[rock big band intro] "Gee, look at everyone running around like crazy..." [ENSEMBLE choir of city folks] (Coffee in the morning, gotta jump-start the day!) ("Espresso double-shot, keeps the deadlines away!") ("Green juice for my yoga, makes me strong,") ("Sip it down, gulp it down, no wait is too long!") ("Coffee, coffee, gotta run!") ("Caffeine race has just begun!") ("If I stop, I’ll fall asleep—") ("Keep it bitter, keep it deep!") [instrumental as Kimmy enteres, holding a glowing boba cup, contrasted against the frenzy] [Kimmy female vocalist (solo, sweetly but boldly)]: Everyone's running around! If I drank that much coffee, I'd drown! Hah, I don’t need no bitter beans To help me chase my dreams Only one thing sets me free My itsy bitsy cup of bubble tea! [The ensemble freezes, mock-gasping. They whisper, gossiping] [ENSEMBLE choir] (Bubble what? Bubble who?) (Chewy drink? Is that true?) (Strange dessert inside a cup—) (Wait, it moves when she slurps it up!) [Kimmy female vocalist (with growing confidence, twirling)]: It’s boba, bubble tea— Shake it up with glee! Sip it slow, or gulp it fast— Every bubble’s built to last! [ENSEMBLE choir (half skeptical, half intrigued)]: (Chewy pearls? What’s she sayin’?) (Candy straws? She must be playin’!) [Kimmy female vocalist (sing-speaks with sass)] "No, my friends, this drink is the bomb!" Suck up every pearl, chew, nom nom nom! [Drum hit — the stage explodes with color. PEARL DANCERS roll in, dressed as shiny tapioca pearls. They form a chorus line. A “shaker” ensemble enters, tapping like a cocktail shaker] [PEARL DANCERS (chorus line, chanty)]: (Pop-pop-pop! Pearls at the bottom!) (Sip-sip-sip! Don’t forget you got ‘em!) (Chew-chew-chew! Bounce to the beat,) (Tiny little treasures makes the drink complete!) [Kimmy female vocalist (belting, leading the charge)] Some find joy in bitter beans, Or kale-filled drinks and fiber regimes — But me, I found a sweeter way, These chewy pearls make my day! [Music builds. The ENSEMBLE joins her, now swept into the boba mania. Oversized cups roll in as props, straws twirl like batons. Pearls bounce across stage like beach balls.] [FULL ensemble choir (final refrain, confetti burst)] Little things we sip, little joys we keep, Straws dive, and pearls leap up from the deep! Shake it, shake it, swirl it ‘round and see, Life’s much sweeter—MUCH MUCH sweeter— Life’s much sweeter with a bubble in your— TEA! [Big Broadway button, lights snap to black. End of number]
