SAPA Summer School 2013 Bugsy Malone

Bugsy Malone
Script
Songs: Bad Guys/You Give a Little Love

So You Wanna be a Boxer

My Name is Tallulah

Characters:

Fat Sam’s Gang (3 lines) Dandy Dan’s Gang ( 2 lines)

Fat Sam – 8 lines Dandy Dan – 5 lines

Bugsy Malone – 20 lines Oscar- 5 lines

Blousy – 9 lines Opera Singer – 2 lines

Tallulah – 3 lines/ Lena  – 1 line Magician- 1 lines/ Bronx Charlie  – 2 lines

Leroy – 4 lines Ventriloquist/Dummy - 4 lines

Roxy Robinson – 2 lines/ Baby Face – 1

line/ Knuckles – 1 line

All - Down and Outs (1 line)

Prologue

Song Bad Guys

WE COULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE,

BUT DON'T IT MAKE YOUR HEART GLAD

THAT WE DECIDED, A FACT WE TAKE PRIDE IN,

TO BECOME THE BEST AT BEING BAD.

WE COULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE,

WITH ALL THE TALENT WE HAD

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, WE WHINE AND WE POUT IT,

WE'RE THE VERY BEST AT BEING

BAD GUYS.

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WE'RE ROTTEN TO THE CORE

AND MY CONGRATULATIONS, NO ONE LIKES YOU ANYMORE.

BAD GUYS. WERE THE VERY WORST,

EACH OF US CONTEMPTIBLE, WE'RE CRITISIZED AND CURESED.

WE MADE THE BIG TIME, MALICIOUS AND MAD.

WE'RE THE VERY BEST AT BEIING BAD.

WE COULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE,

WE TOOK THE EASY WAY OUT.

WITH LITTLE TRAINING, WE MASTERED COMPLAINING.

MANERS SEEMED UN-NECESSARY.

WE’RE SO RUDE, IT’S ALMOST SCARY.

WE COULD’VE BEEN ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE

WITH ALL THE TALENT WE HAD.

WITH LITTLE PRACTICE, WE MADE EV’RY BLACKLIST.

WE'RE THE VERY BEST AT BEING BAD,

WE'RE THE VERY BEST AT BEING BAD,

WE'RE THE VERY BEST AT BEING BAD!

Scene 1

Roxy Robinson enters

Roxy nervously runs right and left across the stage, scared. OS we hear sound effects, screeching car tyres,
slamming car doors, voices.

Hoods enter stage left. Bronx Charlie, laughing Boy, Benny Lee and Yonkers. Roxy is trapped.

Bronx Charlie Your name Roxy?

Roxy Uh Huh

Bronx Charlie The same Roxy who works for Fat Sam?

Roxy Uh huh

Roxy is splurged by the Hoods.

2 Undertakers walk on and carry off  Roxy.

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Scene 2

In Fat Sam’s Office

Fat Sam So tell me how you allow this to happen? Roxy was one of my best.
Call yourselves hoodlums. You’re a disgrace to your profession. And
we know who’s behind all this, don’t we?

Gang Sure boss

Fat Sam We all know who’s monkeying us around, don’t we?

Gang Sure do, Boss

Fat Sam So who is it, dummies?

Gang Dandy Dan, Boss

Scene 3

Bugsy bumps into Blousey outside theatre

Bugsy Oops Bugys bumps into blousey outside theatre

Oops

Blousey I’m sorry

I’m sorry

Bugsy What’sWhat’s
your name?
your name?

Blousey BlouseyBlousey
Brown Brown

Bugsy PleasedPleased
to meettoyou.
meetI’m
you.
Bugsy
I’mMalone . Where are you going?
Bugsy Malone

Blousey I’m a singer. I’m go ing to audition at the Theatre

Bugsy The Lena Marelli show?

Blousey She’s walked out. They’re looking for a replacement

Bugsy Oh, she walks out every week every week she walks back
again…But don’t let me put you off.

Blousey You won’t. What do you do?

Bugsy I find fighters, boxers. In fact I was a fighter once, a pretty good
one too. If you like I’ll escort you.

Sure!
Blousey

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Scene 4

Inside Theatre. A lady clears her throat and starts to sing.

Opera Singer Vela, oh Velia the witch of the wood

Oscar Next!

Opera Singer But I have other songs

Oscar Yeah Honey, but do you have other voices? Next!

Marbini Good evening, I am the Great Marbini and I will perform for you
an amazing trick. From this hat, I will produce not one rabbit, not
two rabbits but Three Rabbits!

Oscar Next! Next! Next! Don’t give up the day job.

Dummy Hello everybody

Ventriloquist Well how are you?

Dummy Don’t ask. I suppose you’re wondering why I’m here

Oscar You Bet. Next!

Dummy What does he mean ‘next’? Doesn’t he like us?

Oscar Name?

Blousey Blousey Brown, Singer

Lena Oscar, Oscar…I’m Back! I’ll give you one more chance, else I’m out
for good. You hear me, Oscar. Out! Out! Out!

Oscar OK honey. Thank you everybody but this show has got its star
back!

Bugsy Don’t worry there’s always Fat Sam’s place. I’ll talk to him.

Blousy You know him?

Bugsy Where Friends.

Scene 4
At Dandy Dan’s place

Dandy Dan Well guys I’d like to thank you for all your work so far.
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Everything’s gone swell, just swell.

Gang Thanks Boss

Dandy Dan Fat Sam must have had quite a shock when we splurged Roxy.
And now wait till he hears I got the rest of his Gang too.

Gang Yes Boss

Dandy Dan Without his gang he’s like a tortoise without its shell. Soon he’ll
be throwing in the towel.

Back in Fat Sam’s Office

Fat Sam …What…! I don’t believe it!… The whole gang’s gone, Knuckles,
they’ve been splurged. That leaves just you and me!

Knuckles What we gonna do, Boss?

Fat Sam We play it cool. We relax. Act like everything’s normal while I talk
to Bugsy.

Scene 6
In Speakeasy.

Song: Tallulah

MY NAME IS TALLULAH.
MY FIRST RULE OF THUMB
I DON'T SAY WHERE I'M GOING
OR WHERE I'M COMING FROM
I TRY TO LEAVE A LITTLE REPUTATION BEHIND ME
SO IF YOU REALLY NEED TO,
YOU'LL KNOW HOW TO FIND ME.

MY NAME IS TALLULAH,
I LIVE TILL I DIE,
I'LL TAKE WHAT YOU GIVE ME
AND I WON'T ASK WHY.
I'VE MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS IN SOME EXOTIC PLACES,
I DON'T REMEMBER NAMES BUT I REMEMBER FACES.

LONELY,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY
COME AND SEE TALLULAH
WE CAN CHASE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY.
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IF YOU'RE LONELY,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY.
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT TALLULAH,
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.
NO ONE SOUTH OF HEAVEN'S GONNA TREAT YOU FINER.
TALLULAH HAD HER TRAINING IN NORTH CAROLINA.

MY NAME IS TALLULAH
AND SOON I'LL BE GONE,
AN OPEN INVITATION
IS THE ROAD I'LL TRAVEL ON.
I'LL NEVER SAY GOODBYE BECAUSE THE WORDS UPSET ME,
YOU MAY FORGIVE MY GOING BUT YOU WON'T FORGET ME.

LONELY,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY.
COME AND SEE TALLULAH
WE CAN CHASE YOUR TROUBLES AWAY.
IF YOU'RE LONELY,
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LONELY.
WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT TALLULAH,
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
NO ONE SOUTH OF HEAVEN'S GONNA TREAT YOU FINER
TALLULAH HAD HER TRAINING IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Tallulah Long time no see Bugsy.

Bugsy Well you know how it is. You seen Fat Sam? I need to speak to
him.

Tallulah You used to come and see me every night.

Bugsy (Embarassed) er… I’ve been busy.

Tallulah You’ve got lovely brown eyes.

Blousey storms off 

Bugsy Blousey, Wait!

Great. Thanks Tallulah.

Tallulah shrugs and walks off. Fat Sam enters

Fat Sam Hey Bugsy. I need your help as a personal favor to me. We are
Gonna deal with Dandy Dan, once and for all. You in?

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Busgy Sure Fat Sam. I owe you, remember?

Fat Sam Exits

Bugsy Hears moaning and walks to the back of the stage.

Suddenly he is jumped by gang of 4.

Leroy enters from stage right and helps Bugsy.

Leroy They take your money mister?

Bugsy Yeah 200 hundred dollars. You must be a boxer?

Leroy Nope!

Bugsy You ever thought of taking it up professionally?

Leroy Nope

Bugsy Well you should! Look at those mitts. Put it there , Leroy, you’ve
got yourself a manager.

SONG So you wanna be a boxer 

SO YOU WANNA BE A BOXER IN THE GOLDEN RING.

CAN YOU PUNCH LIKE A SOUTH-BOUND FREIGHT TRAIN?
TELL ME JUST ONE THING -
CAN YOU MOVE IN A WORD LIKE A HUMMING BIRD'S WING
IF YOU NEED TO?
CAN YOU BOB, CAN YOU WEAVE, CAN YOU FAKE AND DECEIVE
WHEN YOU NEED TO?
WELL, YOU MIGHT AS WELL QUIT
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT.

SO YOU WANNA BE A BOXER,

CAN YOU PASS THE TEST?
I CAN TELL YOU'VE GOT IT IN YOU,
I'VE TRAINED THE BEST.
WHEN YOU WORK AND YOU SWEAT AND YOU BET THAT YOU
TRAIN TO A BUZZ-SAW
THEN YOU NEAR LOSE YOUR MIND WHEN YOU FIND THAT YOUR
BOY HAS A GLASS JAW.

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SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL QUIT
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT.

PUT HIM IN THE RING, JOE,

LOOK AT WHAT YOU FOUND.
WE CAN USE THE FUN, JOE,
PUSHING HIM AROUND.
WE’LL SHOW HIM THE ROPES
AND DESTROY HIS HOPES
PUT HIM IN THE RING, JOE,
GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE,
LET HIM FEEL THE STING, JOE,
WE CAN MAKE HIM DANCE
WE'LL PULP HIM TO BITS
THEN HE'LL CALL IT QUITS FOR SURE, JOE .

SO YOU WANNA BE A BOXER.

WANNA BE THE CHAMP.
THERE'S A GOLDEN BOY INSIDE YOU,
NOT A PUNCHED-OUT TRAMP.
IF YOU LISTEN AND YOU LEARN, THERE'S AN HONOUR YOU CAN
EARN AND DEFEND HERE.
WHEN YOU DO SEE THE CROWN, YOU'RE A KING, NOT A CLOWN,
A CONTENDER.
BUT YOU MIGHT AS WELL QUIT
IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT

PUT HIM IN THE RING, JOE,

SOMETHING NEW TO PUNCH
LET ME HAVE A SWING, JOE,
THEN WE'LL GO TO LUNCH.
WE'LL MAKE IT QUITE SWIFT,
THEN HE'LL GET THE DRIFT.
PUT HIM IN THE RING, JOE
CHICKEN A LA CARTE,
LET ME HAVE A WING, JOE,
TEARING HIM APART.
THAT CHICKEN WILL CROW.
OH LET ME HAVE HIM JOE.

Bugsy Come on Leroy. We got a job. We’ll be working for fat Sam. You’ll
be hitting Dandy Dan where it hurts.… er.. and there’s two
hundred dollars in it for you.

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Leroy I’ll do it!

Bugsy Are you with me everyone?

Down & Outs Yeah!

Bugsy Then let’s go !

Scene 7
Outside Speakeasy

Dandy Dan Remember when you get inside that Speakeasy, keep those
fingers pumping.

Lights go out & the stage is filled with Down & Outs, Dancers,
Bugsy, Leroy, Tallulah, Blousey, & Fat Sam. Everyone is getting
ready for the showdown with Dandy Dan & his gang.

Bugsy Right, you guys make sure you’re hidden. Blousey, are you gonna
get out of the way, or else I’ll have to take someone else to
Hollywood.

Blousey Oh, Bugsy.

Babyface They’re here, Bugsy! They’re here.

Dandy Dan Ok everybody Freeze! (The girl’s scream everyone runs for cover)

Fat Sam Bugsy. Guys. Let ‘em have it!

They fight (silly string)

SENIORS ENTER

Song: Bad Guys/ You give a little love

WE COULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE,

AND IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO CHANGE.

I'D BE DELIGHTED TO GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT.

MAY-BE YOU'LL AGREE THAT WE REALLY OUGHT TO… (THREE,

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FOUR)

WE COULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE,

YES, THAT DECISION WAS OURS.

IT'S BEEN DECIDED WE'RE WEAKER DIVIDED.

LET FRIENDSHIP DOUBLE UP OUR POWERS.

WE COULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING THAT WE WANTED TO BE

AND I'M NOT SAYIN’ WE SHOULD

BUT IF WE TRY IT, WE'D LEARN TO ABIDE IT.

WE COULD BE THE BEST AT BEIN'

GOOD GUYS.

FLOWERS OF THE EARTH,

WHO CAN EVEN GUESS HOW MUCH A REAL FRIEND IS WORTH?

GOOD GUYS

SHAKE AN OPEN HAND.

MAYBE WE'LL BE TRUSTING IF WE TRY TO UNDERSTAND.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, IT MUST BE WORTHWHILE.

GOOD FRIENDS, DO TEND TO MAKE YOU SMILE.

WE COULD'VE BEEN ANYTHING

THAT WE WANTED TO BE,

YES, THAT DECISION IS OURS.

IT'S BEEN DECIDED WE'RE WEAKER DIVIDED.

LET FRIENDSHIP DOUBLE OUR POWERS.

YOU GIVE A LITTLE LOVE

AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOU

(DA DA DA RA DA DA DA)

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YOU KNOW YOU GONNA BE REMEMBERED

FOR THE THINGS YOU SAY AND DO.

(DA DA DA RA DA DA DA)

YOU GIVE A LITTLE LOVE

AND IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOU

(DA DA DA RA DA DA DA)

YOU KNOW YOU GONNA BE REMEMBERED

FOR THE THINGS YOU SAY AND DO

(DA DA DA RA DA DA DA)

(REPEAT AND FADE)

The End

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