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2023 Off-Broadway
Here We Are the Musical - Shine Lyrics
The song is written by Stephen Sondheim.
MARIANNE:
Are we not blessed?
PAUL: (spoken)
Oversalted, that's the problem
MARIANNE:
We should all feel blessed
LEO: (spoken)
All I feel is bloated
CLAUDIA: (spoken)
All I feel is bloated
MARIANNE:
Blessed with this—
Blessed with these—
Blessed with carpets, cushions, flowers—
All this beauty that is ours
All these books!
All these polished leather books!
I don't mean to read—
No, no, not to read
No, I mean the way it looks!
FRITZ: (spoken)
Not that we want to be superficial
MARIANNE:
I like things to shine—
Shoot me
I likе things to glow
Why can't I be free
To like what I see
And not what I know?
I'd like to livе life,
All my life
In this room
In this gorgeous,
Goddamn room—
I don't mean in this room
But I mean in this room
With these textures
And these surfaces
All these touchy-feely surfaces—
Oh, goodness me,
How superficial
Well, what's wrong with superficial?
I want things to shine—
Hit me
Is that so bizarre?
I want things to gleam
To be what they seem
And not what they are
Call me...
LEO: (spoken)
Bourgeoir?
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Bourgeois, for God's sake
MARIANNE:
I don't need to read between the lines
The lines are just fine—
As long as they shine
Give me what shines!
Give me—
LEO: (spoken)
Hold it! *Burp*
MARIANNE:
This
Review: Here We Are the Musical Lyrics
Here We Are the Musical Lyrics
SYNOPSIS
The Road 1 (Part 1)
The Road 1 (Part 2)
The Road 1 (Part 3)
Cafe Everything (Toast 1)
Waiter’s Song
The Road 2
Bistro à La Mode (Toast 2)
It Is What It Is
The Road 3
Osteria Zeno (Toast 3)
The Soldier's Dream
The Road 4 (Part 1)
The Road 4 (Part 2)
Oh, Look, Here's the Embassy!
Bishop's Song
End of Act One
Digestion
Shine
Hesitation
Double Duet
Interlude 1: Marianne and the Bear
Interlude 2: Wandering
Interlude 3: Snow
Hesitation (Reprise)
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