Boheme

ANGEL:Who died?
BENNY:Our Akita
They make fun yet Im the one
Attempting to do some good
Or do you really want a neighborhood
Where people piss on your stoop every night?
Bohemia, Bohemias
A fallacy in your head
This is Calcutta
Bohemia is dead
MARK
Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes
Here she lies
No one knew her worth
The late great daughter of mother earth
On this night when we celebrate the birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass- you bet your ass to-
La vie Boheme
ALL
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
MARK
To days of inspiration
Playing hookie, making something out of nothing
The need to express
To communicate,
To going against the grain,
Going insane
Going mad

To loving tension, no pension
To more than one dimension,
To starving for attention,
Hating convention, hating pretension
Not to mention of course,
Hating dear old mom and dad

To riding your bike,
Midday past the three- piece suits
To fruits to no absolutes
To Absolute- to choice
To the Village Voice
To any passing fad
To being an us-for once-, instead of a them -

ALL
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
MAUREEN
Hey Mister- shes my sister

RESTAURANT MAN
So thats five miso soup, four ******* salad
Three soy burger dinner, two tofu dog platter
And one pasta with meatless balls

A BOY :Ugh
COLLINS:It tastes the same
MIMI:If you close your eyes

RESTAURANT MAN
And thirteen orders of fries
Is that it here?
ALL:Wine and beer!

MIMI & ANGEL
To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries
To yoga , to yogurt, to rice and beans and cheese
To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo
To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou

MAUREEN & COLLINS
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion
Creation, vacation
MARK:Mucho masturbation
MAUREEN & COLLINS
Compassion, to fashion, to passion when its new
COLLINS//To Sontag
ANGEL//Sondheim
FOUR PEOPLE:To anything taboo
COLLINS & ROGER
Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage
COLLINS:Lenny Bruce
ROGER:Langston Hughes
MAUREEN:To the stage
PERSON # 1:To Uta
PERSON #2:To Buddha
PERSON #3:Pablo Neruda, too

MARK & MIMI
Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow
To blow off Auntie Em

ALL
La vie Boheme

MR. GREY
Sisters?

MAUREEN
Were close

ANGEL, COLLINS , MAUREEN, MARK, MR. GREY
Brothers!

MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & THREE OTHERS
*****uals, ******uals, homo sapiens,
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, Pee Wee Herman
German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein
Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa
Carmina Burana

To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy
ALL
Vaclav Havel - The *** Pistols, 8BC,
To no shame - never playing the Fame Game

COLLINS
To *********

ALL
To sodomy,
Its between God and me
To S & M
BENNY:Waiter...Waiter...Waiter
La vie Boheme

ALL

COLLINS
In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu salon will commence
immediately following dinner
erection on high holy days

MARK
Maureen Johnson, back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the
eleventh street lot,
Will sing native american tribal chants backwards through her vocoder,
While accompanying herself on the electric cello
Which she has never studied

Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap, will perform her famous lawn
BENNY
Your new boyfriend doesnt know about us?

MIMI
chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred
Theres nothing to know
MARK

Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song
ROGER
Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an
That doesnt remind us of 'Musettas Waltz'
COLLINS
Angel Dumott Schunard will now model the latest fall fashions from Paris
While accompanying herself on the 10 gallon plastic pickle tub
ANGEL
And Collins will recount his exploits as an anarchist
Including the successful reprogramming of the M.I.T. virtual reality equipment
To self-destruct, as it broadcast the words:
ALL
'Actual reality -- Act Up -- Fight AIDS'
MIMI
Excuse me did I do something wrong?
I get invited then ignored all night long

ROGER
Ive been trying Im not lying
No ones perfect Ive got baggage

MIMI
Lifes too short, babe, time is flying
Im looking for baggage that goes with mine
ROGER
I should tell, you-
MIMI
Ive got baggage too
ROGER
I should tell you
Baggage - wine And beer!
MIMI
BOTH
AZT break
ROGER
You?
MIMI
Me , You?
ROGER
Mimi