Michael James Heartly

UPTOWN GIRL SAMPLE TEXT Book by Michael Heartly Music & Lyrics by: Billy Joel Washington D.C. HeartlyArts@aol.com SAMPLE PAGES Billy – The ‘conscience’ of the musical. An entertainer type. Glitter vest, bowler, and cane. Virginia – Just graduated from High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Max – Virginia’s Brother. An Army Private. Currently on leave. Buddy – A greaser who wants to date Virginia. Henry – Dating Virginia. His father owns a small steel plant. Truck Driver – may also double as Buddy and ‘wall street dude.’ Truck Driver's Wife Cleo – Street smart, roommate with Judy. Judy – Waitress at Captain jack’s bar “The Piano Man” song waitress. Cleo’s roommate. Bag Lady – may also double as Rosie the gypsy fortune teller. Trio – Three Women. (Similar to the Trio from ‘Little Shop of Horrors’) ACT I Scene 5 Setting: The Front of VIRGINIA’S house. (HENRY and VIRGINIA help BUDDY back to his feet.) BUDDY Jesus Virginia. You brother has lost his mind. What’s he doing over there in Nam? (nahm) VIRGINIA Keeping our great country free for the commies is what. HENRY And protecting his sister. BUDDY Yeah…well one of these days Max won’t be here, you little rich shit. You just wait Virginia…I’ll get my way…one day… VIRGINIA (Cutting off BUDDY. Waving off stage) Hey Maxie…look who’s still here. (BUDDY panics and begins to run off stage.) BUDDY One of these days! HENRY Whew…thought I was going to have to get rough with him. Ha! VIRGINIA Oh, you big bruiser. You are so cute. My knight in shining armor. HENRY Can I see you tomorrow? After work? VIRGINIA I may not be here tomorrow. HENRY You’re not serious? VIRGINIA Like a heart attack Mac. Night honey. Say hi to all the Hanks. HENRY Bye. (BILLY enters as HENRY runs off, almost colliding with BILLY. BILLY sees VIRGINIA.) BILLY (Shouting to HENRY who has exited.) Hey! Where’s the fire? (To VIRGINIA.) Where’s your boyfriend running off to? VIRGINIA Him? His daddy was callin’. He is so square. He’s not my boyfriend. Not really. BILLY Oh...single? VIRGINIA Unattached. Free. BILLY I see. VIRGINIA I’ve seen you around. BILLY Billy’s the name. VIRGINIA You work in the factory? BILLY I work in the dream factory. VIRGINIA I am tired of dreaming. BILLY Really? VIRGINIA I want the real thing. BILLY Fame…fortune…the good life? It’s your choice. VIRGINIA You said it. I am this close to heading east. BILLY New York…if you can make it there… VIRGINIA I don't know. Sounds kinda hairy to me. BILLY You won’t know till you try. Till you take a chance. VIRGINIA That’s cool, but I heard there are creeps all over the place. Besides, I can’t leave (Sarcastically) all this. BILLY Let me paint you a picture. San Tropez... VIRGINIA Where’s that? BILLY The Mediterranean...sunny. Very hoity toidy. Where the beautiful people hang. Got it? VIRGINIA Hoity toidy. Beautiful people. Got it. (BILLY mimes lighting VIRGINIA’s cigarette.) BILLY Allow me Mademoiselle. Oui? VIRGINIA Oh...yes…I mean oui. BILLY Now... Just imagine the fame. You are the most popular girl in the world. Time magazine, Life...There are men throwing roses at your feet. Vivre dans la richesse? (Living in wealth?) VIRGINIA Oui ! (Yes.) Act I Scene 6 (A WAITER and WAITRESS bring a small table and Chair. VIRGINIA sits in the chair. Lounging and holding an imaginary cigarette.) "Don't Ask Me Why" music begins. VIRGINIA Groovy, baby. BILLY Oh yes…I see you vacationing…pool side. VIRGINIA Only the very best for me. BILLY Of course BILLY AND WAITERS AND WAITRESSES (Several Waiters and Waitresses line up. They wait on VIRGINIA hand and foot during the song.) BILLY SINGING ALL THE WAITERS IN YOUR GRAND CAFE LEAVE THEIR TABLES WHEN YOU BLINK EVERY DOG MUST HAVE HIS EVERYDAY EVERY DRUNK MUST HAVE HIS DRINK DON'T WAIT FOR ANSWERS JUST TAKE YOUR CHANCES DON'T ASK ME WHY ALL YOUR LIFE YOU HAD TO STAND IN LINE STILL YOU'RE STANDING ON YOUR FEET ALL YOUR CHOICES MADE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND NOW YOUR CALENDAR’S COMPLETE DON'T WAIT FOR ANSWERS JUST TAKE YOUR CHANCES BILLY SINGING (CONT’D) DON'T ASK ME WHY YOU CAN SAY THE HUMAN HEART IS ONLY MAKE-BELIEVE AND I AM ONLY FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE BUT YOU ARE STILL A VICTIM OF THE ACCIDENTS YOU LEAVE AS SURE AS I'M A VICTIM OF DESIRE ALL THE SERVANTS IN YOUR NEW HOTEL THROW THEIR ROSES AT YOUR FEET FOOL THEM ALL BUT BABY I CAN TELL YOU'RE NO STRANGER TO THE STREET DON'T ASK FOR FAVORS DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS DON'T ASK ME WHY TANGO DUET Interlude (VIRGINIA, WAITERS, WAITRESSES, and BILLY dance as the scene changes back to VIRGINIA’s House. MRS. SULLIVAN is standing in the front doorway.) YESTERDAY YOU WERE AN LONLY CHILD NOW YOUR GHOSTS HAVE GONE AWAY YOU CAN KILL THEM IN THE CLASSIC STYLE NOW YOU "PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS" DON'T LOOK FOR ANSWERS YOU TOOK YOUR CHANCES DON'T ASK ME WHY DON'T ASK ME WHY VIRGINIA New York. Here I come! BILLY Now yer’ talkin’ (BILLY claps his hands twice.) Presto. (Fade to black) Act I Scene 7 (Lights up on the front of VIRGINIA’S house.) MRS. SULLIVAN Virginia...get inside. Your brother’s been arrested. VIRGINIA Good. MRS. SULLIVAN They are going to send him back to Vietnam. VIRGINIA He almost killed Buddy. MRS. SULLIVAN Some VC trap will get your brother…then how will you feel? Huh. Another funeral. If your father was here… VIRGINIA Leave my dead, drunk, father out of this. (THE TRIO enter.) MRS. SULLIVAN (Pointing to BILLY) Who is that? VIRGINIA A friend of mine… MRS. SULLIVAN A friend huh? BILLY Billy’s the name. VIRGINIA I can’t take it anymore Mother. MRS. SULLIVAN What on earth are you blabbing about? VIRGINIA This piece of shit town. “My Life” music begins. MRS. SULLIVAN Watch your mouth. VIRGINIA Look at it. It’s falling apart. Max is in... wherever the Army puts hot heads like him. And me? I am not serving one more spoonful of fucking relish. I’m leaving. MRS. SULLIVAN Leaving where? You been messing in yer brothers’ stash? VIRGINIA What? No. Look around. This town. I’m fed up. I’m packing and heading east. MRS. SULLIVAN Tell yer friend good night. You are still my child, and you aren't going anywhere. VIRGINIA I am eighteen, and you can’t stop me. This is my life! MRS. SULLIVAN Get it in here... right this minute. VIRGINIA No sir-ree-Billy. I am spreading my wings Mother. I’m leaving this two-bit hole in the ground. Folks split all the time, right Billy? Tell her. BILLY Absolutely. Why just last week... BILLY SINGING (to MRS. SULLIVAN.) GOT A CALL FROM AN OLD FRIEND WE USED TO BE REAL CLOSE SAID HE COULDN'T GO ON THE AMERICAN WAY CLOSED THE SHOP, SOLD THE HOUSE BOUGHT A TICKET TO THE WEST COAST NOW HE GIVES THEM A STAND-UP ROUTINE IN L.A. VIRGINIA See if he can do it…why can’t I? BILLY Tell her! VIRGINIA I’m going to New York mother. MRS. SULLIVAN Get inside…You are out of your mind. VIRGINIA SINGING I DON'T NEED YOU TO WORRY FOR ME CAUSE I'M ALRIGHT I DON'T WANT YOU TO TELL ME IT'S TIME TO COME HOME I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY ANYMORE, THIS IS MY LIFE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR OWN LIFE AND LEAVE ME ALONE (VIRGINIA goes to the house and begins to pack her belongings. Lights isolate on VIRGINIA.) I NEVER SAID YOU HAD TO OFFER ME A SECOND CHANCE I NEVER SAID I WAS A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE I STILL BELONG, DON'T GET ME WRONG AND YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR MIND BUT NOT ON MY TIME (VIRGINIA finds her piggy bank and opens it. She counts a pile of bills and stuffs it into her purse. VIRGINIA carries a suitcase and her penguin past her mother.) BILLY SINGING THEY WILL TELL YOU YOU CAN'T SLEEP ALONE IN A STRANGE PLACE THEN THEY'LL TELL YOU YOU CAN'T SLEEP WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AH, BUT SOONER OR LATER YOU SLEEP IN YOUR OWN SPACE EITHER WAY IT'S OKAY YOU WAKE UP WITH YOURSELF (VIRGINIA carries her small suitcase and her penguin past MRS. SULLIVAN.) MRS. SULLIVAN Virginia this is crazy. Think of what you are doing? Let’s start over. Come back inside. Please. (VIRGINIA and BILLY confronts MRS. SULLIVAN on the porch. The TRIO are nearby.) VIRGINIA Too Late. Peace. MRS. SULLIVAN Look at you. Out there! Virginia, you are going to catch your death... VIRGINIA That should make you happy. (MRS. SULLIVAN slaps VIRGINA’S face.) MRS. SULLIVAN How dare you... you are going to freeze for god’s sake. At least take a coat. (VIRGINIA grabs a wool poncho and a large brim hat.) VIRGINIA SINGING (CONT’D) I DON'T NEED YOU TO WORRY FOR ME CAUSE I'M ALRIGHT I DON'T WANT YOU TO TELL ME IT'S TIME TO COME HOME I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY ANYMORE, THIS IS MY LIFE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR OWN LIFE AND LEAVE ME ALONE (VIRGINIA walks to the street carrying her suitcase and the penguin. VIRGINIA’s MOTHER holds up an umbrella.) MRS. SULLIVAN Here’s an umbrella. It may rain. VIRGINIA (Shaking her head ‘no’.) I’ll call you when I get on Broadway. Toodles… VIRGINIA & THE TRIO SINGING I NEVER SAID YOU HAD TO OFFER ME A SECOND CHANCE I NEVER SAID I WAS A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE I STILL BELONG, DON'T GET ME WRONG AND YOU CAN SPEAK YOUR MIND BUT NOT ON MY TIME (VIRGINIA is outside, walking with her thumb out.) VIRGINIA & BILLY SINGING I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY ANYMORE, THIS IS MY LIFE GO AHEAD WITH YOUR OWN LIFE AND LEAVE ME ALONE (Scene transitions to a TRUCK DRIVER and his WIFE inside the truck. Static from a CB radio is heard. The Voice on the CB radio crackles.) ACT I Scene 8 Setting: The same night. Truck, interior of the cab. (A TRUCK DRIVER is at the wheel and his TRUCK DRIVER WIFE sits to his right.) CB VOICE (Unseen.) Breaker, breaker, one nine. You got tin horn on 78 heading west. Anyone out there? Come back to the tin horn. (TRUCK DRIVER picks up his CB microphone.) TRUCK DRIVER Breaker, breaker…you got the Steel trap here. What’s the smokey report? CB VOICE 10- 4 Steel trap. Clear sailing …what’s your 20? “You’re My Home” music begins. TRUCK DRIVER Thanks for the all-clear. Haulin’ a load of I-beams. Heading east outa’ Allentown. CB VOICE Copy that. Have a good one. TRUCK DRIVER 10-4 (The TRUCK DRIVER hangs up his microphone.) TRUCK DRIVER (To his WIFE.) You deserve better. TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE I am happy. "You're My Home" TRUCK DRIVER SINGING WHEN YOU LOOK INTO MY EYES AND YOU SEE THE CRAZY GYPSY IN MY SOUL IT ALWAYS COMES AS A SURPRISE WHEN I FEEL MY WITHERED ROOTS BEGIN TO GROW WELL I NEVER HAD A PLACE THAT I COULD CALL MY VERY OWN THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MY LOVE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE MY HOME WHEN YOU TOUCH MY WEARY HEAD AND YOU TELL ME EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT YOU SAY, "USE MY BODY FOR YOUR BED AND MY LOVE WILL KEEP YOU WARM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT" WELL I'LL NEVER BE A STRANGER AND I'LL NEVER BE ALONE WHENEVER WE'RE TOGETHER, THAT'S MY HOME HOME CAN BE THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE INDIANA'S EARLY MORNING DEW HIGH UP IN THE HILLS OF CALIFORNIA HOME IS JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR YOU (Interlude.) TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE Where are we? TRUCK DRIVER You shoulda’ married Boris. TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE Don’t start that again. TRUCK DRIVER The pitter-patter of little feet around the house. TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE I prefer the roar of your engine. TRUCK DRIVER Not to mention truck-stop food. TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE Sounds perfect to me TRUCK DRIVER Go back to sleep. TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE Night. TRUCK DRIVER SINGING WELL I NEVER HAD A PLACE THAT I COULD CALL MY VERY OWN THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MY LOVE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE MY HOME IF I TRAVEL ALL MY LIFE AND I NEVER GET TO STOP AND SETTLE DOWN LONG AS I HAVE YOU BY MY SIDE THERE'S A ROOF ABOVE AND GOOD WALLS ALL AROUND YOU'RE MY CASTLE, YOU'RE MY CABIN AND MY INSTANT PLEASURE DOME I NEED YOU IN MY HOUSE 'CAUSE YOU'RE MY HOME. YOU'RE MY HOME. (Fade to Black.) ACT I Scene 9 SETTING: Same night. A highway (The stage is empty and filled with fog and haze. Virginia is carrying her suitcase, the penguin, and holding her poncho. She puts her stuff down and puts her thumb out.) "Running On Ice" music begins. VIRGINIA SINGING THERE'S A LOT OF TENSION IN THIS TOWN I KNOW IT'S BUILDING UP INSIDE OF ME I'VE GOT ALL THE SYMPTOMS AND THE SIDE EFFECTS OF CITY LIFE ANXIETY I'M A COSMOPOLITAN SOPHISTICATE OF CULTURE AND INTELLIGENCE THE CULMINATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND CIVILIZED EXPERIENCE (Chorus members begin running with two “headlights” and trailing behind with numerous orange “running lights” as the sounds of passing truck engines with horns blaring.) AND ALL THAT MEANS IS THAT I'M RUNNING ON ICE CAUGHT IN THE VISE SO STRONG I'M SLIPPING AND SLIDING, CAUSE I'M RUNNING ON ICE WHERE DID MY LIFE GO WRONG (A giant truck slows down. VIRGINIA stands ready to catch it. It is a tease. The truck flashes by.) VIRGINIA SINGING (CONT’D.) YOU'VE GOT TO RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN…OH OHH YOU'VE GOT TO RUN (VIRGINIA is dejected. She sits on her suitcase and looks at the now empty highway when there is a flash of lightening, and it starts to pour.) VIRGINIA Perfect. (VIRGINIA puts on her poncho and tugs it over her head. VIRGINIA is getting soaked.) VIRGINIA SINGING (CONT’D) AS FAST AS I CAN CLIMB A NEW DISASTER EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND AS SOON AS I GET ONE FIRE PUT OUT THERE'S ANOTHER BUILDING BURNING DOWN THEY SAY THIS HIGHWAY'S GOING MY WAY BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S TAKING ME (VIRGINIA holds her hands to the heavens.) VIRGINIA SINGING IT'S A BAD WASTE, A SAD CASE, A RAT RACE IT'S BREAKING ME I GET NO TRACTION CAUSE I'M RUNNING ON ICE IT'S TAKING ME TWICE AS LONG I GET A BAD REACTION CAUSE I'M RUNNING ON ICE WHERE DID MY LIFE GO WRONG (VIRGINIA is carrying her suitcase when she is in the pool of light from an oncoming trucks’ headlights. The trucks’ horn is blasted, and the screech and air blast of the ruck brakes is heard. VIRGINIA is standing in the rain next to the cab) TRUCK DRIVER You ok lady? Yer’ soaked. What the heck you doing out here? VIRGINIA Trying to get to New York. TRUCK DRIVER New York, New York? VIRGINIA Yes sir. (A TOWEL is thrown out from the trucks door. VIRGINIA grabs it and begins to dry off.) TRUCK DRIVER (TO VIRGINIA) What you running off to New York for? You in trouble? VIRGINIA No sir. I am going to be a Broadway star. TRUCK DRIVER A star you say? Well...This must be our lucky night. (To HIS WIFE) Aye hun? (To VIRGINIA.) We can get you as close as Hoboken. VIRGINIA Hoboken...is that close? TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE Right next door. TRUCK DRIVER Just across the Hudson River. That do? VIRGINIA Thank you...you are saving my life. TRIO SINGING YOU'VE GOT TO RUN
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 RUNNING ON ICE YOU'VE GOT TO RUN YOU'VE GOT TO RUN ACT I Scene 10 Setting: The Greyhound Bus Stop in Hoboken, NJ.. The majestic Manhattan skyline twinkles upstage in the mist. A heavy fog hangs in the air. The skyline is barely visible from across the Hudson River. There is a bench, and a wire trash can CENTER STAGE. (The sound of the truck air brakes is heard. The TRUCK DRIVER, his WIFE and VIRGINIA are now standing by the bench. Several homeless people are hanging around. A BAG LADY shuffles by rolling a small grocery cart filled with all her worldly belongings.) TRUCK DRIVER Well, this is as close as we can get. VIRGINIA Oh boy. Broadway here I come. I just gotta’ figure on how to get over there? TRUCK DRIVER I’m sure you’ll find a way. You can catch a bus from here. TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE You got a pad to crash in? VIRGINIA Not really. I’ll figure that out when I get there. (THE TRUCK DRIVER and HIS WIFE begin to exit.) TRUCK DRIVER’S WIFE Why don’t you ask one of these fine citizens how to cross the river. TRUCK DRIVER Wish we could do more. We got to be at the dock in thirty minutes. See you round. (THE TRUCK DRIVER and HIS WIFE exit.) VIRGINIA Bye. And thank you. (The sound of the Truck’s engines and horn sound in the distance) VIRGINIA (To herself.) How in the hell and I going to get there? (VIRGINIA begins pacing. Frustrated, she plops onto the bench and pulls out the penguin.) VIRGINIA This is all your fault Hank. (VIRGINIA puts the penguin down and closes her eyes. She immediately falls asleep. The BAG LADY eases next to VIRGINIA. She then slowly pulls the stuffed animal free. She begins to put it into her cart; then thinks twice about it. She nudges VIRGINIA with the penguin.) BAG LADY Hey. Hello. Missy? Hey. Hello? (VIRGINIA opens one eye to see the BAG LADY standing over her.) VIRGINIA Hello? BAG LADY You dropped this. (VIRGINIA grabs the stuffed toy.) VIRGINIA Hank... Thank you. BAG LADY You lost? VIRGINIA Ummm...No. BAG LADY Oh... runaway huh? VIRGINIA Oh no. I’m on my way to New York City. Cept’ I guess I don’t know how... Can you help me? BAG LADY You look like you got’s plenty of help young lady. VIRGINIA I just gotta’ get to the city. BAG LADY (LAUGHING.) Of course. Seeking your fame and fortune in the big apple? VIRGINIA Yes ma’am. BAG LADY Well... the bus will be here any minute... Right over there. Come on. Follow me. You are in luck. Got any money. “New York State of Mind” music begins. (VIRGINIA pulls out a wad of dollar bills from her purse and shows it to the BAG LADY.) VIRGINIA Yes ma’am. I got six hundred forty-seven dollars. BAG LADY Chile. Don’t be flashing that green around here...Good lord. Where you from? VIRGINIA Allentown. BAG LADY Tell you what...pay my fare and I’ll help you get over there. VIRGINIA Deal. Where you from? BAG LADY All over. But you know... I get around quite a bit. VIRGINIA Really? BAG LADY Yup... Here… (THE BAG LADY begins to unload her little cart during the PIANO INTRODUCTION. VIRGINIA sits in horror as old bottles and papers are spread next to her on the bench. The BAG LADY produces a photo album. She opens it and shows it to the audience. She then hands it to VIRGINIA.) BAG LADY SINGING SOME FOLKS LIKE TO GET AWAY TAKE A HOLIDAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOP A FLIGHT TO MIAMI BEACH OR TO HOLLYWOOD BUT I'M TAKING A GREYHOUND ON THE HUDSON RIVER LINE I'M IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND (VIRGINIA slowly and gingerly, places the contents back into THE BAG LADY’S cart.) I'VE SEEN ALL THE MOVIE STARS IN THEIR FANCY CARS AND THEIR LIMOUSINES BEEN HIGH IN THE ROCKIES UNDER THE EVERGREENS BUT I KNOW WHAT I'M NEEDING AND I DON'T WANT TO WASTE MORE TIME I'M IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND IT WAS SO EASY LIVING DAY BY DAY OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE RHYTHM AND BLUES BUT NOW I NEED A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE (BAG LADY reaches into a trashcan and picks up two papers…puts them into her cart.) THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE DAILY NEWS IT COMES DOWN TO REALITY AND IT'S FINE WITH ME 'CAUSE I'VE LET IT SLIDE DON'T CARE IF IT'S CHINATOWN OR ON RIVERSIDE I DON'T HAVE ANY REASONS I'VE LEFT THEM ALL BEHIND I'M IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND (Transition to NYC. Same Park bench and trash can are center stage. Same night. Greenwich Village. Several buildings. The outside of ‘Captain Jack’s’ bar.) ACT I Scene 11 BAG LADY (CONT’D) IT WAS SO EASY LIVING DAY BY DAY OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE RHYTHM AND BLUES BUT NOW I NEED A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE (VIRGINIA lies on a bench and the BAG LADY puts papers on her like a blanket.) THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE DAILY NEWS IT COMES DOWN TO REALITY AND IT'S FINE WITH ME 'CAUSE I'VE LET IT SLIDE DON'T CARE IF IT'S CHINATOWN OR ON RIVERSIDE I DON'T HAVE ANY REASONS BAG LADY SINGING (CONT’D) I'VE LEFT THEM ALL BEHIND I'M IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND BAG LADY SINGING (as VIRGINIA falls asleep.) I'M JUST TAKING A GREYHOUND ON THE HUDSON RIVER LINE 'CAUSE I'M IN A NEW YORK STATE OF MIND End of Song (The BAG LADY shuffles off to exit.) Fade to Black. ACT I Scene 12 Setting: Greenwich Village, at a wide intersection of street. STAGE LEFT is the front of CAPTAIN JACKS’ BAR. Above the bar are four stories of apartment windows. To the left of the bench is an aluminum pay phone booth. On STAGE RIGHT, a line of businesses head off in the distance. It is sunrise. An orange glow fills the corner where VIRGINIA is asleep on the bench. (The sounds of the city are heard as VIRGINIA wakes up on the bench and holds her suitcase. She looks at the penguin. CLEO enters. CLEO is early twenties and street smart.) VIRGINIA Well Hank, we made it. New York City. CLEO Hey lady. What ya’ doin’ on my bench? VIRGINIA Your bench? (CLEO points to Captain Jacks’ bar.) CLEO Yea. Dis is Cleo’s building Seniorita’. Cleo. Dat’s me So, dis is my bench. Who is you? VIRGINIA I’m Virginia. Virginia Sullivan. (Pause.) No relation. CLEO Too bad. (You’re not related.) You slept out here last night? VIRGINIA Uhh... CLEO Damn... you gonna’ get knifed or worse laying out here wit deese bums. Where’s your folks? VIRGINIA It’s just me. I’m here to star in a Broadway show. CLEO You got cast? VIRGINIA Well...uh no. CLEO Uh huh...you got a place to stay? VIRGINIA Uh... not yet. CLEO You got any dinero? VIRGINIA Yes. CLEO Solid. Five bucks gets you a space wit me an’ Judy. (Pointing to the top of Captain Jacks’ bar building.) Right up there. You wanna’ flop in wit us? VIRGINIA Thanks. I think I’ll just grab the papers and see what’s available. Hoping something a little more uptown, if you don’t mind. CLEO Oh... excuse me. Uptown huh? Well, I’d lose the penguin if I were you. VIRGINIA It’s a gift. His name is Hank. (JUDY appears wearing a white apron. JUDY is mid-twenties and Asian.) CLEO (Nodding disapprovingly.) Uh huhh. (Pointing to JUDY.) And that there is my roomie. Judes. Come on over and meet the latest arrival. JUDY Another runaway? CLEO An actress. This here’s Virgin...? VIRGINIA Virginia. (VIRGINIA flashes a peace sign.) Peace sister. CLEO She's a natural born star don't ya’ think? She’s shopping uptown. JUDY (To VIRGINIA.) You wuz out here all night? Damn. CLEO Totally. I offered her our first-rate accommodations. JUDY We only have one bed. But...for you... CLEO We’ll work something out. JUDY It’s a very groovy pad. (To VIRGINIA.) You in? (JUDY kisses CLEO on her cheek. VIRGINIA makes it apparent she is uncomfortable with two females kissing.) JUDY (TO CLEO) Shall we sweep her off her feet Clay Clay? VIRGINIA Thanks, ladies. I just got here ya’ know. I’m kinda’ starvin’. I need to get something to eat. JUDY (SEDUCTIVELY.) Yummy... (CLEO slaps JUDY on her shoulder.) CLEO (TO JUDY.) Leave her be. I found her first. Ain’t you gots some work to do? JUDY (To CLEO.) Spoiled sport. (To VIRGINIA.) Nice to meet ya...Virginia is it? Judy. Later gator. Peace. (JUDY exits. THE TRIO ENTER. They are wearing working outfits. One with a hard hat, one with an apron, one as a sanitation worker. The sidewalks are getting crowded with folks. Fully staged number.) “Movin’ Out” music begins. CLEO Well, this is your lucky day. Here in Cleo’s town, we have everything you can possibly need. VIRGINIA Breakfast? CLEO Anything a future uptown star requires. Bagels, locks, pancakes, ... VIRGINIA Bacon? Sausage and eggs? CLEO Anything your majesty needs. VIRGINIA Bodacious. CLEO Let me show youse my world. See that dude over there? (VIRGINIA shakes her head ‘yes’.) CLEO That’s Anthony... Movin' Out (Anthony's Song) CLEO and the TRIO SINGING ANTHONY WORKS IN THE GROCERY STORE SAVIN' HIS PENNIES FOR SOMEDAY (MAMA LEONE enters.) MAMA LEONE LEFT A NOTE ON THE DOOR, SHE SAID, "SONNY, MOVE OUT TO THE COUNTRY." OH BUT WORKIN' TOO HARD CAN GIVE YOU A HEART ATTACK YOU OUGHTA KNOW BY NOW WHO NEEDS A HOUSE OUT IN HACKENSACK? IS THAT ALL YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY? AND IT SEEMS SUCH A WASTE OF TIME IF THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT MAMA, IF THAT'S MOVIN' UP THEN I'M MOVIN' OUT. I’M MOVIN’ OUT (SERGANT O’LEARY enters. He is a New York City cop in his blue uniform. He is swinging his night stick. He begins writing a ticket for a parked Cadillac.) SERGEANT O'LEARY IS WALKIN' THE BEAT AT NIGHT HE BECOMES A BARTENDER HE WORKS AT MISTER CACCIATORE'S DOWN ON SULLIVAN STREET ACROSS FROM THE MEDICAL CENTER AND, HE'S TRADIN' IN HIS CHEVY FOR A CADILLAC YOU OUGHTA KNOW BY NOW AND IF HE CAN'T DRIVE WITH A BROKEN BACK AT LEAST HE CAN POLISH THE FENDERS AND IT SEEMS SUCH A WASTE OF TIME IF THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT MAMA, IF THAT'S MOVIN' UP THEN I'M MOVIN' OUT. YOU SHOULD NEVER ARGUE WITH A CRAZY MIND YOU OUGHTA KNOW BY NOW YOU CAN PAY UNCLE SAM WITH THE OVERTIME IS THAT ALL YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY? AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND YEAH THAT'S WHAT YOUR ALL ABOUT, GOOD LUCK MOVIN UP, CAUSE I'M MOVIN' OUT! I'M MOVIN' OUT... End of song (Fade to Black)