"Destination Stage Left"

Act 2 opener: 3 years later! Last week of college. Divonne is left abandoned in the green room writing her final paper after Cliff has flaked on her. John and Cliff arrive 5 hours late and give her a jump start on the paper titled "Destination Stage Left".

Lyrics:
CLIFF

All right, title.

JOHN

Obscure?

CLIFF

Profound?

JOHN

Radical!

DIVONNE

How about normal?

CLIFF

Succinct.

JOHN

But not pretentious.

CLIFF

Something theatrical.

JOHN

The stage.

(MUSIC STARTS)

CLIFF

Stage left.

JOHN

Destination: Stage Left.

CLIFF

Political! Great!


11. DESTINATION STAGE LEFT

JOHN

PREMISE.

CLIFF

THE PREMISE IS THAT MAN,
MAKING STATEMENTS WHEN HE CAN,
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

JOHN

CONFLICT.

CLIFF

NEW PLAYS ARE SELDOM SEEN
AND ALL THEIR AUDIENCES LEAN,
BUT WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

BOTH

RESOLUTION:
THE MASSES MUST BE PLEASED,
KARL MARX MEET SOPHOCLES,
HAROLD PINTER, DOWN ON YOUR KNEES,
DESTINATION, STAGE LEFT.

DIVONNE

(spoken) Wait a minute! This isn't the paper I was supposed to write.

JOHN

Girl, this is brilliant! Everybody knows that modern theatre has been taken over by eccentric weirdoes.

CLIFF

Just like nations were taken over by the rich elite.

JOHN

The masses need to rise up and take back theatre!

CLIFF

(Singing)
THESIS.

JOHN

THE OLD OFF-BROADWAY STAGE
IS NOW A VEHICLE OF RAGE
FOR THE OPPRESSED.

CLIFF

DETAILS!

JOHN

THE PLAYWRIGHT HAS BECOME
THE JUDGE WHO SEPARATES THE DUMB
FROM THE OBSESSED.

BOTH

ILLUSTRATIONS,
THE MODERN THEATER FLAG,
A COKE-HEAD AND A FAG
TWO MASKS, BOTH DRESSED IN DRAG,
DESTINATION, STAGE LEFT.


CLIFF

THIS TECHNOCRATIC AGE
HAS BROUGHT THESE PEOPLE TO THE STAGE
WE'LL CALL THE FRINGE.

JOHN

THEY WRITE THESE PLAYS TO MOCK US
THEN THEY STAGE THEM JUST TO SHOCK US
'TIL WE CRINGE.

BOTH

SELF-INDULGENCE,
A THEME NO MAN CAN FIND,
A MIME SHOW FOR THE BLIND
AND US IN THE DUST LEFT BEHIND,
DESTINATION, STAGE LEFT.


JOHN
(to Cliff)

SOURCES.

DIVONNE

(Unexpectedly, she stands now caught up in the moment)
NO SOURCES HERE AT ALL,
THE MUSE OF REVOLUTION CALLS
AND I REPLY.

CLIFF

(Confused) FOOTNOTES.

DIVONNE

THE ONLY ONES YOU'LL SEE
WILL BE WHEN I AM QUOTING ME,
MYSELF AND I.

CLIFF

(Accepting the idea quickly)
IT'S A MOVEMENT,

JOHN

AN INEVITABLE QUEST,

CLIFF

JUST LIKE...OUR MOVEMENT WEST

DIVONNE

YES! HEIGH HO!

JOHN

HEIGH HO!

JOHN AND DIVONNE

MANIFEST DESTINY

CLIFF

MANIFEST

ALL

DESTINATION,
STAGE LEFT
DESTINATION
STAGE LEFT.

DIVONNE

ROLL 'EM, ROLL 'EM, ROLL 'EM,
KEEP THEM DOGGIES ROLLIN'

ALL

STAGE LEFT.

DIVONNE

Thanks for the inspiration, boys. I'm gonna hole up in the make-up room and type until my fingers bleed.

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[GREENROOMMUSICAL]

@ohhhhitsnina thanks so much!

[ohhhhitsnina]

All the songs from this show are fantastic! I wish there was somewhere where I could watch the entire thing