West Side Story Script Excerpt

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Tony has been waking up each night feeling like something is coming for him. When he talks to his friend Riff about it, Riff tries to convince Tony to come to a dance that night with the res…

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RIFF: Try me.

TONY: O.K. Every single damn night for the last month, I wake up and I’m reaching out.

RIFF: For what?

TONY: I don’t know, it’s right outside the door, around the corner. But it’s comin’!

RIFF: What is? Tell me!

TONY: I don’t know! It’s - like the kick I used to get from being a Jet.

RIFF: I never asked the time of day from a clock, but I’m asking you:

Come to the dance tonight…

(TONY turns away)

… I already told the gang you’d be there.

TONY: What Time?

RIFF: Ten?

TONY: Ten it is.

RIFF: Womb to Tomb!

TONY: Sperm to Worm! (Shakes Hands) And I’ll live to regret this.

RIFF: Who Knows? Maybe what you’re waitin’ for’ll be twitching at the dance!

(HE runs off)

TONY: Who knows?

RIFF: Try me.  
TONY: O.K. Every single damn night for the last month, I wake up and I’m reaching out. 
RIFF: For what? 
TONY

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