Question about Sunday in the Park with George.

I would think they did--but the DVD has the original performances on it--it's probably very similar--you might also find it in the PBS doc that was just on last night--don't know what it's called but Julie Andrews narrated it.

I remember they did the Act One Finale "Sunday."

Don't know much about the upcoming revival.

I understand that computer generated digital images are somehow involved.

Would that technology been easily available in the 1984?

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Wow, Eric. I never made the connection that Bernadette Peters was doing SONG & DANCE by the time she did that performance of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. It certainly explains why her vocals are a little raw (though the overall performance is simply brilliant).

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I'm certainly thankful for the video version of Sunday in the Park, but boy, was Mandy chewing the scenery during the taping. His performance was VERY different when that show first opened ... much more delicate. It's a shame he wasn't reigned in a little. But still, it is terrific that a filmed record of the production exists at all.

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Quasi-Thread jack, but since it's the same show...

A friend and I were discussing "Move On" last night, and I was shocked by her dislike for the song because of the incestuous undertones of Great-Grandmother quasi hitting on grandson. Did anyone else feel this way? I just took it as the whole "muse that inspired Great Grandfather inspiring him" ala "Xanadu"

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That's the album I own! i just realized I've actually never sat thru it all...

Yeah he's pretty good in Evita and largely great in Sunday--and I like him in Garden (on the cast album)--even in Wild Party, a score I love though he does go over the top in it it more or less suits the characters (his reported behaviour towards Toni on the otherhand is indefensible)--but in concert? I'd rather have my ears cut off (he's also a big part of the reason the much loved Follies in Concert recording is my LEAST fave of all four Follies)

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That recording of Chris' is SUPERB (there are a number of true gems on the Book of the Month recording--too bad it's so relatively rare)

And you're dead right BFB--however even if somehow we took that scene to be literal (no idea how, but...) I still don't really see any sort of romantic, let alone sexual, obviousness to it that could lead to any idea of incest. I dunno--believe me my head goes many weird places when I think abotu shows but I have no idea where that idea came from.

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I don't think Dot's dialogue with George in Act II is romantic - she's already moved on- and thanks him for letting her go. She's not trying to get back in his pants. That would defeat the purpose of the song.

I love Mandy on cast recordings: Wild Party, Sunday, and especially Evita. But I agree, there's something really creepy about Mandy on his CDs... that damned falsetto (which I don't mind at all in Sunday - in fact I love it).

It reminds me of the old guy on Family Guy.

"Ya like popsicles? I gotta whole freezer full of popsicles down in the cellar!"

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Eric, I forgot about THE WILD PARTY, his over-the-top scenery chewing performance goes well with Burrs who is, after all, a clown. I still can't get that much into him due to his diva behavior during the show, especially if he is mostly to blame for the fact Toni Collette has no desire to return to Broadway.
While I like Cris' version of "Finishing the Hat" (there are some great renditions in the Book-of-the-Month Club album, and some really bad ones), I still think my favorite version of that song is Neil Patrick Harris' performance on the Wall-to-Wall concert.

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Sans Patinkin, I love the taping of this show as well. And the commentary. Again, sans Patinkin.

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The novelty of Mandy's albums wore off for me after the second one. I avoided his "Sings Sondheim" album because I didn't like his "Steve & Oscar" album. There are only three minutes of good singing on it and that comes from Judy Blazer in her half of "Too Many Mornings".

Though he is very restrained in his album "Experiment", it is worth a listen. (One word about his falsetto, on "Experiment" he sings the Harry Chapin "Taxi." Mandy said that he was talking to Harry Chapin's widow about the song and she said that Harry always had trouble with the falsetto part in it. To which Mandy replied, "What falsetto part?")

About the version of "Sunday" that was done on the Tony Awards ceremony, I prefer it to the version that is on the DVD of the show. It shows you George's Mother getting her tree back. (Remember from the beginning of the show: "Nurse! Where is my tree? Someone has moved it!) It was one of my favorite moments in the number.

Also it has a bit that got removed from it. Near the end when George sings "Made of flecks of light", Dot responds with "And dark." I don't know why they changed that. It makes it seem as if she's telling him that she understands.

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Hahah, so true about the commentary. Thanks for the insight about the differences, sondheimboy2. Call me.

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