She Loves Me, Tango Tragique

It was cut. For what reason I do not know, but it definitely wasn't in the show. It was taken out of the 2011 Roundabout concert staging as well.

The Roundabout revival version is the one available for licensing, so it's probably not there either.

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I remember reading somewhere that they removed Tango Tragique and put in the verse to Dear Friend as a sort of compromise. It was in a book on Bock and Harnick's shows, believe. It is that way in the version that is licensed now.

Tango may have been cut because Boyd Gaines had trouble singing it. It has a wide vocal range - some very low sections, some very high.

Music Theatre International licenses the Roundabout version, which has a smaller orchestration. Therefore, Tango is not included in the standard materials.

However it is kept as underscoring in the cafe scene! So at least remnants are still there!

lauren9739: The revival is the only one available to license, so yes, that is the only one being performed legally at the moment. There aren't any other differences, really. Besides a use of the 12 Days of Christmas carol being used in the Christmas scene and some key changes. The orchestrations are downsized, which is a pity the original aren't still available to rent for the groups that want the fuller sound. I was just in a production and my cast members and I always laughed at this one section the synthesizer is playing a trumpet melody line while the trumpet player is playing a second-part accompaniment behind it.

Mr. Nowack: I could be mistaken, but I think I read it in the book To Life, To Broadway: The Musical Theatre of Bock and Harnick by Philip Lambert. It's a great read with a lot of information about the music and background of She Loves Me.

Yes, the Caramoor production is what I saw. I can't find my program so I couldn't be sure that it was definitely in it. Thanks Rinaldo and OldRedHillsofHome!

That production was wonderful. I hope Santino Fontana returns to this role. He was wonderful and he has expressed how he would like to do it again.

Mr. Nowack I recall it being cut from the Bdwy revival, but - while I trust you implicitly - for some reason remember it being in the- BTW AMAZING!!!!! - 2011 Encores concert.

I remember it vividly from the OBCR - I had hoped it didn't change too much. Doesn't sound too awful but I liked the original version.

Thanks for the info..

The main song was definitely not in the 2011 Roundabout concert. The section where Amalia counts down and screams was there, however. Perhaps that's what you're remembering.

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Drednm, what you say is untrue -- see above discussions. The song had been part of all US productions since the original Broadway one. I saw it in all three productions I was lucky enough to encounter over those years. (It was not in the BBC telecast, but that was missing several songs, being heavily abridged to run 90 minutes.)

Scott Ellis (not Rob Marshall, as I misremembered in my message 2 years ago) was the first to think of eliminating it, for Roundabout in 1994, and as his version has (unfortunately to my mind) become the authorized licensed version, "Tango Tragique" is no longer in the available rental material. It's not through any fear of "shocking" anyone (what would be shocking?), but a matter of Ellis's idea of dramatic pacing etc. Those with enough clout to get access to the original materials, like Ted Sperling at Caramoor, have been able to restore it. I hope to see it, and Don Walker's wonderful original orchestrations, full restored one day.