"(Roger)One song, Glory, One song, before I go, Glory, One song to leave behind. Find, One song, One last refrain, Glory, From the pretty boy front man, Who wasted opportunity, One song, he had the world at his feet, Glory, in the eyes of a young girl. A young girl. Find, glory, beyond the cheap colored lights. One song, before the sun sets. Glory, on another empty life, Time flies; time dies! Glory! One blaze of glory, One blaze of glory, Glory! Find glory in a song that rings true, Truth like a blazing fire, an eternal flame, Find one song, a song about love, Glory, from the soul of a young man, A young man, Find the one song, before the virus take hold, Glory, like a sunset, One song to redeem this, empty life. Time flies, and no need to endure anymore! Time dies!"

"(Mark) And you think, "Might as well... (Joanne) Dance a tango to hell!" (Mark) At least I'll have tangoed at all."

"(Mark and Joanne) When your dancing her dance, you don't stand a chance; her grip of romance makes you fall."

"(Joanne) I'd fall for her still anyhow."

"(Mark) Gotta look on the bright side with all of your might!"

"(Joanne) I'm defeated; I should give up right now."

"(Joanne) She cheated! (Mark) She cheated! (Joanne) Maureen cheated! (Mark) Fucking cheated!"

"(Mark spoken)It's hard to do this backwards! (Joanne) You should try it in heels."

"(Mark spoken) With Nanette Himmelfarb, the rabbi's daughter, at the Scarsdale Jewish Community Center."

"(Mark spoken)Where'd you learn to tango? (Joanne spoken)With the French Ambassador's daughter in her dorm room at Miss Porter's. And you?"

"(Joanne) Did you swoon when she walked through the door? (Mark) Every time! So be cautious. (Joanne) Did she moon over other boys?(Mark) More than moon! (Joanne) I'm getting nauseous."

"(Mark) And you toss and you turn, 'cause her cold eyes can burn. Yet you yearn and you churn and rebound."

"(Mark) The Tango: Maureen—it's a dark, dizzy merry-go-round. As she keeps you dangling, (Joanne) You're wrong. (Mark) Your heart she is mangling. (Joanne) It's different with me."

"(Mark) Honey, I know this act. It's called "The Tango: Maureen.""

"(Joanne) As a matter of fact..."

"(Mark) Feel like going insane, got a fire in your brain, and you're thinking of drinking gasoline?"

"(Joanne) I'm so mad that I don't know what to do. Fighting with microphones, freezing down to my bones, and to top it all off, I'm with you."

"(Mark) Fucking weird."

"(Joanne) Very weird."

"(Mark) It's weird."

"(Joanne) This is weird."

"(All) We'll see."

"(Angel) Boys like me."

"(Collins) I like boys."

"(Angel) Just catch up later, he's just got other things on his mind. You'll see boys, you'll see boys."

"(Mark) Behave!"

"(Roger) I'm not much company you'll find."

"(Angel) Roger?"

"(Mark) First I've got a protest to save!"

"(Collins) Which reminds me, we have a detour to make. Anyone who wants to can come along!"

"(Angel) That boy needs some Prozac. (Roger) Or heavy drugs. (Mark) Or group hugs."

"(Benny) You'll see boys. You'll see boys. You'll see, the beauty of a studio that lets us do our work and get paid. With condos on the top. Whose rent keeps open our shops. Just stop the protest and you'll have it made. You'll see... or you'll pack!"

"(Benny) You want to produce films and write songs? You need somewhere to do it. It's what we used to dream about! Think twice before you pooh-pooh it."

"(Roger) You can't quietly wipe off a tent city then watch, "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV!"

"(Benny) But my investors would rather I handle this quietly."

"(Mark spoken) What? (Benny spoken) Convince Maureen to cancel her protest. (Mark spoken) Why not just get an injunction or call the cops? (Benny spoken) I did and they're on standby."

"(Benny) I'll forgo your rent and on paper guarantee that you can stay here for free, (spoken) if you do me one small favor."

"(Benny) The rent! (Mark) You're wasting your time. (Roger) We're broke. (Mark) And you broke your word. This is absurd!"

"(Collins) Happy birthday Jesus."

"(Benny) And the owner of that lot next door has the right to do with it as he pleases."

"(Roger) What happened to Benny, what happened to his heart? And the ideals he once pursued?"

"(Benny) Maureen is protesting losing her performance space—not my attitude."

"(All) We're not gonna pay, we're not gonna pay, we're not gonna pay last year's rent. This year's Rent. Next year's rent. Rent, rent, rent, rent, rent. We're not gonna pay rent. 'Cause everything is rent!"

"(Benny) Draw a line in the sand and then make a stand! (Roger) Use your camera to spar! (Mark) Use your guitar!"

"(All) How do you leave the past behind when it keeps finding ways to get to your heart? It reaches way down deep and tears you inside out 'til you're torn apart. Rent! How do you connect in an age where strangers, landlords, lovers, your own blood cells betray? What binds the fabric together when the raging, shifting winds of change keep ripping away?"

"(Mark) Zoom in as they burn the past to the ground, and feel the heat of the future's glow!"

"(Mark) The music ignites the night with passion and fire. (Joanne) Maureen, I'm not a theater person! (Roger) The narration crackles and pops with incendiary wit."

"(All) How we gonna pay last year's rent?"