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The only other modification to the truck was that there is a block placed in the trunk with handles for the cast to hold while moving the truck, which is meant to look like a cover.

But it HAS to have a cover on the bed of the truck. That's what makes it a hardbody. Don't forget that aspect either.

Also... I'm pretty sure, without modifications, you could dance on the bed cover of a hardbody. Windshield... maybe. That is hard glass afterall. Hood cover... that would most likely need reinforcement.

Title = it's suggestive and factual. I think it works.

I remember reading this in Peter Filichia's blog a couple years ago:

"Take a look at the 44 Best Musical Tony winners that have been adapted from other sources. Start in 1949, when Kiss Me, Kate won the first Best Musical prize.

Now let’s split those 62 years in half. In the first 31 years, 19 of the 23 adaptations that won – or 82.6% -- had brand-new titles. Only Kismet, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Two Gentlemen of Verona and Sweeney Todd retained their sources’ original titles.

But in the next 31 years, only seven of the 21 winning adaptations – or 35% -- had titles that differed from their sources: Nine, Cats, Big River, Crazy for You, Passion, Rent and Monty Python’s Spamalot.

See a trend? At one time, stressing that a Broadway musical was something new was important; these days, stressing that a Broadway musical is something familiar is more important."

http://kritzerland.com/filichia1205.htm

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Swing and a miss.

bdn223, I REALLY doubt that truck was only slightly modified for the show. I have never seen a truck as rigid as that one - both the hood and the top. And I can tell you, because of safety glass, you cannot dance on the windshield like they did. A close friend of mine who is a choreographer staged many trade show car reveals. He had people dancing on cars, and there was a lot of give. One number he did had a person slide down the windshield - it shattered. The auto execs liked the number so much that they had extra windshields so they could replace it before every performance (there were 3 or 4 performances only).

I wonder is anyone here actually knows what was done to that truck. Casters - sure. Windshield, definitely. Bed support, yes. What else?

I'm probably the only one who is really interested in what they had to do to that truck to make it work for them on stage. I'm sure it started life as a real truck.

"Ghostlight Records will release an original Broadway cast recording in June 2013. "