It's been awhile, hi!
The school musical is stealing all my free time, but it's really starting to come together, it's cool! The show starts on the 2nd!
Thank you for the awesome reviews, everyone!
This is a pretty short song, SORRY!
The stage is in black. A spotlight falls on Anthony, alone.
ANTHONY:
Rehearsal is going well. Adam's feeling so much better. I think we're going to be ready for the opening performance in no time. This city is so full of RENThead energy! I'm so excited I can barely sit still!
Adam appears.
ADAM:
Maybe this is it. Maybe we'll be too old to do theater ever again—this tour—it's sad to think about, yes… but the RENT cast is kind of meant to be full of 20-somethings. Not middle-aged men. We're the originals, we get away with it.
ANTHONY:
(horrified) Oh my God, that is all so true!
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We see a sad teenage RENThead, sitting on a chair in her bedroom.
RENTHEAD:
(lamenting) Adam's beautiful voice singing One Song Glory really helps me get through terrible cramfests of studying. RENT means so much to me. I walk home to Daphne's Out Tonight everyday and it makes me so bouncy. And during the bus ride to school, I look out the window and listen to A&A sing What You Own. I'd die if I met anyone related to the show. I'm so jealous of anyone who's seen it live. A&A or otherwise, I don't care. I have a million pictures of Jesse L. Martin and Wilson Jermaine Heredia in a brown paper bad on my desk. I have a red and blue sweater like Mark's. I used to wear glasses like his before I contacts. At my job, all day as I work, I think of RENT, and it makes everything better. I wish I could be out there with the cast during La Vie Boheme, dancing like a real dancer. RENT's touring around the country with Adam and Anthony right now. Is it coming to my town? No. But it's not like I'm even surprised. It never comes anywhere near me. I used to dream of somehow traveling to New York, but it's not even there anymore. I wish more than anything I could just see RENT. What if it doesn't ever come here? What if I turn 30 and nothing's changed? I'm worried I'm setting myself up for a big disappointment. Maybe I'll never see RENT! Maybe… oh god. I don't want to be disappointed.
(She stands, singing to the audience)
RENTHEAD:
IT'S NOT FAIR, I SAY
THAT THE TOUR WON'T COME NEAR ME
NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE
ABOUT THE MUSICAL I'VE BEEN DYING TO SEE
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART
OH - I JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW.
IT'S SUCH A DRAG, I SAY
THAT RENT'S NOT IN NYC
NEVER MIND JETLAG - I SAY
I'D USE MY COLLEGE SAVINGS MONEY!
OH OH OH
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART
OH - I JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW.
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ADAM:
(yawning) Maybe we ARE too old. I mean… don't get me wrong, we look GOOD, but I feel like laying down and sleeping and not getting up until next week. (sighs) I'll see you at the opening night party, okay?
ANTHONY:
Hold on. Look, we're both tired. I've been like dead weight, dragging around. You've had panic attacks, like hysterical…
ADAM:
Only ever since the RENThead infiltrated our hotel room all those nights ago…
ANTHONY:
Stay here? We don't have to party tonight. We'll order some dinner, go to bed early, just relax. Okay?
ADAM:
No, we should go to the party, everyone will want us there!
ANTHONY:
Stay. You're exhausted. The show starts tomorrow. You need rest.
ADAM:
(shrugging him off) I'll take an Ambien.
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RENTHEAD:
LIVIN' IN A TOWN LIKE MINE'S
TOUGH ON A RENTHEAD
NO LIVE SHOWS
NOT EVEN SWEENEY!
OH WHAT A JOY TO SEE RENT
FOR A RENTHEAD
SO AMAZING
ADAM - DON'T YOU SEE?
ANTHONY – DON'T YOU AGREE?
WISH I KNEW WHY, I SAY
THE RENT TOUR WON'T COME TO MY STATE
THERE'S TEARS IN MY EYES, I SAY
THIS IS REALLY NOT SO GREAT!
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART…
ANTHOINY:
OH – I AM SO TIRED…
RENTHEAD:
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART…
ADAM:
SO TIRED, SO TIRED…
RENTHEAD:
WHOEVER SCHEDULED THE TOUR BROKE MY HEART…
ADAM, ANTHONY AND RENTHEAD:
OH OH OH OH OH
RENTHEAD:
I JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW
JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW
JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW
JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW
JUST WANT TO SEE THE SHOW…
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ADAM:
Don't worry about the party. You want to stay… stay. I'll tell everyone you feel asleep and I didn't want to wake you. (leaves)
ANTHONY:
Ok, Adam. Hey look, I…
RENTHEAD:
…SHOW!
ANTHONY:
(sighs) He's gone.
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