TANGO: MAUREEN (The lot. JOANNE is reexamining the cable connections for the umpteenth time.) MARK And so into the abyss…The lot. Where a small stage is partially set up. JOANNE (playing with some wires) “Line in”… I went to Harvard for this? MARK Close on Mark’s nose dive. JOANNE “Line out”… MARK Will he get…
YOU’LL SEE (BENNY enters.) BENNY Joy to the world– Hey, you bum — yeah, you, move over Get your ass off that range rover MARK That attitude toward the homeless is just what Maureen is protesting tonight. (Holding camera up to BENNY) Close up: Benjamin Coffin the third, our ex-roommate who married Alison Grey, of…
Mark: enter, tom collins, computer genius, teacher, vagabond anarchist who ran naked through the parthenon. Mark and Collins: bustelo-marlboro banana by the bunch a box of captain crunch will taste so good Collins: and firewood Mark: look it’s santa clause Collins: hold your applause. Roger: oh hi Collins: “oh hi” after seven months? Roger: sorry…
(JOANNE’s loft. In blackout another phone rings. We see MAUREEN in silhouette.) MAUREEN Hi. You’ve reached Maureen and Joanne. Leave a message and don’t forget “Over the Moon” — My performance, protesting the eviction of the Homeless (and artists) from the Eleventh Street Lot. Tonight at midnight in the lot between A and B. Party…
[ROGER] What’d you forget? [MIMI enters, holding a candle and looking for a match;] [her electricity is down, too.] [MIMI] Got a light? [ROGER] I know you? — You’re — You’re shivering [MIMI] It’s nothing They turned off my heat And I’m just a little Weak on my feet Would you light my candle? What…
[ROGER] One song Glory One song Before I go Glory One song to leave behind Find one song One last refrain Glory From the pretty boy front Man Who wasted opportunity One song He had the world at his feet Glory In the eyes of a young girl A young girl Find glory Beyond the…
(Lights come up on loft.) ROGER Where are you going? MARK Maureen calls… ROGER You’re such a sucker! MARK I don’t suppose you’d like to see her show in the lot tonight? (ROGER shrugs.) Or come to dinner? ROGER Zoom in on my empty wallet. MARK Touche. Take your AZT. Close on Roger His girlfriend…
[A HOMELESS MAN] Christmas bells are ringing Christmas bells are ringing Christmas bells are ringing Somewhere else! Not here [The HOMELESS MAN exits. ANGEL gets a good beat going on the tub,] [but is interrupted by a moan. He starts to drum again and sees] [COLLINS limp to downstage-left proscenium.] [ANGEL] You okay honey? [COLLINS]…
[MARK] How do you document real life When real life is getting more Like fiction each day Headlines — bread-lines Blow my mind And now this deadline “Eviction — or pay” Rent! [ROGER] How do you write a song When the chords sound wrong Though they once sounded right and rare When the notes are…
TUNE UP #2 MARK Tell the folks at home what you’re doing Roger ROGER I’m writing one great song — MARK The phone rings. ROGER Yesss! MARK We screen. ROGER & MARK’S ANSWERING MACHINE “Speak” … (“Beeeep!”) (Lights fade up on the street: the front-door area of MARK and ROGER’s building. Nearby is a battered…