Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
#1Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/12/12 at 8:59pmWas anyone at the preview for Marry Me a Little? Specifically, I'm wondering what the revised song list is?
#2Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/12/12 at 9:20pm
They've announced that "Rainbows" will replace "Two Fairytales," "Yoo-Hoo" will replace "Pour La Sport" and "Ah, But Underneath" will replace "Uptown, Downtown".
Updated On: 10/3/12 at 09:20 PM
#2Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/12/12 at 9:21pm
NOOO! I love "Uptown-Downtown." But they're all sort of the same song.
#3Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/12/12 at 9:27pmAnyone else think PS Classics should totally record this? Just sayin'...
#4Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/12/12 at 9:28pmThey are, bt lately Ah But Underneath seems to get performed out of context more, so I kinda will miss Uptown. Actually, they're replacing three of my faves, go figure. (Sport doesn't exactly fit the theme of the revue though, I suppose, but Yoo Hoo cut from Sunday seems a random choice).
#5Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/12/12 at 9:33pm
I'll judge if Krasker and PS should record this when I see it. I think both performers are talented judging from past performances, but one never knows. There's also a recording from the original 80s production.
#6Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/12/12 at 11:21pmI'll miss "Uptown/Downtown" and "Two Fairy Tales", too. They're really excellent songs.
#7Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/12/12 at 11:38pm
Two Fairy Tales seems to highlight the theme of the revue the best, in fact, I thought... And for whatever reason, I always like how Uptown is sung by a guy (I guess Underneath will be now?)
Yeah, I have the old recording of course, and find it charming even if Sondheim was probably right that Craig Lucas wasn't the best of singers and should stick to writing (which of course he has--very well).
As for the new production, I admit I only know Tam from his longterm stint on One Life to Live (yes, another current New York stage actor I know from the soaps), where he was one of the stronger and more charismatic younger cast members (and sang pretty well in the horrific High School Musical type episode they did). I know he was in Chorus Line, but Paul doesn't exactly have a lot to do on the cast album (though he seemed good in Every Little Step)...
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#8Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 12:11am
I agree TWO FAIRY TALES was a perfect set-up for this show, and one of my favs.
And well suited for Molina and her Cello.
Wonder why they cut it?
I agree about Tam, he's super talented and cute to boot.
Updated On: 9/13/12 at 12:11 AM
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#9Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 12:28amSo, I know really nothing about this show. Is it an actual story-line? Or is just a song-cycle kind of show, or are there real book scenes? Did Sondheim create it, or did they just use his songs?
#10Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 12:31am
^I'm pretty sure there aren't any book scenes, but there is a rather detailed plot told entirely through song and action, and not dialogue. There's a very detailed synopsis on the MTI page. It's basically about two people in different apartments, alone on a Saturday night, each fantasizing about the perfect relationship, not knowing that the other is just one floor away.
http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000050
Updated On: 9/13/12 at 12:31 AM
#11Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 1:05am
I think "Uptown-Downtown" is vastly superior to "Ah, But Underneath".
*****
Uptown, she's got the Vanderbilt clans.
Downtown, she's with the sidewalk Cezannes.
Hyphenated Harriet, the nouveau from New Rochelle.
She sits at the Ritz with her splits of Mumms
And starts to pine for a stein with her Village chums,
But with a Schlitz in her mitts down at Fitzroy's Bar,
She dreams of the Ritz, oh it's so schizo.
******
Sooo good!
#12Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 1:07am
It also isn't featured in other Sondheim revues. "Ah, But Underneath" was just in Sondheim on Sondheim.
At least "Rainbows" is a curio, even though I'm not particularly a fan of it.
And "Yoo-Hoo!" is just an odd choice all around.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#13Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 1:16amSo these aren't songs culled from other Sondheim shows?
#14Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 1:32am
^No, they definitely are. A lot of the songs were cut from either Follies or A Little Night Music and a few of them, like the title song, have found their way back into their respective shows after initially being cut.
Updated On: 9/13/12 at 01:32 AM
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#15Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 1:36amOh okay. So worth seeing to hear the cut songs?
#16Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 1:51amDoes this show have a Playbill? Really curious as to what art looks like...
#17Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/13/12 at 3:48am
Ripped, it was conceived by Craig Lucas--apparently he got the idea while he was in the chorus for the original Sweeney Todd and something caused him to think about how many great, cut Sondheim songs there were (or ones like The Girls From Summer that was written for a play, etc). He asked Sondheim if he could use them, he said yes, and he put together the show. It has a theme, and the "story" (of two lonely people in adjacent apartments--though they do interact some in sorta fantasy segments) actually works surprisingly well--more than in some similar shows, though at best it could be called a song cycle--no book scenes.
Craig Lucas shortly after gave up performing to concentrate on writing (partly at Sondheim's suggestion), and of course has gone on to write works like Prelude to a Kiss, The Dying Gaul and the libretto for Light in the Piazza.
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#18Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/15/12 at 5:48pm
>bump<
anyone catch one of the previews yet?
#19Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/16/12 at 2:42amAny update on the cover art, assuming there's a playbill for this?
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#21Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/19/12 at 11:50amseriously -- how can anything sondheim be getting so little attention on *this* board???
#22Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/19/12 at 12:28pmwell, the show must be doing well. they've extended an extra week through Oct. 27 plus have added some Wednesday matinees.
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#23Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/19/12 at 2:11pm
yeah i saw that. but i also saw that the show extended due to "strong demand for tickets" ... my hunch is this is based more on the fact that it's sondheim and not strong word of mouth -- there being a paucity of the latter.
soooooo, anyone have some of that word of mouth???
Broadwayfan15
Swing Joined: 12/4/11
#24Marry Me a Little - Revised Song List? Previews?
Posted: 9/24/12 at 9:22pmI saw it last week. Definitely more of an older crowd who I don't think were wowed by the contemporary show. I enjoyed it; but left feeling a bit disappointed. The ending was abrupt. I wanted to know more about the characters. But now days later, I'm still thinking about the show, the songs are in my head; wishing I could see it again. Lauren Molina and her cello were perfect as was Jason Tam.
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