A Chorus Line

Bobby: I'm Robert Charles Joseph Henry Mills III, that's my real name too. I come from upstage New York, near Buffalo, I can't remember the name of the town... I've blocked it out. I was born 25 years ago.

My name is Bebe Benzenheimer and I know, I gotta change it. I'm twenty-two. I come from Boston, and here I am.

... after Diana

Zach: Sheila?

Sheila: How many people do you want?

Zach: Four and four.

Judy: Forty-four?

No. Four and four.

"At The Ballet"

Sheila: That's when I started class... UP A STEEP AND VERY NARROW STAIRWAY

TO THE VOICE LIKE A METRONOME.

UP A STEEP AND VERY NARROW STAIRWAY.

IT WASN'T PARADISE.

IT WASN'T PARADISE.

IT WASN'T PARADISE.

BUT IT WAS HOME.

MOTHER ALWAYS SAID I'D BE VERY ATTRACTIVE,

WHEN I GREW UP, WHEN I GREW UP.

"DIFF'RENT," SHE SAID, "WITH A SPECIAL SOMETHING

AND A VERY, VERY PERSONAL FLAIR."

AND THOUGH I WAS EIGHT OR NINE,

THOUGH I WAS EIGHT OR NINE,

THOUGH I WAS EIGHT OR NINE,

I HATED HER.

NOW,

"DIFF'RENT" IS NICE, BUT IT SURE ISN'T PRETTY.

"PRETTY" IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

I NEVER MET ANYONE WHO WAS "DIFF'RENT"

WHO COULDN'T FIGURE THAT OUT.

SO BEAUTIFUL I'D NEVER LIVE TO SEE.

BUT IT WAS CLEAR,

IF NOT TO HER,

WELL, THEN, TO ME, THAT...

EV'RYONE IS BEAUTIFUL AT THE BALLET.

EV'RY PRINCE HAS GOT TO HAVE HIS SWAN.

YES, EV'RYONE IS BEAUTIFUL AT THE BALLET.

Maggie: HEY!

I WAS PRETTY...

Sheila: AT THE BALLET.

UP A STEEP AND VERY NARROW STAIRWAY

TO THE VOICE LIKE A METRONOME.

UP A STEEP AND VERY NARROW STAIRWAY.

Maggie: IT WASN'T PARADISE.

IT WASN'T PARADISE.

Sheila: IT WASN'T PARADISE.

BUT IT WAS HOME.

Maggie: [monologue]... "Daddy, I would love to dance."

BUT IT WAS CLEAR...

Sheila: WHEN HE PROPOSED...

Maggie: THAT I WAS BORN TO HELP THEIR MARRIAGE AND WHEN...

Sheila: THAT'S WHAT HE SAID...

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID...

Maggie: I USED TO DANCE AROUND THE LIVING ROOM...

Sheila: HE WASN'T WARM...

NOT TO HER...

Maggie: [verse]... AT THE BALLET!

YES, EV'RYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AT THE BALLET.

Maggie: HEY!2

I WAS PRETTY...

Sheila: I WAS HAPPY

Maggie: I WOULD LOVE TO

AT... THE... BALLET.

a while until Montage Part 1

Val: HELLO TWELVE,

Richie: HELLO THIRTEEN,

Maggie: HELO LOVE.

Al: CHANGES, OH!

DOWN BELOW.

... after Connie...

Mike: One little fart! And they called me "Stinky" for 3 years. Aahhh!

All: GOODBYE TWELVE,

GOODBYE THIRTEEN,

HELLO LOVE...

ROBERT GOULET, ROBERT GOULET, MY GOD, ROBERT GOULET!

... Montage Part 3...

Maggie: WHY DO I PAY FOR ALL THOSE LESSONS?

DANCE FOR GRAN'MA!

DANCE FOR GRAN'MA!

MY GOD, THAT STEVE MCQUEEN'S REAL SEXY.

BOB GOULET OUT, STEVE MCQUEEN IN!

... Montage Part 4...

overlapping parts

All: GOODBYE TWELVE,

GOODBYE THIRTEEN,

HELLO LOVE.

CHANGES, OH,

DOWN BELOW,

UP A-

Val: Sh!t. Made it through high school without growing tits.

STEVE MCQUEEN OUT, NUREYEV IN!

......... long time....... "One"

Zach: Let's do it again. A-five, six, seven, eight, a-

Overlapping parts: One... Two... Shoulder up... Singular Sensation... Stay pulled up...

Point...

Point...

Step, kick...

.... Step, brush... Three, four... Suddenly nobody...

Step flick...

... Tap Dance...

Sheila: God, when it's over do I need a drink!

Mike: He's gotta know what he wants by now.

Oh, Jesus, have I got a headache!

... after Paul leaves

Zach: What do you do when you can't dance anymore?

Kill yourself.

...

Richie: I could do without that, but - sh!t - there's no work anymore.

Mike: Tell me about it.

Connie: It's true.

Greg: Sure it is... but isn't that happening to every...

Oh, please - I don't wanna hear about how Broadway's dying. 'Cause I just got here.

...

Don: Yeah, but dreams don't pay the rent.

Val: So... I'll find somebody who can.

Mike: That's the thing that gets me - a girl can always get married.

Sheila: She didn't say anything about marriage.

Mike: Another thing is...

Oh, please, I don't know if I can take it.

Mike: These bodies don't last forever...

I can't take it.