Jason Robert Brown

BEA
Do you love me, Jack?

JACK
Of course I do, Mom.

BEA
Do you love me, Jack?

JACK
Mom, please…

BEA
If you love me, Jack,
then make me a promise.
Nothing too grand.
One little promise for Mommy.

JACK
Nurse!

BEA
No, here, take my hand
Never get married.
That’s all that I ask.

JACK
What?

BEA
How can I know that you’ll love me
forever,
unless I’m sure that you will never get married.

JACK
Mom, come on.

BEA
Only because
no other woman could love you
like your Mommy does.
You can just toss me in the hudson,
I’ll be food for the fish,
but don’t ignore a mother’s dying wish.

JACK
Mom? Mom! Oh god!

BEA
Never get married!

CUSTOMERS
Never get married!

BEA
That’s what I said!

CUSTOMERS
That’s what she said!

BEA
Sure, you’ll be laughing anD
dancing
the second I’m dead
but i will be watching!

JACK
Jesus Christ.

BEA
What else can I do?
And if you find some girl and think
I’ll soften,
I’ll claw my way out of the coffin
and crush her!
Never mind how!
so when your Mommy says promise,
you promise right now!
And if you think i might be joking,
just take a look at this nurse.

So don’t you underestimate a
mother’s curse!
No, never underestimate a
mother’s…

BEA
Do you love me, Jack?

JACK
I… yes, I… wow.

BEA
Do you love me, Jack?

JACK
I do, Mom. I really do.

BEA
If you love me, Jack…
You’ll never get married!