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SEASONS OF LOVE

COMPANY:

    FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES

  • FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND MOMENTS SO DEAR

    FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES

    HOW DO YOU MEASURE — MEASURE A YEAR?

    IN DAYLIGHTS — IN SUNSETS

    IN MIDNIGHTS — IN CUPS OF COFFEE

    IN INCHES — IN MILES

    IN LAUGHTER — IN STRIFE

    IN — FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES

    HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR IN THE LIFE?

    HOW ABOUT LOVE? HOW ABOUT LOVE?

    HOW ABOUT LOVE? MEASURE IN LOVE

    SEASONS OF LOVE

    SEASONS OF LOVE

SOLOIST #1:

    FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES

  • FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND JOURNEYS TO PLAN

    FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED MINUTES

    HOW DO YOU MEASURE THE LIFE OF A WOMAN OR A MAN?

SOLOIST #2:

    N TRUTHS THAT SHE LEARNED, OR IN TIMES THAT HE CRIED

  • IN BRIDGES HE BURNED OR THE WAY THAT SHE DIED

ALL:

    IT’S TIME NOW — TO SING OUT THO’ THE STORY NEVER ENDS

  • LET’S CELEBRATE, REMEMBER A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF FRIENDS

    REMEMBER THE LOVE REMEMBER THE LOVE

    REMEMBER THE LOVE MEASURE IN LOVE

SOLOIST #1:

    MEASURE, MEASURE YOUR LIFE IN LOVE

  • SEASONS OF LOVE … SEASONS OF LOVE

HAPPY NEW YEAR (The Street)

MARK:

  • Pan to the padlocked door. New Year’s rocking eve.

    The breaking-back-into-the-building party…

MIMI:

    How long till next year?

ROGER:

    Three and a half minutes…

MIMI:

    I’M GIVING UP MY VICES

  • I’M GOING BACK — BACK TO SCHOOL

    EVICTION OR NOT, THIS WEEK’S BEEN SO HOT

    THAT LONG AS I’VE GOT YOU, I KNOW I’LL BE COOL

    I COULDN’T CRACK THE LOVE CODE, DEAR

    ‘TILL YOU MADE THE LOCK ON MY HEART EXPLODE

    IT’S GONNA BE A HAPPY NEW YEAR

    A HAPPY NEW YEAR

MARK:

    COAST IS CLEAR

  • YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING…THAT’S FOR MIDNIGHT

    WHERE ARE THEY? THERE ISN’T MUCH TIME

MIMI:

    MAYBE THEY’RE DRESSING

  • I MEAN, WHAT DOES ONE WEAR THAT’S APROPOS

    FOR A PARTY — THAT’S ALSO A CRIME

MAUREEN:

    CHIPS, ANYONE?

MARK:

    YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUT OF HICKSVILLE

  • BUT YOU CAN’T TAKE THE HICKSVILLE OUT OF THE GIRL

MAUREEN:

    MY RIOT GOT YOU ON TV — I DESERVE A ROYALTY

MIMI:

    BE NICE, YOU TWO OR NO GOD AWFUL CHAMPAGNE

MAUREEN:

    DON’T MIND IF I DO. NO LUCK?

ROGER:

    BOLTED PLYWOOD, PADLOCKED WITH A CHAIN

  • A TOTAL DEAD END

MAUREEN:

    JUST LIKE MY EX-GIRLFRIEND

  • HONEY…? I KNOW YOU’RE THERE…

    PLEASE PICK UP THE PHONE

    ARE YOU OKAY?

    IT’S NOT FUNNY — IT’S NOT FAIR

    HOW CAN I ATONE?

    ARE YOU OKAY?

    I LOSE CONTROL BUT I CAN LEARN TO BEHAVE

    GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE, LET ME BE YOUR SLAVE

    I’LL KISS YOUR DOC MARTENS

    LET ME KISS YOUR DOC MARTENS

    YOUR EVERY WISH I WILL OBEY

JOANNE:

    THAT MIGHT BE OKAY

  • DOWN GIRL, HEEL…STAY

    I DID A BIT OF RESEARCH WITH MY FRIENDS AT LEGAL AID

    TECHNICALLY, YOU’RE SQUATTERS…THERE’S HOPE

    BUT JUST IN CASE

MARK & JOANNE:

    ROPE!

MARK:

    WE CAN HOIST A LINE

JOANNE:

    TO THE FIRE ESCAPE —

MARK:

    AND TIE OFF AT

MARK & JOANNE:

    THAT BENCH!

MAUREEN:

    I CAN’T TAKE THEM AS CHUMS

JOANNE:

    START HOISTING — WENCH

ROGER:

    I THINK I SHOULD BE LAUGHING

  • YET I FORGET — FORGET HOW TO BEGIN

    I’M FEELING SOMETHING INSIDE

    AND YET I STILL CAN’T DECIDE

    IF I SHOULD HIDE OR MAKE A WIDE OPEN GRIN

    LAST WEEK I WANTED JUST TO DISAPPEAR

    MY LIFE WAS DUST, BUT NOW IT JUST MAY BE A HAPPY NEW YEAR

    A HAPPY NEW YEAR

COLLINS:

    BOND — JAMES BOND

ANGEL:

    AND PUSSY GALORE — IN PERSON

MAUREEN:

    PUSSY — YOU CAME PREPARED

ANGEL:

    I WAS A BOY SCOUT ONCE

  • AND A BROWNIE

    ‘TILL SOME BRAT GOT SCARED

COLLINS:

    AHA! MONEYPENNY — MY MARTINI!

MIMI:

    WILL BAD CHAMPAGNE DO?

ROGER:

    THAT’S SHAKEN — NOT STIRRED

COLLINS:

    PUSSY — THE BOLTS

ANGEL:

    JUST SAY THE WORD

MIMI:

    TWO MINUTES LEFT TO EXECUTE OUR PLAN

COLLINS:

    WHERE’S EVERYONE ELSE?

ROGER:

    PLAYING SPIDERMAN

MARK:

    IRONIC CLOSE UP: TIGHT ON THE PHONE MACHINE’S RED LIGHT

  • ONCE THE BOHO BOYS ARE GONE

    THE POWER MYSTERIOUSLY COMES ON

VOICE MAIL #3

MRS. COHEN:

    MARK, IT’S THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST — YOUR MOTHER

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM SCARSDALE

    WE’RE ALL IMPRESSED THAT THE RIOT FOOTAGE

    MADE THE NIGHTLY NEWS

    EVEN YOUR FATHER SAYS MAZELTOV

    HONEY — CALL HIM. LOVE MOM

ALEXI DARLING:

    MARK COHEN

  • ALEXI DARLING FROM BUZZLINE

MARK:

    Oh, that show’s so sleazy.

ALEXI DARLING:

    YOUR FOOTAGE OF THE RIOT: A-ONE

  • FEATURE SEGMENT — NETWORK — DEALTIME

    I’M SENDING YOU A CONTRACT

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    MARKY, GIVE US A CALL, 970-4301

    OR AT HOME TRY 862-6754

    OR – MY CELLPHONE AT 919-763-0090

    OR — YOU CAN E-MAIL ME

    AT DARLING ALEXI NEWSCOM DOT NET

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HAPPY NEW YEAR B

MAUREEN:

    I THINK WE NEED AN AGENT!

MARK:

    WE?

JOANNE:

    THAT’S SELLING OUT

MARK:

    BUT IT’S NICE TO DREAM

MAUREEN:

    YEAH — IT’S NETWORK TV

  • AND IT’S ALL THANKS TO ME

MARK:

    SOMEHOW I THINK I SMELL THE WHIFF OF A SCHEME

JOANNE:

    ME TOO

MAUREEN:

    WE CAN PLAN ANOTHER PROTEST

JOANNE:

    WE?!

MAUREEN:

    THIS TIME YOU CAN SHOOT FROM THE START

  • YOU’LL DIRECT

    STARRING ME!

ALL:

    5, 4, 3… OPEN SESAME!!

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR

    HAPPY NEW YEAR

    HAPPY NEW …

BENNY:

    I SEE THAT YOU’VE BEATEN ME TO THE PUNCH

ROGER:

    HOW’D YOU KNOW WE’D BE HERE?

BENNY:

    I HAD A HUNCH

MARK:

    YOU’RE NOT MAD?

BENNY:

    I’M HERE TO END THIS WAR

  • IT’S A SHAME YOU WENT AND DESTROYED THE DOOR

MIMI:

    WHY ALL THE SUDDEN BIG ABOUT FACE?

BENNY:

    THE CREDIT IS YOURS — YOU MADE A GOOD CASE

ROGER:

    WHAT CASE?

BENNY:

    MIMI CAME TO SEE ME AND SHE HAD MUCH TO SAY

MIMI:

    THAT’S NOT HOW YOU PUT IT AT ALL YESTERDAY

BENNY:

    I COULDN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT THE WHOLE MESS

  • MARK — YOU WANT TO GET THIS ON FILM

MARK:

    I GUESS

BENNY:

    I REGRET THE UNLUCKY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE PAST SEVEN DAYS

ROGER:

    CIRCUMSTANCE? YOU PADLOCKED OUR DOOR

BENNY:

    AND IT’S WITH GREAT PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF CYBERARTS

  • THAT I HAND YOU THIS KEY

ANGEL:

    GOLF CLAPS

MARK:

    I HAVE NO JUICE IN MY BATTERY

BENNY:

    RESHOOT

ROGER:

    I SEE — THIS IS A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

MAUREEN:

    THE BENEVOLENT GOD

  • USHERS THE POOR ARTISTS BACK TO THEIR FLAT

    WERE YOU PLANNING ON TAKING DOWN THE BARBED WIRE

    FROM THE LOT, TOO?

ROGER:

    ANYTHING BUT THAT!

BENNY:

    CLEARING THE LOT WAS A SAFETY CONCERN

  • WE BREAK GROUND THIS MONTH BUT YOU CAN RETURN

MAUREEN:

    THAT’S WHY YOU’RE HERE WITH PEOPLE YOU HATE

  • INSTEAD OF WITH MUFFY AT MUFFY’S ESTATE

BENNY:

    I’D HONESTLY RATHER BE WITH YOU TONIGHT THAN IN WESTPORT–

ROGER:

    SPARE US OLD SPORT, THE SOUNDBITE

BENNY:

    MIMI — SINCE YOUR WAYS ARE SO SEDUCTIVE

MIMI:

    YOU CAME ON TO ME!

BENNY:

    CONVINCE HIM NOT TO BE SO COUNTERPRODUCTIVE

ROGER:

    LIAR!

BENNY:

    WHY NOT TELL HIM WHAT YOU WORE TO MY PLACE?

MIMI:

    I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK

BENNY:

    BLACK LEATHER AND LACE!

  • MY DESK WAS A MESS — I THINK I’M STILL SORE

MIMI:

    CAUSE I KICKED HIM AND TOLD HIM I WASN’T HIS WHORE

BENNY:

    BUT DOES YOUR BOYFRIEND KNOW WHO YOUR LAST BOYFRIEND WAS?

ROGER:

    I’M NOT HER BOYFRIEND — I DON’T CARE WHAT SHE DOES

ANGEL:

    PEOPLE! IS THIS ANY WAY TO START A NEW YEAR?

  • HAVE COMPASSION, BENNY JUST LOST HIS CAT

BENNY:

    MY DOG — BUT I APPRECIATE THAT

ANGEL:

    MY CAT HAD A FALL AND I WENT THROUGH HELL

BENNY:

    IT’S LIKE LOSING A … HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT SHE FELL?

COLLINS:

    CHAMPAGNE?

BENNY:

    DON’T MIND IF I DO — TO DOGS

ALL BUT BENNY:

    NO BENNY — TO YOU!

ANGEL:

    LET’S MAKE A RESOLUTION

MIMI:

    I’LL DRINK TO THAT

COLLINS:

    LET’S ALWAYS STAY FRIENDS

JOANNE:

    THOUGH WE MAY HAVE OUR DISPUTES

MAUREEN:

    THIS FAMILY TREE’S GOT DEEP ROOTS

MARK:

    FRIENDSHIP IS THICKER THAN BLOOD

ROGER:

    THAT DEPENDS

MIMI:

    DEPENDS ON TRUST

ROGER:

    DEPENDS ON TRUE DEVOTION

JOANNE:

    DEPENDS ON LOVE

MARK:

    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:

    IT’S GONNA BE A HAPPY NEW YEAR

ROGER & MIMI:

    I’M SORRY

ROGER:

    COMING?

MIMI:

    IN A MINUTE — I’M FINE — GO

THE MAN:

    WELL, WELL, WELL, WHAT HAVE WE HERE?

  • IT’S GONNA BE A HAPPY NEW YEAR

    THERE, THERE… (etc.)

TAKE ME OR LEAVE ME (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 —
    though he talks about selling his guitar and

    getting out of here. (Still jealous of Benny)…
    God knows where Collins and

    Angel are…Could be that new Shanty Town by the river or a suite at the

    Plaza…
    Maureen and Joanne are rehearsing. That is if they’re speaking this

    week…
    Me? I’m here. Nowhere.

MAUREEN:

    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 HELP IT BABY

    SO BE KIND, DON’T LOSE YOUR MIND

    JUST REMEMBER 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?

    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?

JOANNE:

    CAN’T LIVE WITH THEM — OR WITHOUT THEM!

BOTH:

    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!

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)

ROGER:

    Where were you?

MIMI:

    I’m sorry I’m late…

ROGER:

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

  • And how’s Benny? I’m gonna work upstairs tonight.

MIMI:

  • That’s not…

    I SHOULD TELL YOU

    I SHOULD…

    Never mind…

ROGER:

    Happy Spring

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 GIRLS 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)

ROGER & MARK:

    SPEAK…

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)

GROUP A:

    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

GROUP B:

    HOT-HOT-HOT-SWEAT-SWEET

  • WET-WET-WET-RED-HEAT

COLLINS:

    TOUCH

MAUREEN:

    TASTE!

MIMI:

    DEEP!

COLLINS:

    DARK!

MAUREEN:

    KISS!

COLLINS:

    BEG!

MIMI:

    SLAP!

MIMI, MAUREEN & COLLINS:

    FEAR!

COLLINS:

    THICK

COLLINS, MIMI & MAUREEN:

    RED, RED, RED, RED, RED, RED — PLEASE

MAUREEN:

    HARDER

ANGEL:

    FASTER

MAUREEN:

    WETTER

MIMI:

    BASTARD

COLLINS:

    YOU WHORE

MAUREEN:

    YOU CANNIBAL!

MIMI & ANGEL:

    MORE!

MAUREEN:

    YOU ANIMAL!

MAUREEN, COLLINS & MIMI:

    FLUID NO FLUID NO CONTACT YES NO CONTACT

ALL:

    FIRE, FIRE, BURN BURN YES!

  • NO LATEX RUBBER RUBBER

    FIRE LATEX RUBBER LATEX BUMMER

    LOVER BUMMER

ANGEL:

    TAKE ME — TAKE ME

  • TODAY FOR YOU

    TOMORROW FOR ME

    TODAY ME

    TOMORROW YOU

    TOMORROW YOU

    LOVE YOU — LOVE YOU

    I LOVE YOU — I LOVE YOU!

    TAKE ME — TAKE ME

    I LOVE YOU!

ROGER’S VOICE:

    UM

JOANNE’S VOICE:

    WAIT

MIMI’S VOICE:

    SLIPPED

COLLINS’ VOICE:

    SHIT

JOANNE’S VOICE:

    OW!

ROGER’S VOICE:

    WHERE’D IT GO?

MIMI’S VOICE:

    SAFE

COLLINS’ VOICE:

    DAMN

MAUREEN’S VOICE:

    I THINK I MISSED

  • DON’T GET PISSED

ALL:

    IT WAS BAD FOR ME — WAS IT BAD FOR YOU?

JOANNE:

    IT’S OVER

MAUREEN:

    IT’S OVER

ROGER:

    IT’S OVER

MIMI:

    IT’S OVER

COLLINS:

    IT’S OVER

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