Question about Funny Girl (specifically Cornet Man)

So "Cornet Man" has been stuck in my head all week, and since I've never seen the show (only the movie) I've realized that I have no idea what the context of the song is.

I know it's sung after "I'm the Greatest Star" but in the movie they go to "Roller Skate Rag" and "If A Girl Isn't Pretty".

Is it the same idea as Roller Skate Rag where it's a chance to see Fanny in her first solo performance?

PS how much do you love her first "wah-wah mute" that she sings in it ?! I fall in love with her all over again every time I hear it!

This show really needs a revival. I don't want to see Lea Michele, but I'd almost put that aside just to see a production of the show in its entirety.

And if they do bring it back to Broadway, don't mess with it. Just do the show as written so we can all get a look at it.

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Jessie Mueller.

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Smaxie, thank you!!! I can't believe they didn't include that in the movie instead of "I'd Rathe Be Blue" and "Roller Skate Rag".

And 100% yes to Mueller.

I really think that the movie is good enough and captured Barbra's performance well enough that we don't need another production. It was a show written for her and she is what makes the movie good. Nobody else could do that role as well as her, so why should we get somebody else who wouldn't do it well enough? Oh, and if always crack up at the Roller Skate Rag, and I prefer it to Cornet Man

"I've never seen the stage show in its entirety. In what ways is it not worth taking a second look at it?"

What darquegk says, for starters. Act I, if you have an amazing star, can be fun. Act II falls apart with some far less entertaining numbers ("Sadie, Sadie" is merely OK, "Rat-A-Tat-Tat" is not) and some dreary-maudlin-draggy book scenes.

And I don't think I'd use the term "second look" - the show has been looked at plenty. Just because it hasn't returned to Broadway doesn't mean it hasn't been looked at a lot.

The songs are great but I think they'd really have to revise the book if they wanted it to be a hit. It's really clunky.

I doubt there ever was one original version - it wasn't finished when they began rehearsals, and changed almost daily through rehearsals and out of town previews.

I saw the original and never felt it had the look of an especially expensive show.

The original national tour did restore a little additional non-Fanny material that's not in the Broadway version or the published score. Not much, really, but enough for the producers to place a little "news" article about the restorations in the Chicago Tribune during its run there (and, I presume, in other cities). The full chorus rehearsal number in Act II (just dance, no vocal), of which the last 4 bars or so remain in the published score to launch the ensuing scene; and more of "Who Taught Her Everything She Knows?", including a little dance for the two of them.

"I have faith in a revival, but it's going to take work."

Faith Prince *is* Mrs. Brice

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Don't get me wrong, I LOVE "I'd Rather Be Blue". It's one of the only songs that I never skip listening to the soundtrack. And I love the comedy in "Roller Skate Rag". Barbra's expressions are hilarious in that bit, though I skip it all the time on the CD.

I just love the cast recording music so much more, although I wish a lot of the songs were a little faster like the soundtrack versions. And I think what they did definitely fit the film better, but there's only so much I can say since I've never seen the stage version. And I honestly don't really want to compare which ones are better because I like the music from both of them.

I'm dying to see the stage version. It's one of those things where I don't care how much work it needs, I just want to see it!

I've seen it twice, most recently this past July down in Washington State in a really fine production with a really funny Seattle based actress who could sing wonderfully taking the lead named Sarah Rose Davis. As wonderful as the production was, there was no getting around the fact that the show is somewhat disappointing. Anyone who doesn't already know the big songs off by heart is probably left wondering what the fuss is about.

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