the prom lines

Question 1

bella: Angie!

Answer 1

i’m so proud of you! this is an important show. the critics are going to love it.

Question 2

trent: …is a life on the stage really any life at all?

Answer 2

(enter) hey guys.

Question 3

bella and benny: Angie!

Answer 3

sorry your show closed on opening night. again.

Question 4

bella: Thanks.

Answer 4

welcome to the world of the unemployed.

Question 5

benny: I thought you were in Chicago.

Answer 5

i just quit. 20 years in the chorus and they still wouldn’t let me play roxie hart. you know who they have playing the role these days?

Question 6

benny: Who?

Answer 6

tina louise. you know, ginger from gilligan’s island?

Question 7

benny: My God. Is she still alive?

Answer 7

not really, no.

Question 8

bella: You see? We’re wasting our lives.

Answer 8

it’s true. oh, well. at least we’re all in the same boat.

Question 9

trent: But the Times has castrated you as it were.

Answer 9

yeah. he wrote you off as “aging narcissists”.

Question 10

benny: …We’ll become celebrity activists!

Answer 10

brilliant!

Question 11

benny: Too big.

Answer 11

world hunger?

Question 12

benny: With my back? Forget it. What’s the biggest problem in America right now? go.

Answer 12

well, i think it’s the electoral college. it needs to be abolished.

Question 13

bella: As an exercise, just assume we don’t know what it is and explain it to us.

Answer 13

well, the electoral college was created to allow the smaller states to have power in a federalist government. if the amount of electoral college votes a state received was directly proportional to its population then the–

Question 14

benny: A safe, non-violent, high-profile, low risk injustice.

Answer 14

let me see what’s trending. (take out phone)
current events, etc..(stop)
hey. what about this girl?

Question 15

benny: What girl?

Answer 15

it’s all over twitter. she lives in a small town called edgewater, indiana. she’s a lesbian and she wanted to take her girlfriend to the high school prom and the pta went apeshit.

Question 16

benny: Are you all with me?

Answer 16

yes!

Question 17

bella: We’ll have a rally.

Answer 17

ooooh. a rally! etc!

Question 18

trent: We’ll carry picket signs!

Answer 18

and make t-shirts!

Question 19

benny: I’ll get Sheldon to tag along. He can find us a venue.

Answer 19

wow. can we really do this?

Question 20

bella! Oh! We’ll need an anthem.

Answer 20

like “we are the world”!

Question 21

trent:…He’s a huge fan of my Phantom. Leave it to me.

Answer 21

wait! how will we get there?

Question 22

bella: Flattery only makes me stronger. It fuels my ego.

Answer 22

(enter)

Question 23

kate: Stop taking my picture!

Answer 23

we need a poster for the rally.

Question 24

bella: Oh my god. This is worse than the bus.

Answer 24

well, at least it’s quieter. if i had to sit through “day by day” one more time, i would have killed them all one by one. (to marcy) 4 rooms under dickinson. i called yesterday.

Question 25

benny: Angie, have you seen these rooms? We're all going to be murdered and stuffed, you know that, right?

Answer 25

orbitz gave this place 3 stars. (drink shot from purse)

Question 26

trent:....The Godspell cast will back us up. They have their own costumes.

Answer 26

oh my god.

Question 27

trent:...We have everything we need right here.

Answer 27

except a venue.

Question 28

liv: There's no spinning this. It was a complete disaster.

Answer 28

now i know what the original cast of "carrie" felt like.

Question 29

bella: See? We're not narcissists!

Answer 29

yea us! yea us!

Question 30

emma: You really scared people.

Answer 30

aww. don't sell yourself short kid. you're the one who scared people.

Question 31

liv: Anybody hungry?

Answer 31

i could drink.

Question 32

emma: You're sure it's not too girly?

Answer 32

just the right amount of girly.

Question 33

bella: We did good you guys!

Answer 33

who wants a drink?

Question 34

kieran: They were lying to you. That was part of the plan.

Answer 34

oh my god.

Question 35

trent: They met in secret? The whole town kept this from her?

Answer 35

that is so cruel.

Question 36

kate: No! Enough! This is already the worst night of my life! Just stop helping me!

Answer 36

i'll go.

Question 37

FIRST LINE OF ACT II AFTER MS GREENE SCENEA

Answer 37

that woman makes my skin crawl.

Question 38

emma: I cannot wrap my head around all this. It's a nightmare. Oh God. I've never felt so alone in my life.

Answer 38

you're not alone, honey. you've got friends.

Question 39

barry: Emma, you gotta step up and be the face of this story. You've gotta go on TV and show the world who the real victim is.

Answer 39

and that's going to get her a prom?

Question 40

benny: Honey, I know this is hard, but if you do nothing, they win.

Answer 40

don't worry. she's just got stage fright. i'll talk to the kid.

Question 41

emma: Before you give me a lecture or kick me to death with those crazy antelope legs of yours or whatever you're going to do, I know I should do something; I just can't.

Answer 41

look, kid. not everybody gets a chance to step out of the chorus. you got to do it for all us people waiting for our moment.

Question 42

emma: I'm too scared.

Answer 42

let me tell you a story. it's 1975. the original company of "chicago" is in previews and the worst flu in history hits the cast. they're down to the 3rd cover for the role of roxie hart. and she's scared, just like you. so fosse, who's a real ball-buster, is putting her through her paces. but she's petrified, and even worse, performing the routines like a robot. and the foss says to her, "hey kid! snap out of it! you're freaking out! you got the steps, you got the notes, but where's the zazz, baby?" and though she'd never heard that word before she immediately knew what it meant. and that girl went out there and crushed that performance so hard the whole audience was standing on their feet screaming bloody murder.

Question 43

emma: And that girl was you?

Answer 43

how fucking old do you think i am? this was 1975. the point is every fosse girl knows that story. it's all about finding your own inner strength...

Question 44

emma: I just don't think I can do it. The thought of getting up in front of all of those people. Look at my hands. They're shaking.

Answer 44

if your hands are shaking...JUST TURN 'EM INTO JAZZ HANDS! now doesn't that feeel better?

Question 45

emma: No.

Answer 45

try this.

Question 46

emma: What are you doing?

Answer 46

it'll give you some confidence. hand here. (move kate into position) and try this. now move.

Question 47

kate: This is awkward.

Answer 47

you don't understand the concept of *zazz*. the *zazz* is not the moves. the *zazz* comes from within. do the moves and give 'em some zazz/

Question 48

after zazz is done

Answer 48

now that you found your zazz, it's time to show it to the world. you think you know how?

Question 48

emma: I don't know...

Answer 48

now, close your eyes. think of mrs. greene. (POSE!) think about that fake prom. (POSE!) and think about finally doing something about it. (SERVALICIOUS!!!!!) i'm seeing it! i'm seeing your zazz! now follow me.

Question 49

liv:...You might as well have her sit down with a rock in a box.

Answer 49

so we're sunk?

Question 50

kieran: I'm on board, as long as Emma is comfortable with it.

Answer 50

she is. believe me. you can see it in here eyes. she's ready to stand up and tell her story.

Question 51

kieran: Well put.

Answer 51

that was incredibly generous of you.

Question 52

benny: This video is killing me. This is worse than the one about the guy being reunited with the lion he raised from a cub.

Answer 52

oh my god. don't bring that up--i can't look t that without cryn.

Question 53

liv: What the hell. I'm good for 3 thousand.

Answer 53

i think i got about 2 left on my card.

Question 54

benny: ...but we don't actually know how to build anything.

Answer 54

then i found you on twitter. it was just dumb luck.

Question 55

benny: I JUST WANNA DANCE WITH YOU

Answer 55

(come back after getting call) oh my god!

Question 56

emma and alyssa: build it now etc.

Answer 56

exit to get call

Question 57

barry: What? What is it?

Answer 57

i just got the call. tina louise has shingles! the producers want me to go on as roxie hart!

Question 58

emma: What did you tell them?

Answer 58

i said, "i have a prom to go to. fuck off!"

Question 59

barry: Atta girl.

Answer 59

i was kidding. i'm taking the red-eye tomorrow. let's get this party started!

Question 60

after second it's time to dance

Answer 60

okay. let's go get pretty!