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RACE
I got the same fish-eye in Midtown.

(The DELANCEYS enter.)

MORRIS
Say, Oscar, looks like we got bum information about a strike happenin’
here today.

OSCAR
My skull-bustin’ arm could use a day of rest.

(The DELANCEYS head to the cart to work.)

LES
Are we doing the right thing?

DAVEY
Sure we are.

RACE
Maybe we put this off a couple days?

DAVEY
No.

(#13 – SEIZE THE DAY – PART 1.)

Seize
SEIZE the
THEDay (Part 1)
DAY (PART 1)
JACK: We can’t back down now. Like it or not,
now is when we take a stand. C’mon, Davey. Tell ’em.

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(Now on the spot, DAVEY timidly begins a pep talk.)

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DAVEY:

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(sung somewhat freely)

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Now is the time to seize the day.

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Stare
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(sung somewhat freely)

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Stare down the odds and seize the day.

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Min - ute by min - ute, that’s how you win it.

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We will find a way. But let us seize the

(CRUTCHIE arrives with crutch held high, a rag painted "STRIKE!"

tied to the top.)
CRUTCHIE: Hey, Jack. Look what I made! Good, huh? “Strike!”
JACK: That’s great. Hey, Specs, any sign of reinforcements?
(SPECS gives a thumbs-down. The circulation bell rings.
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day.

(JACK): Davey…? (Inspired by DAVEY's growing

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Now is the time to seize the day.

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(One by one, other NEWSIES join in.)

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Stare down the odds and seize the day.

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+MURIEL,

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HAZEL: +SPECS: +LES:

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Once we’ve be - gun, if we stand as one, some -

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NEWSIES:
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Disney’s be - comes
JR. some - how, and a prayer be - comes a

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day be - comes some - how, and a prayer be - comes a

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vow. And the strike starts here and

(The circulation bell rings again. WIESEL and the DELANCEYS

open the cart.)
WIESEL: The sun is up and the birds is singin’.
Step right up and get your papes.

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MORRIS: You workin’ or trespassin’? What’s your pleasure?

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now!

(EVERYONE tenses. Three SCABS walk on to collect their papers

at the wagon. KATHERINE enters with her pad and pencil poised,
accompanied by DARCY with a camera.)

DAVEY
Who are they?

JACK
Scabs.

MURIEL
If they think they can just waltz in here and take our jobs—

CRUTCHIE
We can handle them!

MURIEL
Let’s soak ’em!

DAVEY
No! We all stand together or we don’t have a chance! Jack?

JACK
(looks to his NEWSIES, then addresses the SCABS)
Listen… Pulitzer thinks we’re gutter rats with no respect for nothin’,
includin’ each other. Is that who we are?

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DAVEY, CRUTCHIE, LES
No!

JACK
For the sake of all the kids in every sweatshop, factory, and slaughter
house in this town, I beg you… throw down your papers and join the
strike.

LES
Please?

(LES makes the "pity" face. The SCABS look at each other. SCAB 1
throws papers down. #14 – SEIZE THE DAY – PART 2.)

SEIZE the
Seize THEDay
DAY (PART
(Part 2)
2)
SCAB 1: I’m with ya.
SCAB 2: (throwing papers down) Me too!

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SCAB 3: You’re kidding, right?

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SCAB 2: At the end of the day who are you gonna trust?
(indicates the NEWSIES) Them… (indicates WIESEL and the
DELANCEYS) … or them?
SCAB 3: Oh… what the heck? My father’s gonna kill me anyway!

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(SCAB 3 thows down papers.)
NEWSIES: Yeah!

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DAVEY:

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seize the day! An - swer the call and don’t de - lay!

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Strike! Strike! Strike! Strike!

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(Overwhelmed, WIESEL and the DELANCEYS exit with the distribution

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(The DELANCEYS return and try to grab LES, who is saved by

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(When all the NEWSIES provide backup, the DELANCEYS run off.

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Now is the time to make ’em pay!

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Now is the time to make ’em pay!

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make us quit be - fore we’re

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done!

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NEWSIES GROUP 1:

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One for all and all for…

NEWSIES GROUP 2:

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One for all and all for…

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triumphant photo.)

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for one!

(The ecstatic NEWSIES rip, crumple, and scatter copies of

the World all over the square. Suddenly, WIESEL enters with
the DELANCEYS, SNYDER, and POLICE OFFICERS. The
NEWSIES freeze. #15 – THE FIGHT.)

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