I work at an alternative school with a strong arts program. (Read: a bunch of flaming liberals getting in touch with their inner freak.) Many of the students and staff are trying to convince the Theater Teacher to make a Matrix Musical. He needs more convincing, but told us to throw together a series of scenes and he’d be more apt to do it.
So far we have Neo: One Singular Salvation. (From Chorus Line) That’s it.
Any more ideas?
well we did used to sing this song in intermediate school and they changed the words so as not to be sexist and it went:
I am the one,
who will fight for your honour,
I’ll be the hero
you’re dreaming of
we’ll live together
knowing forever
that we did it all
for the glory of love
That just sprung into mind…
I’ll let you know if I think of any others
I will be proud to contribute to this!
Empty Disks in Empty Disk Drives (Les Mis)
The Phantom of the Matrix (Phantom; Morpheus or Neo)
The Man of the Matrix (Man of La Mancha; “I am I Neee-ooo-ooo, the savior of the world, and it’s onward to glory I go!”)
“I am Not Elrond!” by Agent Smith. An original piece.
Man, I should’ve been in theater.
“Eye of the Matrix” by Agent Smith (Eye of the Tiger, which is just a touch of class)
Hell, the real lyrics work just fine:
Possible original numbers.
I Know Kung Fu. (Neo)
Zion’s on the Line (Duet with Morpheus and the other captain dude)
Guns, Glorious Guns (Everyone)
I Wonder Who Got Me Pregnant (Trinity)
This is the thread I just can’t escape. One more:
“Bad Guys of the Matrix” sung by all the Agents. (From the Queen song “Princes of the Universe”. That Highlander song.)
Heeeeeeeeeere we are,
Born to be Agents
We’re bad guys of the Maaaaaaaaaa-triiiiiix!
It’d be brilliant if you could do lights and smoke or something.
Some song with Moon, June, and, erm, Spoon.
kung fu fighting…
sorry, its cheesy, don’t kick me
kung fu fighting…
sorry, its cheesy, don’t kick me
“Red Pill, Blue Pill” (Original)
“Go Ask Alice,” by Jefferson Starship. 
Maaaa-trix… like the corners of my mind… misty water color Maaaa-trix… of the way we were…
By the way, I recently wrote a script called “Matrix, Schmatrix,” which combined The Matrix with Seinfeld. 
You frighten me… you really, really frighten me. 
but I kinda dig it, too…
You could actually use a few Queen songs but I’ll leave that up to you (hint hint).
[random Evita theme]
“On this niiiiiiiight…on this niiiiiiight…on this niiiiiiiight of a thouuusand Smiiiiths…”
"So what happens now? (Another phone booth, another call) So what happens now? (Gotta go so Zion doesn’t fall) Where am I going to? (You’re the One you always were before) Where am I going to? (Trinity - “Don’t ask anymore”)
Morpheus: “Don’t cry for us, dearest Zion…instead let’s just shake our groove thangs”
[/random Evita theme]
Ooh, another one–
“Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred Aaa-gents! Five hundred twenty-five thousand asses to kiiiiiiiick…”
I can imagine the “Phantom of the Opera” song as Morpheus bringing Neo down into the dark real world.
NEO
On my computer screen
A message came
A voice which called to me
And spoke my name
And do I dream again?
For now I find
The world which I once knew is just,
Inside my mind
MORPHEUS
Embrace reality
The Matrix lies
Its power over you
It multiplies
And so now you must leave
your life behind
The world which you once knew is just,
Inside your mind
…
I have brought you
to the cold dark reality . . .
to this future where all must pay homage to robots. . .
rooooboooots. . .
You have come here,
for one purpose, and one alone . . .
Since the moment I first saw your code,
I have needed you with me,
to serve me, to fight,
all the robots . . .
the rooobooots . . .
…or not.
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a cocoon
Just one more ‘D’ battery
swallow the pill
look into the mirror and see
I’m just a nerd boy, that can’t hack reality
Thomas Anderson, no, Neo
Crawling out the window
Anyway the wind blows
really seems to matter to me, to meeeeeee
Morpheus, just killed myself
tried to jump the roof ahead
but then missed and fell instead
Morpheus, my training has just begun
but now I’m upgrading my fighting skills today
Morpheus, ooo…
Ok, I’m up waaaaaaaay too late. But you get the idea.
Hobbits are a disease.
giggle.