RENT - Tune Up #2

[MARK]
Tell the folks at home what you're doing Roger

[ROGER]
I'm writing one great song --

[MARK]
The phone rings

[ROGER]
Yes!

[MARK]
We screen

[MARK/ROGER VOICEMAIL]
Speak...

[COLLINS]
"Chestnuts roasting ---"

[MARK & ROGER]
Collins!

[COLLINS]
I'm downstairs

[MARK]
Hey!

[COLLINS]
Roger picked up the phone?

[MARK]
No, it's me

[COLLINS]
Throw down the key

[MARK]
A wild night is now pre-ordained

[COLLINS]
I may be detained

[MARK]
What does he mean...?
What do you mean "detained"?

[BENNY]
Ho ho ho!

[MARK & ROGER]
Benny! Shit

[BENNY]
Dudes, I'm on my way

[MARK & ROGER]
Great! Fuck

[BENNY]
I need the rent

[MARK]
What rent?

[BENNY]
This past year's rent which I let slide

[MARK]
Let slide? You said we were "golden"

[ROGER]
When you bought the building

[MARK]
When we were roommates

[ROGER]
Remember - you lived here

[BENNY]
How could I forget?
You, me, Collins and Maureen
How is the drama queen?

[MARK]
She's performing tonight

[BENNY]
I know
Still her production manager?

[MARK]
Two days ago I was bumped

[BENNY]
You still dating her?

[MARK]
Last month I was dumped

[ROGER]
She's in love

[BENNY]
She's got a new man?

[MARK]
Well, no...

[BENNY]
What's his name?

[MARK & ROGER]
Joanne

[BENNY]
Rent, my amigos, is due
Or I will have to evict you
Be there in a few

[MARK]
The power blows...