Mimi aside.
(Micah/Benny)
Your new boyfriend doesn't know about us?
(Abigail/Mimi)
There's nothing to know
(Micah/Benny)
Don't you think we should discuss –
(Abigail/Mimi)
It was three months ago
(John/Roger)
He doesn't act like he's with you
(Abigail/Mimi)
We're taking it slow
(Micah/Benny)
Where is he now?
(Abigail/Mimi)
He's right – hmm
(Micah/Benny)
Uh huh
(Abigail/Mimi)
Where'd he go?
(Arthur/Mark)
Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song
Roger then plays Musetta's Waltz again.
That doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz"
Roger then proceeds to flip Mark off as he puts the guitar back.
(Charles/Collins) (Javier/Angel struts along the table)
Angel Dumott Schunard will now model the latest fall
Fashion from Paris
While accompanying herself on the 10 gallon plastic pickle tub
(Javier/Angel)
And Collins will recount his exploits as anarchist
Including the successful reprogramming of the M.I.T.
Virtual reality equipment
To self-destruct, as it broadcasts the words
(All) (shouting)
"Actual reality – Act Up – Fight AIDS"
(Micah/Benny)
Check!
Benny then exits. Lights then fade up on Mimi and Roger.
(Abigail/Mimi)
Excuse me did I do something wrong?
I get invited then ignored all night long
(John/Roger)
I've been trying I'm not lying
No one's perfect I've got baggage
(Abigail/Mimi)
Life's too short, babe, time is flying
I'm looking for baggage that goes with mine
(John/Roger)
I should tell, you –
(Abigail/Mimi)
I've got baggage too
(John/Roger)
I should tell you
(Both)
Baggage
Wine and beer!
Mimi's beeper then goes off. She turns it off without looking at Roger.
(Abigail/Mimi)
AZT break
(John/Roger)
You?
(Abigail/Mimi)
Me, you?
(John/Roger)
Mimi
Mimi then sits on the edge of the table and takes her pills. Roger joins her. The rest of the company freezes.
I Should Tell You
(John/Roger)
I should tell you I'm disaster
I forget how to begin it
(Abigail/Mimi)
Let's just make this part go faster
I have yet to be in it
I should tell you
(John/Roger)
I should tell you
(Abigail/Mimi)
I should tell you
(John/Roger)
I should tell you
(Abigail/Mimi)
I should tell you I blew the candle out
Just to get back in
(John/Roger)
I'd forgotten how to smile
Until your candle burned my skin
(Abigail/Mimi)
I should tell you
(John/Roger)
I should tell you
(Abigail/Mimi)
I should tell you
(Both)
I should tell
Well, here we go
Now, we –
Roger leans into kiss Mimi but she pulls away.
(Abigail/Mimi)
Oh no
(John/Roger)
I know this something is
Here goes
Roger then holds up his hand.
(Abigail/Mimi)
Here goes
Mimi then holds her hand to Roger's and they link fingers.
(John/Roger)
Guess so
It's starting to
Who knows?
Roger then holds up his other hand. Mimi then does the same. They link fingers.
(Abigail/Mimi)
Who knows
(Both)
Who knows where
Who goes there
Who knows
Here goes
Trusting desire starting to learn
Roger then pulls Mimi towards him by putting his hands around her waist.
Walking through fire without a burn
Clinging a shoulder, a leap begins
Stinging and older, asleep on pins
So here we go
Now we
(John/Roger) (pulling away)
Oh no
(Abigail/Mimi)
I know
(John/Roger)
Oh no
(Both)
Who knows where
Mimi then takes Roger's hands.
Who goes there
Here goes
Mimi then leads Roger across the stage taking a step everywhere he goes.
Here goes here goes
Here goes here goes
La Vie Boheme B
Roger and Mimi exit. Joanne reenters, and is obviously mad.
(Mary/Maureen)
Are we packed?
(Tilly/Joanne)
Yes and by next week
I want you to be
(Mary/Maureen)
Pookie?
(Tilly/Joanne)
And you should see
They've padlocked your building
And they're rioting on Avenue B
Benny called the cops
(Mary/Maureen)
That fuck
(Tilly/Joanne)
They don't know what they're doing
The cops are sweeping the lot
But no one's leaving
They're just sitting there, mooing!
(All)
Yeah!
Pandemonium then erupts in the restaurant.
To dance
(A girl)
No way to make a living, masochism, pain,
Perfection
Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short
Careers, eating disorders
(All)
Film
(Arthur/Mark)
Adventure, tedium, no family, boring
Locations,
Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money,
Hollywood and sleaze
(All)
Music
(Javier/Angel)
Food of love, emotion, mathematics,
Isolation,
Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony, and heavy
Competition
(All)
Anarchy
(Charles/Collins & Mary/Maureen)
Revolution, justice, screaming for
Solutions,
Forcing changes, risk, and danger
Making noise and making pleas
(All)
To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers
Too
(Mary/Maureen)
To me
(Arthur/Mark)
To me
(Charles/Collins & Javier/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
Let he among us without sin
Be the first to condemn
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
(Arthur/Mark)
Anyone out of the mainstream
Is anyone in the mainstream?
Anyone alive with a sex drive
(Others)
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
(Arthur/Mark)
Tear down the wall
Aren't we all?
The opposite of war isn't peace
It's creation
(All)
La vie Boheme
Lights then dim down. Spotlight on Mark.
(Arthur/Mark)
The riot continues. The Christmas tree goes up in flames.
The snow dances.
Oblivious, Roger and Mimi share a small, lovely kiss
Spotlight on Mimi and Roger kissing. Lights then dim down on them and lights fade up on Life Café.
(All)
Viva La vie Boheme
Lights then dim down as that's the end of Act I.