Numbers That You Would Love to See Cut From Classic / Big Hit Shows — Page 3

kdogg36 said: "Jarethan said: "Re By The Sea, I know that your observation is right-on...I just wish it was a better song. Again, however, over familiarity doesn’t help."

I don't think "By The Sea" is a bad song at all,but it just doesn't hang together with the rest of the score, to my ears. It sounds jarringly different to me. I wouldn't want to simply cut it, for the reasons given elsewhere in thisthread, but I wouldn't hate it if it were replaced!

For a Sondheim song I could simply do without, I'd cite "It Would Have Been Wonderful" fromA Little Night Music."

Your answer is sorta why I started this topic. To see different opinions. Obviously, a lot of people disagree with me re Little Lamb and All I Need is the Girl. On the other hand, I love It Would Have Been Wonderful and Liaisons (mentioned in another thread), because I think Sondheim's lyrics are so funny in the first case, and witty in the second. Yet, I almost included The Miller's Song, even though I like the song, because I have always felt it was pretty irrelevant to the show and it's late in the performance.