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? No. 13 Ballet Sequence
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?TONY
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And - and
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and I'll take you away, take you far, far away out of here,
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Far, far away till the walls and the streets disappear.
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?TONY and MARIA
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Somewhere there must be a place we can feel we're free,
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Somewhere there's got to be some place for you and for me.
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(As he sings, the walls of the apartment begin to move off,
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leaving city walls surrounding them. The two lovers begin to
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run, battering against the walls of the city, breaking through
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as chaotic figures of the violent gangs flail around them. But
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they do break through and suddenly they are in a world of space
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and air and sun. They stop, looking at it, pleased, startled
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as boys and girls from both sides come on.)
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? Scherzo
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(They begin to dance, to play: no sides, no hostility now; just
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joy and pleasure and warmth. As Tony and Maria begin the steps
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of a gentle love dance, a voice is heard singing:)
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? Somewhere
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?A GIRL
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There's a place for us,
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Somewhere a place for us.
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Peace and quiet and open air
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Wait for us
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Somewhere.
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There's a time for us,
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Some day a time for us,
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Time together with time to spare,
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Time to look, time to care
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Some day!
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Somewhere
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We'll find a new way of living,
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We'll find a way of forgiving
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Somewhere.
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There's a place for us,
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A time and place for us.
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Hold my hand and we're halfway there.
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Hold my hand and I'll take you there
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Somehow,
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Some day,
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Somewhere!
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? Procession and Nightmare
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( The lovers hold out their hands to each other; the other
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follow suit - Jets to Sharks; Sharks to Jets - and form a sort
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of procession.)
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?ALL
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There's a place for us.
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( Suddenly, there is a dead stop. The figures of Riff and
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Bernardo slowly walk on. The dream becomes a nightmare: as the
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city returns,there are brief reenactments of the knife fight,
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of the deaths. Maria and Tony are once again separated from
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each other by the violent warring of the two sides. Maria
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tries to reach Bernardo, Tony tried to stop Riff; the lovers
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try to reach each other but cannot. Chaotic confusion and
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blackness out of which they find themselves back in the
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bedroom, clinging to each other desperately.)
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?TONY
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Hold my hand and we're halfway there.
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Hold my hand and I'll take you there...
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?TONY and MARIA
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Somehow,
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Some day,
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Somewhere!
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( They sink back together on the bed. )
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Another Alley - 10:00 p.m.
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?KRUPKE (whistle) : Hey, you!
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?A-RAB : Who me?
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?KRUPKE : Yeah, you! ( A-rab and Baby John stop surprised.)
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?A-RAB : Why it is Officer Krupke, Baby John.
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?BABY JOHN (quaking) : Top of the eveing, Officer Krupke.
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?KRUPKE : I'll crack the top of your skulls
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if you punks don't stop
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when I whistle. (exits; other Jets appear)
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?SNOWBOY : Ya see, cops believe everything
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they read in the papers.
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?ACTION : To them we ain't human.
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We're cruddy juvenile delinquents.
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So that's what we give'em.
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?SNOWBOY (imitating Krupke) : Hey, you!
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?ACTION : Me, Officer Krupke?
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?SNOWBOY : Yeah, you!
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Gimme one good reason for not dragging ya down
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the station house, ya punk.
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