Martin Guerre

It is one of my favorites. But unfortunitely it didn't even make it to Broadway. The music is beautiful and the story line is wonderful.

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I am hoping for The Pirate Queen to be a success. Rumour has it that Colm Wilkinson is slated to be in it.

Why did it not make it to Broadway? Was it not selling well on tour? Or did it just get horrible reviews?

i remember listening to a friend's CD in college, the only song i can recall with any fondness or clarity is the "sleeping all alone" number with the 3 crones.

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In 1996 when the first CD came out I had actually just finished reading the book "The Return of Martin Guerre" for a class. I told my professor that there was a now a musical of the story which he thought was funny. In class that day he began trying to come up with songs that would go along with the story.

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On Matt Bogart's CD he does a duet w/ - I'm guesing his brother, since they have the same last name - from this show, its sounds so lush and beautiful with all the orchestrations and a big full orchestra sound. I wish this show had a life after the tour. maybe if Pirate Queen is a success, it will find some life.

Loved Martin Guerre.
Saw it in London...much bigger cast that the U.S. version and much more dancing than the version in DC.
Do not understand why it will not transfer to Broadway.

I also saw the show in London in the mid 1990s and really loved it. I found the music really haunting. I'm glad this has come up now, as a prompt to get a recording

No it wasn't

The show that reached America was actually the fifth version - it went through three distinct verions in London (new songs and scenes, cut songs etc), the UK tour was a complete overhall musically and lyrically, and then the US tour swapped songs and changed lyrics again (most noticably in the act one finale)

I just wish they'd hurry up and decide which version they want to release the rights for so the show can have a new life!

I've listed the original titles followed by the new, though they're not always in the same place in the '99 score

1. Prologue - Cut
2. Working On The Land - Welcome to the Land
3. Where's The Child - The revelation
4. Martin Guerre - I'm Martin Guerre
5. Here Comes The Morning - If you still love me (not on recording)
6. Sleeping On Our Own - cut
7. When Will Someone Hear? - cut (replaced by How many tears)
8. Louison / Welcome Home - Louison (not on recording) / Cut
9. Tell Me To Go - Don't
10. Bethlehem - The holy fight
11. All I Know - The day has come / Alone (US title)
12. Entr'acte - Entr'acte (not on recording)
13. The Courtroom - The Courtroom
14. Me - Who?
15. Martin Guerre (Reprise) - I'm Martin Guerre (reprise)
16. Someone - All that I have
17. The Imposters - The imposter is here
18. The Last Witness - The final witness / The verdict
19. I Will Make You Proud - Justice will be done
20. The Madness - The burning
21. The Reckoning - The killing
22. The Land Of The Fathers - Cut

No problem - though it's a good indication of how bored I am at work at the moment!

I saw the show in 98 (twice) in London...and remember especially the stomping choreography that really captured the rural peasant feel. I remember it being a very dark show and wondering how well it'd do. Pesonally, I loved it.