Complications in Sue SCENE 9
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COMPLICATIONSINSUE Scene9
LIBRETTO: MICHAEL R. JACKSON
Two octogenarians lounge in the day room of a nursing home.
Octogenarian 1
MUSIC: RENE ORTH
Speaking, as an octogenarian rocking in a chair would, never pressed for time, taking pauses as needed. How the hell did I get to be eighty-seven years old
Speaking, as an octogenarian rocking in a chair would, never pressed for time, taking pauses as needed.
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Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2
Octogenarian 2
guess what I'm even colder
maybe a little laugh/snicker at her cleverness for rhyming
And it's cold in here but
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And that ol' sisyphus struggled up the hill (q) a little faster, with some excitement
Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2
S. D.
Pno. Bold mf, echoing er -
both laugh at their cleverness for rhyming (scoop into note)
very unsteady on pitch, maybe with old church lady vibrato 3 3
Octogenarian 1
but I am
f, dramatic but very unsteady, waver heavily on pitch - maybe almost out of tune for most of time
Octogenarian 2
slightly out of tune, sneering/very nasal tone... dare i say... Broadway-esque...
Octogenarian 1
slightly out of tune, sneering/very nasal tone... dare i say... Broadway-esque...
Octogenarian 2
Octogenarian 2
Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2 S. D.
Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2
normal singing voice by now, but you can still darken or do something to sound "old"
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normal singing voice by now, but you can still darken or do something to sound "old"
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Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2
Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2
Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2
Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2
Octogenarian 2
Octogenarian 1
Octogenarian 2 S. D.