ACT 1 SCENE 1 OLD MAN STRONG CUES AND LINES

LS: "But—"

OMS(ME): "I haven't got it!!"

P: "Then go get it!"

OMS(ME): "C'mon, Penny, I'm good for it."

P: "That's what you said last week and I still haven't seen penny one. And it's Ms. Pennywise to you."

OMS(ME): "Bobby! Bobby, reason with the woman. I'm a little short this morning."

P: "Get your head out of the clouds, Bobby Strong. No one gets in for free."

OMS(ME): "Now Ms. Pennywise, we've all had to make special arrangements with people in high places over the years. Why not let this one be ours?"

B: "But Ms. Penny—" P: "No buts, Bobby."

OMS(ME): "In the name of God, Penny, what difference could it make?"

P: "I said no buts, Bobby. You're a sweet-lookin' boy and I likes to keep you around, but this man ain't comin' in without payin'. Not this time."

OMS(ME): "I can't wait much longer, Bobby. There's no tellin' what I might do."

B: "But Ms. Pennywise—"

OMS(ME): "That's enough, Bobby."

P: [and I think I'll charge you twice]

OMS(ME): "No need to jeopardize your position!"

P: [or better yet have you arrested]

OMS(ME): "I'm through with all this, you see"

P: [since you prefer the law gets tested]

OMS(ME): "Scrapin' cash 3 times a day.

P: [and in urinetown you'll see]

OMS(ME): "Crazy with the nitrates half the time."

P: [Why it's dumb to fight with me]

OMS(ME): "It's no way to live, I tells ya! No way to live!

B: "Pa! Pa, what are you doing?! Have you lost your mind?!"

OMS(ME): "More than that, boy! A whole lot more than that!"

L: "Make way, damn you! Make way!"

OMS(ME): "Ahhh. That's Better"

B: "So if it ain't Old Man Strong."

OMS(ME): "The same."

L: "Is this your doing, Strong?"

OMS(ME): It is.

L: "You've done a terrible thing here today, Strong!"

OMS(ME): "I did what I thought was necessary."

B: "Quite exiling."

OMS(ME): "What if it is? I feel better now, and that's all I cares about."

L: "Always knew we'd get you in the end, Joseph Strong. Take him away!"

OMS(ME): "Bobby!"

B: "Pa!"

OMS(ME): "Don't forget me, Bobby!"

B: "I won't, Pa!"

OMS(ME): "And tell yer mother… tell your mother that I love her!"

B: "I will, Pa! I will!"

OMS(ME): "Remember me, boys! Oh God, what have I done?! Remember me!"