THEATREGOER

Was this a real life,
or Larson’s fantasy?
Collins got fired
'cause of Actual Reality?
Open your eyes,
the whole theatre cries,
you see.

MARK

I’m a filmmaker,
please don’t invest in me:
creative juices fade, juices flow.
Roger’s high, Roger’s low.
Rent is where my cash goes
but it doesn’t matter to me.

Mama just made a call.
Put the phone up to her ear,
not the voice I wanna hear.
Mama, dating had just begun
and then Maureen just throws it all away.
Mama, ooh,
didn’t mean to make you cry.
If the number doesn’t work by this time next year
carry on, carry on
as if art just doesn’t matter.

ROGER

Too late, got writer’s block.
Still can't find a nice glory.
E'en after I met Mimi.
Goodbye, tiny dancer, I’ve got to go.
Gotta leave you all behind for Santa Fe.
Mama, ooh,

MARK

(One song glory)

ROGER

I don’t wanna die.
I really just wish I hadn’t done drugs at all.

MARK+ROGER

I can see Benny, our evil landlord man.


MARK

Please, Joanne. Please, Joanne.
Do the legal tango.

JOANNE

Performances and squatting:
problems Maur’s allotting me.

MAUREEN

Take me, baby.
Take me, baby.
Take me baby or just go.

MARK

Magnifico!

BENNY
I’m just a landlord, nobody loves me.

MARK+ROGER+COLLINS

He is a boho in a rich family.
Please spare his brain that once had artistry.

BENNY
Progress I can’t prevent.
Will you pay the rent.

ALL EXCEPT BENNY

You sold out!
No, we will not pay the rent!

BENNY

Pay the rent!

ALL EXCEPT BENNY

You sold out!
No, we will not pay the rent!

BENNY

Pay the rent!

ALL EXCEPT BENNY

You sold out!
No, we will not pay the rent!

BENNY

Pay the rent!

ALL EXCEPT BENNY

We will not pay the rent!

BENNY

Pay the rent!

ALL EXCEPT BENNY

We will not pay the rent!

BENNY

Pay the rent!

ALL EXCEPT BENNY

We will not pay the rent!

BENNY

Pay the rent!

ALL EXCEPT BENNY

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

ANGEL
Today for you. Today for you.

ALL EXCEPT ANGEL
And tomorrow is for me.

MAUREEN
11th Street has a lot that’s put aside for me.
For me.
For me.
For me.
For me.

MIMI

So you think you can dump me 'cause I saved your loft?
But at least you were there for the time I last coughed.
Oh, Roger. Can’t do this do this to me Roger.
Just gotta get out.
Just gotta get outta rehab.

ANGEL

There’s no other road.
There’s no other way.
There’s no other course.
There’s no other day.
There’s no other day but
today.

ALL

I die without you.