as ACT II No. 25 IT’S HOT UP HERE (COMPANY) (Lights slowly fade up, and we see Everyone frozen in the tableau. There isa very long pause before we begin. The audience should feel the tension 4s they wait for something to happen. Finally, Music begins.) Poco rubato ( J=92) Dor: YVONNE: im LOUISE: It's hot up here. It's hot andit’s mon-ot-on-ous. a a NURSE: Nobody can even FRANZ: seemey profile CELESTE #1: 4 This is not my good pro file. JULES: Tam compete CELESTE #2: FRIEDA: out of proportion. "8 ‘The soldiers have for- got-ten us.136 D SOLDIER: LOUISE: OLD LaDy: ‘These hel-mets weigh a lot on us. This tree is block-ing my view. I can’t see an - y-thing. Bb BOATMAN: Dor: ALL Why are they com - plain-ing? It could have been rain - ing. I hate these peo - ple. It's Piu mosso (d= 104) hot up here Risoluto ma leggiero mp sempre staccato It’s hot up here, No mat-ter what.137 Of air up here not my fault YVONNE: Darling, don’t clutch Moth- «0 er’s hand quite so tightly. CELESTE #1: = _ (Safety) Thank you. It’s hot up here. SULES: (To Dot) I trust my cigar is not bother- ing you-- unfortunately, it nev- FRIEDA: SOLDIER, NURSE, er goes out, (She pays him no 33, YVONNE, LOUISE: attention) You have excellent Po _concentration. ‘At least you have a par-a-so, Well, look who's talk-ing,138 SOLDIER: CELESTE #2: CELESTE #1: (To Companion) (To Celeste #1) H's good to be to-geth- er jin. See, I told you they were odd. LOUISE: YVONNE: NURSE: slouch. He took my glass - es! You've been eating some-thing stick-y. I put On rouge to-day, FRIFDA: (To Boatman) OLD LADY: NURSE: FRANZ: LOUISE: Don'tyouev-ertake a bath?Nurse! Handmemy fan, I can't. At least the brat is wither moth-er. I $42 #23 FRIEDA: YVONNE: BOATMAN: DoT: ALL: Ve 1H heard that! Do you like tall grass? Hah! Jules! Bunch of an-i-mals...I hate these peo ple. It’s139. up here And. strange up here, No change up here ve SOLDIER: I ike the one DOT: “e in the light hat. (Last time only) (Safety) cantabile still it is, How odd it Hel- stace, sim,140 | hem, George: ‘Three in-ches off the ground And then this mon-key And these They'll ar -gue till they fade —__ —P_. whis- per things and grunt. But thank you for the shade, Yes, thank you, George,for that... —__141 CELESTE #1: It's hot up here. — It's hot and it’s mon-o-ton-ous. Iwant my glass -es! 84, CELESTE #1 CELESTE #2;a2 6 LOUISE: = A SS SSS 2 = = SS ———" poe ToS = soldiers have forgot-ten ts. He took my glass- es, I want my glass - est SOLDIER: & = SS SSS SS 6 == Sa Its hot andit’s mon-o- ton-bus. Ws good to be together a- FRIEDA CELESTE #1: BOATMAN JULES: =f == 5 - = ee SSS os Js yey = ste Don't you ever take a bath? Don’t slouch! An-i-mals... ‘Are you OLD LADY: ALL: 85; fur-ther-more, Find-ing you're fad. - ing Is This is not my good pro - file. And fur-ther-more, Find-ing you're fad - ing Is ALL: sure you don't like tall grass? fur-ther-more, Find-ing you're fa143 worse things than sweat-ing By a riv-er on a ‘There are worse things than sweating by a riv - er When you're pic - ture That was paint - ed4s know that you're im- mor - tal And you'll 99 OLD LADY: SOLDIER: fe LOUISE: . *, YVONNE: 14 f. “ L ‘of your com- pan- ion And your glass - es have been sto - len And you're CELESTE #1 101 Louls: (To Celeste #2) tg bored be = yond en dur- ance And the ba - by has no dia- pers And you're145 foal CELESTE JULES: Dor: ALL: #2: sub: P -! 1 amnot! And you are out of all pro-por-tion And 1 hate these peo - ple! You —_ a nev-er get A breeze up here, And (s)he’s up here -mok up here, You're stuck up here In this ga - votte. specctives don't Make sense up here.146 ng out-ward show Of bliss up here Is dis-ap-pear-ing dot by dot. (They puff at their faces) 124 ——._ _,_ ————., (Whew!)