<strong>Act 1</strong>
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"You And I" - Benvolio
The Brawl "Enternal Life / Last Goodbye / What Will You Say" -
Rosaline, Romeo, Juliet & Ensemble
"Forget Her" - Romeo, Benvolio, Rosaline
"I Woke Up In A Strange Place" - Juliet / Nurse
"Dream Brother" - Mercutio, Romeo, Juliet & Ensemble
"Everybody Here Wants You" - Romeo, Juliet & Ensemble
"Haven't You Heard" - Tybalt
"New Years Prayer" - Friar & Ensemble
"Eternal Life" - Mercutio & Ensemble

<strong>Act 2</strong>
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"Lover You Should Have Come Over" / "I Know We Could Be So Happy Baby"
- Juliet, Romeo & Ensemble
"Morning Theft" - Lord & Lady Capulet, Paris, Juliet, Romeo
"Nightmares By The Sea" - Nurse, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague
"What Will You Say" - Juliet
"Corpus Christi Carol" - Paris & Ensemble
"Grace" - Romeo & Ensemble
"Opened Once / Last Goodbye " - Juliet and Romeo
"Hellelujah" - Benvolio & Ensemble


Act 1

<strong>You And I</strong> - Scene setting - Benvolio on the Balcony - show opening
- remember, Shakespeare tells the audience how the play is going to end before it even starts.

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Ah, the calm below that poisoned the river wild
You and I
Tears that dry on a rude awakened child
Where you look down
I’ve walked before
Burning holes
With eyes of liquid brown
If we had only known
In a way
We wouldn’t reach this ground
You were my only home
Silver eyes
I want to see you shine
And we will feel the weight
Fall away from us in time
Searching our past for the true
You and I, you and I, you and I
All for you

Scene 2: City Square
- The Capulets and Montagues are mortal enemies. Tybalt (the nephew of the head of the Capulet family) is a hot-head. Tybalt and another Capulet run into Mercutio and another (Montagues) and Tybalt insults them by "biting his thumb"

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Mercutio - played by a woman

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Tybalt

Benvolio arrives - a fight breaks out
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<strong>Eternal Life - CAST</strong>
Eternal life is now on my trail
Got my red glitter coffin man, just need one last nail
While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games
<strong>There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names</strong>
- This is the line that appears multiple times in the play. It speaks of the impending doom.

The Prince appears to demand the fighting stop
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Scene 3: Romeo discusses his love of Rosaline with Benvolio. Benvolio encourages Romeo to "Forget Her" and move on
<strong>Last Goodbye - Romeo & Rosaline w/ Benvolio</strong>

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This is our last embrace
Must I dream and always see your face
Why can't we overcome this wall
Well, maybe it's just because i didn't know you at all

Kiss me, please kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation
You know it makes me so angry 'cause i know that in time
I'll only make you cry, this is our last goodbye

<strong>Benvolio & Romeo - Rosaline - Forget Her</strong>
While this time's busy sleeping,
All the noise has died away.
I walk the streets to stop my weeping,
She'll never change her ways.
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Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her. (Ben)
And my heart is frozen still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow. (Romeo)

Scene 4 : Capulet wants his daughter to marry Paris. They talk together about the prospect. Notice that the Capulets are portrayed as monied Yuppies and the Montagues are more downtown New Yorkers. The Capulets plan a big party where Paris will meet Juliet.
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<strong>All Flowers in Time</strong>

Romeo meets the Capulet's messenger and reads the invitation list. Benvolio thinks it would be great to crash the party and have a little fun. Maybe Romeo will see that there are more beautiful girls in the wedding.
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At the Capulet's house - Juliet sings prepping for the party along with the nurse (sort of like a private nanny - in the book, Juliet is only 14)
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<strong>I Woke Up in a strange place</strong>
Woke Up In a strange place
sweat pours down
you're in the back seat sleeping
and she waits by the window
on an empty bed, weeping
the ghost guns the motor 
to the land that he promised me
i guess this is the time when your
best intentions become accidents

this is my song for the dislocated
who want to love but who turn to be hated
because the lies of the spirit possessed you
because the eyes of your lover resist you
listen now, you keep your aim steady
as your temple turns to kiss the pistol
fate is going to find your love
in a glass of champagne

Romeo is not sure he wants to go but Mercutio & Benvolio persuade him.
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Scene : Party at the Capulet's house. It is a masked ball and Romeo, Mercutio & Benvolio crash it. They are not noticed since everyone's faces are hidden.

<strong>Dream Brother</strong> - Mercutio sings most of this

i feel afraid and i call your name
i love your voice and your dance insane
i hear your words and i know your pain
your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another
your eyes to the ground
and the world spinning round forever
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During the song/dancing Romeo & Juliet's eyes meet. They exchange glances and, essentially, fall in love at first sight.
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Tybalt realizes that Romeo (A Capulet!) is at the party. He wants to make trouble but Capulet talks him out of it. Romeo, Benvolio & Mercutio run away from danger of being discovered but Romeo breaks away and sneaks back to Juliet's balcony for the famous balcony scene.

Romeo at Juliet's Balcony
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Juliet's nurse and parents begin calling her to come back inside and talk to Paris. She leaves for awhile and Romeo sings 

<strong>Everybody Here Wants You</strong>
Twenty-nine pearls in your kiss 
A singing smile 
Coffee smell and lilac skin 
Your flame in me 

I'm only here for this moment 

I know everybody here wants you 
I know everybody here thinks he needs you 
I'll be waiting right here just to show you 
How our love will blow it all away 

During the song Juliet appears again and they basically make out for awhile before Romeo leaves at dawn. Romeo runs into the friar (think Jeff Bridges) and tells him about his evening.
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Tybalts Anger - Tybalt appears on the balcony to express his anger at Romeo
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<strong>"Haven't You Heard"</strong>
Paranoia will write the world prayer 
Make sure that you fit in the right holes 
But when you take his offer, you're done for 
Done for, done for, oooh...

The nurse takes Romeo's message back to Juliet, they will be wed at Friars church in secret.
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The Wedding
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<strong>New Years Prayer</strong> - The Friar sings
feel no shame for what you are
feel no shame for what you are
feel it as a waterfall
fall in light

They consummate the marriage accompanied by sexually suggestive dancing below.

Once again, Tybalt encounters Mercutio & Benvolio in the street. Insults are exchanged but when Tybalt sees Romeo he forgets about Mercutio and starts to argue with him. Romeo will have none of it - professing that he loves Tybalt. Still Tybalt pushes and eventually Mercutio - seeing that Romeo is not standing up for himself - calls Tybalt out. A fight ensues - Romeo tries to stop it and gets in Mercutio's way - Tybalt strikes and kills Mercutio.

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Romeo - now suitably enraged, kills Tybalt.

The "ghost" of Mercutio rises to sing the finale of Act 1 while the families grieve and argue. The Prince banishes Romeo from the city.

 This song and her performance as Mercutio is a total showstopper.
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<strong>Eternal Life Reprise</strong>

tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said
man, it sounds to me just like a prison for the walking dead
and i've get a message for you and your twisted hell
you better turn around and blow your kiss goodbye to life eternal angel
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<strong>ACT 2</strong>

Juliet, at home on the balcony - unaware of the events of the previous night

Tybalts Funeral goes on below - Juliet, on the balcony, realizes that Romeo may be gone forever
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<strong>"Lover You Should Have Come Over"</strong>
Looking out the door i see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners <-- perfect
Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water
And maybe i'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
But tonight you're on my mind so you never know

Broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it
Where are you tonight, child you know how much i need it
Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun
And much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that really, he has no-one

So I'll wait for you and I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return
Oh will I ever learn

Oh lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late

The Friar consuls Romeo and tells him that he is banished. He asks Romeo to be patient.

<strong>"I Know we could be so happy"</strong> - Romeo
there's no easy answer, none to blame or forgive. 
two cripples dancing to the bitter end we live.
...

<strong>Romeo + Juliet together in falsetto</strong>
O, God, I love you
And all the past we once knew
Some other love becomes you
Whatever else we come to 

The Friar tells Romeo that this is "Dear Mercy"

<strong>Juliet + Romeo + Cast - Amazing</strong>
It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when i slept so soft against her
It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter
It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

And maybe i'm too young to keep good love from going wrong
Lover you should have come over.

The nurse goes to see the Friar and Romeo. Romeo threatens to kill himself - the Friar stops him. Tells him go go see Juliet one more time and then flee to the country. The Nurse agrees to tell Juliet that Romeo will come later that night.

Romeo sneaks into Juliet's room - they fall into bed together - meanwhile.

Capulet and Lady Capulet have another conversation with Paris, perhaps a wedding would make her feel better. They think she is grieving the death of Tybalt instead of the banishment of Romeo

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<strong>Morning Theft </strong>- Paris + Capulet's
time takes care of the wound
or so i can believe
you had so much to give
you thought i couldn't see

gifts for boot heels to crush
promises, deceit
i had to send it away
to bring us back again

your eyes and body are bright in
silent waters deep
your precious daughter in the
other room asleep

a kiss goodnight from every
stranger that i meet
i had to send it away
to bring us back again



Morning, Romeo & Juliet speak . . .
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<strong>Romeo & Juliet</strong> - more Morning Theft
love brings us to who we need
a place where we can save
a heart that beats
as both siphon and reservoir

you're a woman, i'm a calf
you're a window, i'm a knife
we come together
making chance into starlight

meet me tomorrow night
or any day you want
i have no more right to wonder
just how or when

and though the meaning fits
there's no relief in this
i miss my beautiful friend

i had to send it away
to bring her back again

Lady Capulet tells Juliet she will be married. She is unhappy. Capulet comes in and tells her he will put her in the street if she doesn't marry Paris. Juliet asks the Nurse how she can get out of this wedding. The Nurse says "suck it up" and mary Paris. 

<strong>Nightmares By The Sea</strong> - Nurse, singing to Juliet
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beware the bottled thoughts of angry young men.
secret compartments hide all of the skeletons.
little girl wants to make her home with him,
in the middle of the shore, she wonders,
"don't know what you asked for."
"don't know what you asked for."

Paris goes to the Friar, tells him that he and Juliet are to be married. The Friar expresses hesitance - Juliet arrives. The Friar tries to come up with a plan - Juliet grabs a knife and threatens to kill herself if she has to marry Paris. The Friar stops her and presents a plan. She is to take a potion that will make her appear dead for 42 hours. Her family will bear her to the famliy crypt and, when she awakes, Romeo will be there and they will both run away to the country together.

<strong>"What Will You Say?" - Juliet </strong>
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- This is a very defiant, powerful and moving scene. Juliet sings this song and eventually rips off her white nightgown and stands on stage in black underwear - very symbolic eh?

It's been such a long time
 And I was just a child then
What will you say 
When you see my face?
Time feels like it's flown away
The days just pass and fade away
What will you say 
When they take my place?

It's funny now
I just don't feel like a man
What will you say 
When you see my face?
My face...

Mother dear, the world's gone cold
No one cares about love anymore
What will you say 
When you see my face?

Father do you hear me?
Do you know me?
Do you even care?
What will you say 
When they take my place? 

Juliet drinks the potion and falls down, apparently dead. 
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The nurse and her parent discover her and bear her to the family crypt. But not after the Friar gives them a verbal dressing down.

<strong>Corpus Christi Carol</strong> - Paris
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He bear her off, he bear her down
He bear her into an orchard ground
Lu Li Lu Lay
Lu Li Lu Lay
The falcon hath borne my mate away

Now, Benvolio walks by the funeral march and sees Juliet apparently dead. He runs off to tell Romeo the news - before he hears that this is all a ruse.

And in this orchard there was a hold
That was hanged with purple and gold
And in that hold there was a bed
And it was hanged with gold so red
...

Benvolio arrives to talk to Romeo and tells him about Juliet. Benvolio is worried but Romeo asks him to leave him alone. The Friar tells us that he didn't get word to Romeo but he heads out to the church. 


<strong>Grace</strong> - Romeo
There's the moon asking to stay
Long enough for the clouds to fly me away
Well it's my time coming, i'm not afraid to die
My fading voice sings of love, 
But she cries to the clicking of time
Of time

Wait in the fire... 

- Romeo stops at the Apothecary and buys poison.

And she weeps on my arm
Walking to the bright lights in sorrow
Oh drink a bit of wine we both might go tomorrow
Oh my love

And the rain is falling and I believe 
My time has come
It reminds me of the pain 
I might leave 
Leave behind

Wait in the fire...



And I feel them drown my name
So easy to know and forget with this kiss
I'm not afraid to go but it goes so slow

Wait in the fire...


Back to . . . ."Flaming Red Horizon"
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Romeo goes to the crypt
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Here's what happens in the final "death" scene. Romeo tells Benvolio not to interfere with what he is about to do. He bends down to mourn Juliet and starts to speak. Juliet regains consciousness (this is actually in the future but they are playing the scene simultaneously) and speaks.


Juliet -<strong> Opened Once</strong> - Romeo is still speaking as well
i once was open and one with a travelling heart.
i loved this sweet guy. 
just like a fiction rushing in your riverbed.
arise like applause in my head.
and in the half-light where we both stand.
this is the half-light, see me as i am. 
just like the ocean, always in love with the moon,
it's overflowing now, inside you. 

Romeo - Last Goodbye 
Kiss me, please kiss me
But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation

Together
in the half light where we both stand 
in the half light you saw me as i am 
i am a railroad track abandoned
with the sunset forgetting i ever happened, 
that i ever happened.         

Romeo takes the poison and dies.
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 Juliet, seeing him and ths bottle of poison, grabs his knife and slits both wrists (that's the screech).

Benvolio discovers them both dead
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The families arrive overcome with grief. The Prince demands an explanation - the Friar tells the story of what happened. The families agree to put aside their quarrels.

Benvolio sings "Hallelujah" as the stage lifts and is flooded with bright white light.
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The End
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