Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#1
Posted: 4/6/10 at 12:40pmJust wondering if they're planning to do it in three acts as it was done originally.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#2
Posted: 4/6/10 at 12:49pmI doubt it. MTI licenses the show in 2 acts.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#2
Posted: 4/6/10 at 12:56pm^ They have done revisions before. They changed the middle section of "Applause" to reflect the Encores! series. Changing it back to 3 Acts really won't be a drastic change. If Laurents and Sondheim approve it, there's not a damn thing MTI can do about it.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#3
Posted: 4/6/10 at 1:03pm
But I believe the two act version has a slightly different song order.
I highly doubt it will be in 3 acts.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#4
Posted: 4/6/10 at 1:09pm^ Not much of one. I kinda hope they do the three act version.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#5
Posted: 4/6/10 at 1:15pm
I, too, would like to see it performed as originally written. Isn't that (sort of) the mission of Encores? (Not that they really seem to have any kind of mission anymore...)
I mean, the David Ives book re-writes are shorter than the original books, but not really better. So why change a 3-act show to 2 acts? Just to get your tired old audience home sooner?
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#6
Posted: 4/6/10 at 2:09pmand to get them out of those miserable, uncomfortable seats !
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Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#7
Posted: 4/6/10 at 8:12pmWasn't No No Nanette done in 3 acts at Encores a few years back? I kind of remember that. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#9
Posted: 4/7/10 at 7:29pmJust got a text from Withoutatrace, who's at the dress tonight, that the show is being presented in 2 acts, according to the Playbill. The song "Simple" ends act 1, and it appears (based on the song list) that act 2 is longer.
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Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#11
Posted: 4/7/10 at 7:59pmThanks ! Leave it to withoutatrace-our musical theatre moped !
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#12
Posted: 4/7/10 at 8:09pmAny news if "There's Always a Woman" is in?
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#13
Posted: 4/7/10 at 8:44pmFrom a friend on facebook, "There's Always a Woman" is not in. Pity.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#14
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:16pm
^ UGH. Seriously? How disappointing.
If they are still going to end act 1 with Simple, then they should have just done it in 3 acts. Act two is going to be extremely long. I like the licensed two act song order better than what they are doing here.
I just suddenly lost some excitement about seeing this. "There's Always a Woman" is such a GREAT song. But no wonder they aren't adding it, considering act 2 is going to be so long now.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#15
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:18pmLjay, is "There's Always a Woman" in the licensed version? I only have the published script.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#16
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:20pm^ Nope. But I assume they could have easily added it as the Carnegie Hall and Ravinia concerts did.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#17
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:22pmThose 2 concerts were on book, correct? Perhaps Murphy and Foster didn't want another number in an already stacked song list for both.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#18
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:46pmIt's an awful, misogynistic song. Also, it makes no sense for Fay. Cora, sure, but Fay, no.
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#22
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:53pm
Boo. You weren't supposed to give up!
I just don't like the song. Sue me!
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#23
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:55pm
Lol, don't you have a Take Back the Night rally to got to?
Better? 
Anyone Can Whistle in 3 Acts?#24
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:55pmHaha! It's ok. We all have different tastes. No biggie.
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