[JAVERT] Valjean, at last, We see each other plain `M’sieur le Mayor,’ You’ll wear a different chain! [VALJEAN] Before you say another word, Javert Before you chain me up like a slave again Listen to me! There is something I must do. This woman leaves behind a suffering child. There is none but me who…
[Fantine is lying in a hospital bed, deliriously dreaming of her daughter Cosette] [FANTINE] Cosette, it’s turned so cold Cosette, it’s past your bedtime You’ve played the day away And soon it will be night. Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading Don’t you see the evening star appearing? Come to me, and rest…
[VALJEAN] He thought that man was me Without a second glance! That stranger he has found This man could be my chance! Why should I save his hide? Why should I right this wrong When I have come so far And struggled for so long? If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent,…
[The docks. Sailors, whores and their customers, pimps, etc. Fantine wanders in] [SAILOR ONE] I smell women Smell ’em in the air Think I’ll drop my anchor In that harbor over there [SAILOR TWO] Lovely ladies Smell ’em through the smoke Seven days at sea Can make you hungry for a poke [SAILOR THREE] Even…
There was a time when men were kind, And their voices were soft, And their words inviting. There was a time when love was blind, And the world was a song, And the song was exciting. There was a time when it all went wrong… I dreamed a dream in time gone by, When hope…
[1823, Montreuil-sur-Mer.] [Outside the factory owned by the Mayor,] [Monsieur Madeleine (Jean Valjean in disguise).] [THE POOR] At the end of the day you’re another day older And that’s all you can say for the life of the poor It’s a struggle, it’s a war And there’s nothing that anyone’s giving One more day standing…
[The bishop addresses Valjean] But remember this, my brother See in this some higher plan You must use this precious silver To become an honest man By the witness of the martyrs By the Passion and the Blood God has raised you out of darkness I have bought your soul for God! [VALJEAN] What have…
[CONSTABLE ONE] Tell his reverence your story [CONSTABLE TWO] Let us see if he’s impressed [CONSTABLE ONE] You were lodging here last night [CONSTABLE TWO] You were the honest Bishop’s guest. [CONSTABLE ONE] And then, out of Christian goodness [CONSTABLE TWO] When he learned about your plight [CONSTABLE ONE] You maintain he made a present…
[PRISONERS] Look down, look down Don’t look ’em in the eye Look down, look down, You’re here until you die [CONVICT ONE] The sun is strong It’s hot as hell below [PRISONER] Look down, look down, There’s twenty years to go [CONVICT TWO] I’ve done no wrong! Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer! [PRISONERS] Look down…
Coffee is nice. But since some coffee shops are marketing their respective establishments as “something to experience” apart from excellent beverages served, how about a theatrical experience? iChill Theater Cafe is one of the first underground theater cafes in the Philippines; one where the underground theater is on the 2nd floor. That is where the…