I need info. about "Sideshow"! Please help!

My friend and I are going to competition with the song "I Will Never Leave You" from Sideshow. We love the song but we are having a VERY hard time finding a summary on the musical. We know that they are conjoined twins...but where are they conjoined?? This is very important so that we can coreograph! Also, a FULL summary of the musical would be incredibly helpful! We are somewhat confused about what is going on in the musical surrounding the song we chose! Any help is very much appreciated! If you have any ideas on coreography, we would also love to hear from you! THANKS A MILLION!

This might help you out:

http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Alley/1494/sideshow.html
http://www.prigsbee.com/Musicals/shows/sideshow.htm
http://www.curtainup.com/sideshow.html
http://www.playbill.com/features/article/64634.html

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That particular song they are re-affirming each other that they do care about each other and are their for one another even though they have had their arguments and are so different. Also...obviously...they physically cannot leave each other lol.

It's a great show.

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Tidbit about the song's placement: in the original workshop, it was sung quite early, by younger versions of the twins. It was a childhood song to bolster spirits when things were low. It was not planned as the final number. Opinion is split on its success as the denouement. I'm of the mind that it works brilliantly, poignantly, the irony of their separation being physically impossble adding to the emotion, not making it laughable. But others--like critic John Lahr--find the song's use as a summation of their symbiosis to be the ultimate comment on the show's weaknesses.

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Chris, shoshana bean has mentioned she would want to play violet with leslie kritzer as daisy.

BUT!! I just thought of how amazing shoshana and donna vivino would be as daisy and violet, respectfully. i'd pay, what is it, $110 now? Yeah, i'd pay $110 to see that pair.

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Updated On: 3/30/06 at 10:59 PM

yeah, I'd like to see it happen too, Chris. The show is awesome, and they are both powerhouses who, i think, could do justice to the songs.

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As I've said before, I think someone should revive Side Show with Shoshana Bean and Nikki René Daniels as Daisy and Violet, respectively (Shoshana is not right for Violet).

I think people would be really interested in seeing the twins played by two black girls. Of course, then you'd have to switch the races of at least Buddy and Jake, too, but we can get to that later.

Sidebar, according to IBDB, Nikki Renée got cast in Lestat: http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=402876

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Updated On: 11/14/05 at 01:09 AM

I hope you do well in the competition! Side Show is one of my favorite shows.

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