Great Cut Songs- Page 3
Great Cut Songs
ggersten
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/06
mamaleh
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#51Great Cut Songs
Posted: 7/30/12 at 9:21am
I love the plaintive, wistful "Sweet River," cut from 110 IN THE SHADE;and two others I initially heard on the first "Lost in Boston" CD: "Dear, Sweet Sewing Machine (FIDDLER) and "When I Went Home (PETER PAN).
I also miss "Feeling Electric," which was an exciting number in NEXT TO NORMAL at Second Stage, but cut before it moved to the Booth.
#52Great Cut Songs
Posted: 7/30/12 at 11:30am'Love, Look in My Window' from Ethel Merman's "Hello, Dolly" is such a soaring, sweeping number with moments of soft magic. The 'Ephram' monologue is perfectly placed about 3/4 of the way through. The contrast between this and 'Before the Parade Passes By', which I guess followed 'Love...' if the original song order was maintained, must have made for an even more exciting end to the 1st act.
#53Great Cut Songs
Posted: 7/31/12 at 12:31amAnyone know why Second Midnight from Into the Woods ultimately got the scrap? I remember doing a community theatre production, and it was included in both the libretto and score (but ultimately cut from that production as well). I always found it a bit strange to have First and Last Midnight without a Second.
#54Great Cut Songs
Posted: 7/31/12 at 4:31pm
I think it was simply to shorten and tighten Act I--which plays as a farce, mostly, and it was seen as not the right time for a sort of moralizing song--which Act II has several of.
Being Alive is without question the more appropriate song, but I admit to loving Happily Ever After--and it's one of those random songs that pops into my head a lot (I have no clue what that says about me). I also *love* Bang! from Night Music (Although it's odd that Sondheim thinks it didn't make it past rehearsals when I have audio of it being performed in Boston...)
JohnyBroadway
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/12
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