Profile for Robert McDonald

Well it can’t be any worse than the actual Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical

Another fun Baker's Wife tidbit: Maybe They're Magic was originally a full length song rather than the short little ditty it ended up as. There's a recording out there of Joanna Gleason singing it in a very early reading. I definitely get why it was cut down, the rest of it was pretty redundant, but the lyrics and music were fun and it's too bad they haven't been preserved elsewhere.

rattleNwoolypenguin said: "15 years ago, Meryl would've been perfect."

She could still make a great Carlotta. I’d love to hear her take on I’m Still Here.

While trying to research this, I stumbled upon this website instead:

https://www.mycast.io/stories/follies

Some of these casting choices really crack me up, although I gotta admit, the idea of Whoopi Goldberg as Carlotta is quickly growing on me.

How Can Love Survive from the Sound of Music. Bear with me on this. While this is kind of a love song, the two characters are not actually the ones in love.

You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile! It may be a given since it is the traditional irrelevant act II opener, but it’s one of the most well known songs from the score and Burt Healy does not exist outside the one scene.

Alex Kulak2 said: "For me, I've always been partial to "The Last One You'd Expect" fromGentleman's Guide."

Pretty much any song from A Gentleman’s Guide has hysterical lyrics.

I raise “Can That Boy Foxtrot!”, cut from Follies. Especially Carole Cook’s rendition from the S.T.A.G.E. concert.