Jordan Levinson said: "MattieIce2018 said: "Some quick intermission thoughts - the show feels MUCH tighter than last year. The first 3 songs have been removed and replaced with one - the show now opens with Natalie listening to a recording of Robin Williams singing the Fígaro opera rather than Daniel performing his own version. Miranda makes a comment that Christopher “is six inches taller than last time I saw you” which is a nice little joke about the kids being older.
The Fígaro parody, That’s Daniel, and I’m Done have been replaced with a song called What’s Wrong With This Picture - it reminded me of That’s Daniel. The rap Daniel does with the puppets has been rewritten too to be about the station owner, who then walks in while he’s doing it.
They also added a short line from Andre (Daniel’s brother) about the difference between “becoming a woman” and “wearing a disguise to deceive your wife,” and Christopher now catches Daniel with his mask off instead of in the bathroom, which seems to address some of the things that people could find problematic."
WOW - the show already feels much different than the previous version! Can’t wait to see this next week!
Edited: Brad Oscar plays Daniel's brother Frank; Andre is Frank's husband (J. Harrison Ghee).
How does Daniel's freestyle rap with "Mousey" and "Ratty" now relate to Janet Lundy instead of the previous version (reading an analog clock)?"
Yes, thank you for correcting that! I was actually trying to change it in the theater but I didn't have service. Act 2 is pretty similar to how it was but the nightmare sequence has been completely rewritten. It's now You've Been Playing with Fire instead of You've Created a Monster, and it's shorter and more about Daniel trying to be with his kids. Charity has a tearaway costume from her court liason outfit now. The choreography is much better too - there's still lots of Doubtfires but the kids are themselves and the Doubtfires are keeping him from them. Leading into this is a book scene where Lydia says that "you get to spend time with us but we don't get to spend time with our dad," which helps to contextualize it a bit more. The restaurant scene is also shorter - all the projections and VO from Daniel and his brothers are cut and there's just a bunch of quick changes while the Latin song happens. Miranda's solo Let Go has been restaged as well and is much more powerful.
To go into more detail about Act 1, What's Wrong With This Picture is very similar musically to the old opening, That's Daniel. After Natalie listens to Robin Williams, they're all posing for a family portrait when Rob comes in dressed in a ridiculous outfit. While he's goofing off with the kids, he breaks the photographer's camera and the opening starts. Him getting fired from a VO job happens during an interlude in the song. Then, the birthday party transitions right into the court scene instead of a song for Miranda (Daniel and Miranda step downstage for the scene change and the line "I want a divorce" lands right as the transition to the courtroom finishes). The rap with Mousey and Ratty is just... totally different. Similar concept with the loop machine but it's basically a new song. I can't remember exactly how it went but it eventually becomes a joke about how cold Lundy is and she walks in in the middle of it. Rob also got a standing ovation for his first entrance in the Doubtfire costume.
Bonus - I could see the conductor from my seat and the "overture" is called Largo Al Doubtfirium in the score, a reference to Largo al Factotum, the opera that Robin Williams sings at the beginning of the film and is played at the top of the show.
Updated On: 10/21/21 at 11:21 PM
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