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Millie and re-used music
Mar 21 2010, 12:53:02 PM
First, here is a link to a NYTimes interview (with some of the creators of 'Millie' plus creators of 'The Last Five Years') which does address the choice of music some:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/24/theater/spring-theater-can-the-same-old-song-and-dance-be-new-again.html?scp=3&sq=February%2024,%202002%20can%20the%20same&st=cse
Second, although I haven't read it from the authors' mouths, I thought singing in Mandarin and speaking in Cantonese makes perfect sense. In Hong Kong, where Ching Ho and Bun Foo are from, Mandarin, Cantonese, and English are all used. The majority of people speak Cantonese, but most can also use Mandarin (and have to in certain situations). Singing, which is a more heightened, emotional, and structured expression of thoughts and feelings in musicals, makes sense in Mandarin, an official government language and the language of a lot of Chinese media. While Cantonese is more likely what Ching Ho and Bun Foo would actually speak on a day-to-day basis.
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