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Streisand was legendary in her own right in Funny Girl but she looked, acted, and sounded absolutely nothing like Fanny Brice. Even in the movie where they added Fanny Brice's signature song to the score it didn't seem to bother people that the star sounded nothing like the legend.

Come To My Garden / Lift Me Up from The Seacret Garden

Does anyone else think that the new orchestrations sound more like the underscoring from a non musical film score than the score from a musical?

Does anyone else think that the new orchestrations sound more like the underscoring from a non musical film score than the score from a musical?

Michael Jibson

I have insomnia and there's nothing good on tv. This thread made my night. I literally laughed out loud reading this.

"But he had a true artist's imagination and could create that visual sense of wonder and alchemy with the poorest materials--broken chairs and strings of lights -- as well as the luxuries that a SUNSET BOULEVARD could afford." That sentence makes me want to see what he could design for Follies.

I didn't realize more cuts had been made to the score since the broadway cuts. I had lost interest in the show in the late 90s and now with all the excitement for the movie I'm rediscovering how much I live it. Maybe you don't know My Oh My but hopefully someone else can answer: Is the 25th anniversary recording a complete representation of how the show is now performed or is it more along the lines of the OLCR and the OBCR where the bulk of it is there but bits of the recitative are missing?...

I didn't see it on broadway but I saw the tour. It was the worst night of theater I've ever experienced. If I wasn't with friends who wanted to stay it would have been the first time I would have left a show at intermission.

How complete is the tour cast CD? Ever since I read the movie script I've been listening to Les Mis rather obsessively and debating whether or not I should buy it. I want to listen to a new recording because listening to new recordings allow me to hear and appreciate new aspects of shows I know really well. I'll definitely be buying the soundtrack as soon as its available so I can only justify buying the 25th tour cast recording if its a complete representation of the show with the cuts that ...

Last year a guy walked into the store I work at as Sweeney Todd from the movie and one of my coworkers said "look its Edward Scissorhands."

Was this thread started by someone who works at FOX News? Parading an opinion as a question is a favorite trick of the "news" shows on FOX, the shows that supposedly just report facts without any opinion. Those "fact" based "news" reports with lead in like "Barack Obama the worst president ever?" Sorry this post is totally off topic and not meant to start a conversation but I find the thread title so amusing I wanted to point it out.

I was actually really excited to see Rubin-vega as Fantine when she was first announced. I thought it was such interesting daring casing for a role that over the years had become over sung. I love divas belting big notes as much as the next gay but I thought it would be really interesting to hear a woman with a raw rough sounding voice act the song with a new interpretation. It was just a train wreck though. She couldn't sing it she didn't act it she just murdered the ear drums of everyone in...

Daphne Rubin-Vega in Les Miserables.

Double post

Perhaps the nickname for the back of the balcony should be changed from the cheap seats to the tweet seats? I can't believe some people are suggesting the OP is troll this is a pertinent conversation . Personally I hate the idea of allowing cell phone use in theaters, I also hate that food is allowed in theaters, but you can't stop progress for better or worse. Personally I'd rather that a solution is found and a new industry standard set (like tweeting allowed in the rear balcony) than wait ...

Threads with titles like: what are the best *such and such* kinds of songs?Inevitably produce threads that ultimately list every single song that fits the given criteria. That said The Lifeboats / We'll Meet Tomorrow from Titanic is one of my favorites that hasn't been mentioned yet.

Toni Collette needs to do the movie version of Next 2 Normal.

I think it's too soon for a Cabaret revival the Mendes version is still too imprinted on people's minds especially considering how often it's reproduced by amature groups. It's been off Broadway almost 10 years but hasn't really left the public consciousness. I'd love to see a new Cabaret but I think it's too soon for it to be sucessful.

That's unfortunate that she no longer flys over the audience on the tour. I know when the tour first started they'd only play in venues that were capable of achieving the final flight. I thought it showed artistic integrity to keep the effect intact. I guess at some point though it all comes down to making money.