#201
Posted: 3/27/11 at 1:30am
Second visit tonight- lots of little cuts since first preview (all of which were good/needed/work, in my opinion), with rumour has it even more changes coming next week... So, for those who are interested...
First, because I know how concerned you all were about it: the Allstate joke is gone. Pretty much that whole segment of dialogue (Chloe's in the driver's seat, etc.) is gone.
All songs are still in the same order as first preview. Heroes is still listed in the Playbill, but still cut. (Yes I know they wouldn't have received new Playbills yet, just stating fact.)
Dialogue cuts/changes:
- Worst Day... dialogue has been trimmed at the end, the fixing up the apartment bit; it's practically song ends, rabbit appears, chase, Down the Rabbit Hole. (Yes, there's still soup.)
- El Gato has a new entrance, it's a whole added El Gato/Caterpillar/Alice scene there
- The dialogue when the White Knight first appears has been trimmed, all of the "which one of you is the damsel" stuff is gone, makes that scene go much faster/smoother. (Yes they're still in "knight school.")
- The awkward loud/long walk to the chair bit during The Tea Party is gone
- for those who didn't like the "Disney owns the rights" joke, there's now a second Disney joke too which you won't like either
- Lewis Carroll sings a different song leading into the scene leading into I Am My Own Invention. (I *think* there might have been some changes in the dialogue here too, not 100% on that, but his song was definitely different.)
- The dialogue between the Hatter and the Queen before Off with Their Heads has been trimmed
- there's now a bit setting up/telling us that Alice and Chloe are trapped in the dungeon, so their 'rescue' during Together makes some sense now.
- I *think* (not 100% on this) that the 'rescue' of the Hatter's soldiers (you know, the turning back the clock, changing them back to before they were brainwashed bit) has different staging, that it now goes slower/is more obvious/makes more sense than I remember it making during first preview.
I'm sure there are a lot of other cuts that I'm forgetting, but those are the ones that stood out to me, and what also stood out was how much I missed none of them, which makes me hopeful for the rumoured more changes coming.
We still don't see real-life Jack until the end, which I thought makes you lose some of the payoff of knowing that he is him during the show, but listening to the people around me tonight when real-life Jack appears maybe that's not the case.
I know, unpopular minority opinion on here, but I enjoy this show. Kate Shindle belting and being evil (her final 'Red Queen' entrance? I am obsessed with!), Carly is amazing, everyone in the cast is amazing, I love Janet Dacal starring on my stage (I know Finding Wonderland is the big finale payoff number, but her Once More I Can See is still my fav, has been since before Tampa)...I enjoy it, it makes me happy.
"...and people have to be told to stand up at the curtain call."
LOL, what? How does that even work? I saw nothing like that tonight. Stand if you want to. Don't stand if you don't want to. (Which would be a good lesson for some *actors* in some other shows to learn, certain actor in certain show that will remain nameless who made a comment *from the stage* to my sitting front row friend and me because we weren't standing during curtain call. Oh, but that is another story for another day...)
First, because I know how concerned you all were about it: the Allstate joke is gone. Pretty much that whole segment of dialogue (Chloe's in the driver's seat, etc.) is gone.
All songs are still in the same order as first preview. Heroes is still listed in the Playbill, but still cut. (Yes I know they wouldn't have received new Playbills yet, just stating fact.)
Dialogue cuts/changes:
- Worst Day... dialogue has been trimmed at the end, the fixing up the apartment bit; it's practically song ends, rabbit appears, chase, Down the Rabbit Hole. (Yes, there's still soup.)
- El Gato has a new entrance, it's a whole added El Gato/Caterpillar/Alice scene there
- The dialogue when the White Knight first appears has been trimmed, all of the "which one of you is the damsel" stuff is gone, makes that scene go much faster/smoother. (Yes they're still in "knight school.")
- The awkward loud/long walk to the chair bit during The Tea Party is gone
- for those who didn't like the "Disney owns the rights" joke, there's now a second Disney joke too which you won't like either
- Lewis Carroll sings a different song leading into the scene leading into I Am My Own Invention. (I *think* there might have been some changes in the dialogue here too, not 100% on that, but his song was definitely different.)
- The dialogue between the Hatter and the Queen before Off with Their Heads has been trimmed
- there's now a bit setting up/telling us that Alice and Chloe are trapped in the dungeon, so their 'rescue' during Together makes some sense now.
- I *think* (not 100% on this) that the 'rescue' of the Hatter's soldiers (you know, the turning back the clock, changing them back to before they were brainwashed bit) has different staging, that it now goes slower/is more obvious/makes more sense than I remember it making during first preview.
I'm sure there are a lot of other cuts that I'm forgetting, but those are the ones that stood out to me, and what also stood out was how much I missed none of them, which makes me hopeful for the rumoured more changes coming.
We still don't see real-life Jack until the end, which I thought makes you lose some of the payoff of knowing that he is him during the show, but listening to the people around me tonight when real-life Jack appears maybe that's not the case.
I know, unpopular minority opinion on here, but I enjoy this show. Kate Shindle belting and being evil (her final 'Red Queen' entrance? I am obsessed with!), Carly is amazing, everyone in the cast is amazing, I love Janet Dacal starring on my stage (I know Finding Wonderland is the big finale payoff number, but her Once More I Can See is still my fav, has been since before Tampa)...I enjoy it, it makes me happy.
"...and people have to be told to stand up at the curtain call."
LOL, what? How does that even work? I saw nothing like that tonight. Stand if you want to. Don't stand if you don't want to. (Which would be a good lesson for some *actors* in some other shows to learn, certain actor in certain show that will remain nameless who made a comment *from the stage* to my sitting front row friend and me because we weren't standing during curtain call. Oh, but that is another story for another day...)
