Interesting Productions of Musicals
Interesting Productions of Musicals
#1Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 1:37pm
I'll start:
About two years ago, I saw a production of FOLLIES added "It Wasn't Meant To Happen" and "All Things Bright and Beautiful" at the end, after the Loveland sequence. Sally sang "It Wasn't Meant To Happen" to Ben, who revealed that he had brought a flower for her and they sang "All Things Bright and Beautiful" together. It ended with them in the "Too Many Mornings" embrace as "Hey, Up There" is sung by the ghosts.
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Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#2Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 1:56pmWhat did Buddy and Phyllis do during that?
#2Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 2:04pmAbsolutely nothing. After the two scenes ("You bet your ass"/"It IS tomorrow") between the couples, Phyllis and Ben left and Buddy told Sally he was getting the car to go home, and he exited. Suddenly, Ben entered and Sally morosely sang "It a Wasn't Meant To Happen". Buddy and Phyllis never came back onstage. Until the added material, it was actually a really good production for a community theatre, the dancing was excellent. But the end was bizarre.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#3Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 2:24pmA production of South Pacific where they added It's A Grand Night For Singing, Happy Talk was divided between Bloody Mary, the two commanding officers and Emile and his kids, and the two commanding officers joined in on You've Got To Be Carefully Taught.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#4Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 2:38pmWasn't there an infamous production of ANNIE where it was all a dream? She woke up at the end back in the orphanage crying I believe.
#5Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 2:40pm^ I would pay good money to see that version. Sounds hilarious!!!
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#6Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 2:48pmIt was a few years back at Trinity Rep. Once Charnin (I think?) got wind of it, they had to remove the "it was all a dream" ending.
#7Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 2:56pmHaven't seen this but I'd like a Damn Yankees with a drag queen (Jynkx Monsoon!) playing Lola that gets turned back into a man for helping Joe.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8Interesting Productions of Musicals
Posted: 12/27/13 at 3:06pmThere was that version of The Sound Of Music that used a reality singing competition winner as Maria and a bunch of Broadway unknowns to fill in the lesser parts.
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