Balcony Scene (Tonight)
Composer(s): Leonard Bernstein - Stephen Sondheim
Performer(s): José Carreras
and multiple other artists
A Back Alley - 11:00 p.m.
(Maria appears at the window above him which opens onto the escape)
Tony: Maria, Maria...
Maria: Ssh!
Tony: Maria!
Maria: Quiet!
Tony: Come down!
Maria: No!
Tony: Maria...
Maria: Please if Bernardo!
Tony: He's at the dance
Come down!
Maria: He will soon bring Anita home!
Tony: Just for a minute...
Maria(smiles): A minute is not enough
Tony(smiles): For an hour then...
Maria: I cannot!
Tony: For ever!
Maria: Ssh!
Tony: Then I'm coming up
Woman's Voice (from the offstage apartment): Maria!
Maria: Momentito, Mama...
Tony (climbing up): Maria, Maria...
Maria: Caladito! (reaching her hand out to stop him)
Ssh!
Tony (grabbing her hand): Ssh!
Maria: It is dangerous
Tony: I'm not "one of them"
Maria: You are; but to me, you are not
Just as I am one of them... (gestures inside)
Tony: To me, you are all the...
(She covers his mouth with her hand)
Man's Voice: (from the unseen apartment)
Maruca!
Maria: Si, ya vengo, Papa!
Tony: Maruca?
Maria: His pet name for me
Tony: I like him
He will like me
Maria: No
He is like Bernardo: afraid
Imagine being afraid of you!
Tony: You see?
Maria (touching his face)
I see you
Tony: See only me
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