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2023 Off-Broadway
Here We Are the Musical - Interlude 3: Snow Lyrics
The song is written by Stephen Sondheim.
MARIANNE: (spoken)
What are you eating?
BISHOP: (spoken)
Just a little midnight snack
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Popcorn?
BISHOP: (spoken)
No, it's paper
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Paper. Really...
BISHOP: (spoken)
Here we have this magnificent library
A feast!
It's good, try some
It'll fool your stomach, anyway
MARIANNE: (spoken)
That's actually quite tasty
BISHOP: (spoken)
This is A Tale of Two Cities
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Oh, I love A Tale of Two Cities
May I?
BISHOP: (spoken)
The classics
Always nourishing—
Now literally so
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Can I tell you a secret?
BISHOP: (spoken)
Of course
MARIANNE: (spoken)
It's my birthday
BISHOP: (spoken)
Today?
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Or somewhere around my birthday...
BISHOP: (spoken)
Mazel tov!
But why is that a secret?
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Leo never remembers...
But isn't that a sign?
Father–here we are, all togеther
Lots of time on our hands
This should be our chancе to dig in!
To talk about real things
Important things!
Existence! The meaning of life!
Isn't that why you came to the door?
To discuss just that?
BISHOP: (spoken)
Yes, but...
The meaning of life?
Not that that's not important…
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Okay, so maybe not the meaning of life
What is… I don't know…
Being, for example
According to the experts?
BISHOP: (spoken)
Being…
MARIANNE & BISHOP: (spoken)
Well, philosophically Yes
BISHOP: (spoken)
Hmm
Um
MARIANNE: (spoken)
What’s the matter?
BISHOP: (spoken)
If I explain being, will you let me hold your shoes?
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Of course!
There you are
Go ahead, Father
I'm all agog
BISHOP: (spoken)
Yes. Being. Well
Uh, first of all—
You might say—
We're here
Actually here
On Earth
Most likely
Though perhaps not
As are other people
And also objects—
Like these beautiful satin slippers
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Yes? And?
BISHOP: (spoken)
And that means something
That we're here
We mean something, apparently
We're what you might call
Matter that matters
Or not, depending on who you read
So, we're here for a time
On, possibly, Earth
With these very soft satin slippers
And other people, etcetera
And we live our lives
And then we die
And spend eternity with God—
Or go to hell
If there happens to be one
Or else we pass into complete nothingness
A total void
Forever and ever
That we're actually unaware of
Because we're not here anymore
The End
MARIANNE: (spoken)
I really enjoyed that
What a world, hmm?
With Being, and everything
BISHOP: (spoken)
Thank you for these slippers
Quite inspiring
MARIANNE: (spoken)
And look at that—snow
BISHOP: (spoken)
Yes, or manna
MARIANNE: (spoken)
Manna!
Without us even having ordered it!
BISHOP: (spoken)
Supposedly that's how it works
No
Definitely snow
MARIANNE: (spoken)
So—just to be clear—
If all of that is "Being"
What are we supposed to do about it?
BISHOP: (spoken)
I suppose—
Be here
Until we're not
MARIANNE: (spoken)
To be continued
BISHOP: (spoken)
Exactly!
"To be"… continued
Until otherwise notified
MARIANNE: (spoken)
No, I meant—
Well, maybe I did mean that
Thank you, Father
Nightie-night
BISHOP: (spoken)
Oh, Mrs. Brink...
Happy birthday
Make a wish
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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