Seattle Pippin (with rewrites) — Page 2

jasobres, it's no secret that the composer character in All That Jazz was poking fun at John Kander, not Schwartz. Some friends of Kander still shake there heads and say "What a nasty, nasty stab" when it's brought up and apparently John was really upset/offended/hurt by the "portrayal."

And on the main subject, I heard Schwartz say a few years ago "It's well known that Bob and I did not originally see eye to eye on Pippin, but in hindsight I can see that he was absolutely right in his choices." That makes me wonder why Schwartz would continue to mess with it unless it was simply to update it.

thank you michael.

but now I have to go spend $$$ to get the book.

i should have stayed out of the thread, it would have saved me money. but how could I stay away from talking about Pippin?

i desire to see Michael Arden performing it on broadway before i die.

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