WiCkEDrOcKS said: "A bit of a random question / deep cut.
I was just listening to the new West End recording and clocked that in “This Time Next Year,” the lyrics “you’ve gotta say your New Year’s resolution out loud” are cut.
Since they were alwaysin this current Broadway mounting (and they’re in tact in the OBC recording), was the line cut in the West End and then reinstated on Broadway?"
That seems to happen a lot, particularly with ALW's shows. There are cuts, alterations, in previews, during the run itself, sometimes even near the end of the run. I remember seeing The Woman in White three times and every one of them had changes (far more dramatic than the one you're mentioning here, in that case where the whole finale was changed) even a month out before it was closing.
The only alteration to this new recording that bothers me is cutting the reprise of "we don't need a crowded ballroom" that Norma sings at the end of "the Perfect Year". I happened to see a boot somewhere (!) where Nicole sang it, and I can see why dramatically they might have done it, but musically it feels too abrupt and Nicole so nailed it that it seems a shame that they did that.
Speaking of "The Perfect Year" - since Nicole and Tom are both nominated for Best Actress/Actors in this years Tony's - maybe they would perform that on the telecast instead of With One Look or As If We Never Said Goodbye?