ROGER and MIMI exit. JOANNE reenters, obviously steamed.)



MAUREEN

Are we packed?



JOANNE

Yes and by next week

I want you to be



MAUREEN

Pookie?



JOANNE

And you should see

They've padlocked your building

And they're rioting on Avenue B

Benny called the cops



MAUREEN

That fuck!



JOANNE

They don't know what they're doing

The cops are sweeping the lot

But no one's leaving

They're just sitting there, mooing!



ALL

Yeah!!!

(Pandemonium erupts in the restaurant.)

To dance!



A GIRL

No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection

Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short careers, eating disorders!



ALL

Film!



MARK

Adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations,

Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money, Hollywood and sleaze!



ALL

Music!



ANGEL

Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation,

Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony, and heavy competition!



ALL

Anarchy!



COLLINS & MAUREEN

Revolution, justice, screaming for solutions,

Forcing changes, risk, and danger

Making noise and making pleas!



ALL

To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers too



MAUREEN

To me



MARK

To me



COLLINS & ANGEL

To me



ALL

To you, and you and you, you and you

To people living with, living with, living with

Not dying from disease

Let he among us without sin

Be the first to condemn

La vie Boheme

La vie Boheme

La vie Boheme



MARK

Anyone out of the mainstream

Is anyone in the mainstream?

Anyone alive--with a sex drive



OTHERS

La vie boheme

La vie boheme

La vie boheme



MARK

Tear down the wall

Aren't we all?

The opposite of war isn't peace...

It's creation!



ALL

La vie Boheme



MARK

The riot continues. The Christmas tree goes up in flames. The snow

dances. Oblivious, Mimi and Roger share a small, lovely kiss



ALL

Viva la vie Boheme!





ACT 2



(The COMPANY enters from all directions and forms a line across the

apron of the stage