Bistro à La Mode (Toast 2) Lyrics

2023 Off-Broadway
Here We Are the Musical - Bistro à La Mode (Toast 2) Lyrics

The song is written by Stephen Sondheim.

LEO: (spoken)
So the food here is, what,
German expressionist cuisine?

CLAUDIA: (spoken)
French deconstructivist
That means nothing is what it seems

(Sobbing is heard
from behind a curtain at the back.)

MARIANNE: (spoken)
I swear I hear someone crying

LEO: (spoken)
Why would somebody cry in a restaurant?

MARIANNE: (spoken)
I've cried in many restaurants

LEO:
Mesdames, monsieurs
Avant le mange
To crème brûlée—

MARIANNE:
To duck à l'orange—

PAUL:
To sole meunière—

RAFFAEL:
To Camembert—

CLAUDIA:
To—

FRENCH WAITRESS: (spoken)
Bonjour

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)