[Glimmerglass - Steve�s Hotel Room]

Dr. Rep: I find it odd that Sharon isn�t here for the opening, don�t you?

Steve: Dr. Repertoire, Boyd is leaving Sharon. Boyd loves me, I love him!

Dr. Rep: I know nothing about love: I leave that to the Alagnas. Just what do you take me for?

Steve: I don�t know that I�d take you for anything.

Dr. Rep: Is it possible � even conceivable � that you�ve got me confused with Bernard Holland? Look closely, Steve. I am Dr. Repertoire and I am nobody�s fool, least of all yours.

Steve: Dr. Repertoire, will you please say what you have to say plainly and distinctly � and then get out so that I can take my nap.

Dr. Rep: You're a liar, Steve. Or should I say Eugene Schlump?

Steve: What of it! What of it!

Dr. Rep: Dame Janet Baker never sang opera in the United States! Every opera queen knows that. It was a stupid lie, not worthy of you....

Steve: I had to get in, to meet Marco! I had to say something, do somebody, make him like me.

Dr. Rep: That I should want you at all seems the height of impossibility. But we have one thing in common � the inability to love anything except the holy shrine of Opera. You agree how completely you belong to me, don�t you?

Steve: Yes, Dr. Repertoire.

Dr. Rep: Take your nap now. And good luck for tonight.

Steve: I won�t go on tonight. I couldn�t....

Dr. Rep: Couldn�t go on? You�ll give the performance of your life. (voice over) And he gave the performance of his life. And it was a night to remember, that night....

[Avery Fisher Hall, dressing room.]

Fan: I'm so happy for you, Steve.

Steve: Thank you, Lois. See you in October.

[He closes and locks the dressing room door.
He turns and sees a boy hiding in the closet]

Steve: Who are you?

Boy: Mr. Carrington....

Steve: What are you doing here?

Boy: I guess I fell asleep. Please don�t have me arrested.

Steve: Who are you? How did you get in here?

Boy: My name is Phoebus.

Steve: Phoebus?

Boy: I call myself Phoebus. I gave the security guard a blow-job. I was just looking around.

Steve: You were just looking around?

Boy: That�s all. It�s for my webpage. It�s devoted to you. Check it out at www.stevecarrington.com.

Steve: Go get my laptop out of that trunk, will ya...

Boy: You're leaving for Paris tomorrow, right? Will you be making any recordings while you're there?

Steve: I might. It's late. You won't get home 'til all hours.

Boy: I don't care if I ever get home.

He turns on the laptop and types in a URL.
We see the screen of the laptop: "www.phoebus.com."
And we hear the voice of a young countertenor singing
"Vivi, tiranno," higher and higher and higher.

-- Manuela Haltertop

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