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2023 Off-Broadway
Here We Are the Musical - It Is What It Is Lyrics
The song is written by Stephen Sondheim.
FRENCH WAITRESS: (spoken)
Bienvenue to Bistro à la Mode
MARIANNE: (spoken)
I hate to ask,
But could we have some water?
FRENCH WAITRESS: (spoken)
Water? You want water?
LEO: (spoken)
Lemme get this straight
Nothing here is what it seems?
FRENCH WAITRESS: (spoken)
Non, non, non, that is passé
Our new menu is post-déconstructif
Everything now is what it is
FRENCH WAITRESS:
We have boeuf—
That is actual boeuf—
On the actual hoeuf
We have pigeon that's made out of pigeon
And a green salad
Made of just greens
OFFSTAGE ENSEMBLE:
Ah
CLAUDIA: (spoken)
How is the pigeon prepared?
FRENCH WAITRESS:
Does it matter?
What does anything matter?
It is what it is
Things are what they are
La vie est la vie
LEO: (spoken)
Okay. Everybody know what they want?
FRENCH WAITRESS:
Do we know what we want?
Does anyone know what they want?
As soon as we know what we want
And find what we want
Life, she spits in our face
*Spits*
PAUL: (spoken)
Any specials?
FRENCH WAITRESS:
Black bean soup
Blackened catfish
Blackbird pudding
Boudin noir
Black Sea blackberries
In a chocolate gateau
FRENCH WAITRESS: (spoken)
Dark chocolate
Dark, dark, dark...
LEO: (spoken)
Chicken Basquaise, baby
That's what I want
FRENCH WAITRESS:
Sometimes you want too much too soon
And then it's too late
But what can you do
If that's on your plate?
You do what you can
(More crying.)
MARIANNE: (spoken)
What's going on back there?
FRENCH WAITRESS: (spoken)
Nothing, nothing
C'est rien là
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Is that a private room?
FRENCH WAITRESS:
It is nothing, really
MARIANNE: (spoken)
But I adore private rooms
(A body is revealed behind the curtain,
laid out for a funeral.)
CLAUDIA:
Oh
My
God
ENSEMBLE:
Ah
PAUL: (spoken)
Philippe!
ENSEMBLE:
Ah
LEO: (spoken)
That’s Philippe?
FRENCH WAITRESS: (spoken)
That was Philippe
LEO: (spoken)
Yeah, but he's just kidding, right?
FRENCH WAITRESS: (spoken)
Monsieur, he was French
He have no sense of humor
FRENCH WAITRESS:
He was what he was
We are what we are
It is what it is
So, are we ready to order?
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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