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Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:27pmI have to agree with "Someone is Waiting"... it's the musical theatre equivalent of Mambo # 5...
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Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:30pm
Sometimes I want to kill off "As Long As You're Mine" from Wicked. Sometimes..... .. ..
I wouldn't mind if "Day Off" was cut from Sunday in the Park with George.
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Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:30pmAlmost anything from Phantom of the Opera, I feel that most of that show could be cut and you would have the same plot.
When someone blunders, we say that he makes a misstep. Is it then not clear that all the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill our history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill in dancing. - Moliere
#28re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:31pmI second "So What?" in Cabaret. It has such wonderful music, but this song slows it down and isn't necessary to the plot.
Thou giveth fever.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#29re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:34pm
You can't snip "The Day Off"!
*cries*
Sorry, I'm just a little blind when it comes to Sunday in the Park With George. And that's an 8-minute song, with a whole lot of exposition to replace if you get rid of it.
#30re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:37pmI'd like to say that I like "So What" from CABARET... it's not that bad. spread the love people...
#31re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:41pmIt's not bad - nothing in that show is "bad." I just think it's the weakest song in the show.
#32re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:45pmactually, the weekest song in the show as always been "Meeskite"... that's why they cut it... but why "Don't Go" and "Why Should I Wake Up" are rarely used is beyond me.... Updated On: 8/23/04 at 11:45 PM
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
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Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:50pmSo What, sung by the great Regina Resnik in the 1988 revival, is one of the most poignant moments in the theater. Perhaps no one since has sung it with the same passion and beauty, otherwise it wouldn't be on this list.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#35re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:52pmYou're probably right. I'm going based on what I saw.
#36re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:53pmAnd how could I forget Everybody's Girl from STEEL PIER - a base, intelligence-insulting piece (which for some reason everyone in the world but me LOVED).
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#37re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/23/04 at 11:59pm
"Lonely Room" from Oklahoma! - the most boring in the show
"A Sentimental Man" from Wicked
"So What" from Cabaret
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#38re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:05amThe problem with Lonely Room is that it is an important character development piece for understanding Jud. It's less boring to me, than it is an discomforting piece...
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#39re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:09am
"The problem with Lonely Room is that it is an important character development piece for understanding Jud...."
That's true. But they could have made it more interesting with tap dancing. 
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
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Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:12am
mama look sharp- 1776
me and my baby- chicago
cinderella darling- how to succeed (thankfully cut from the revival)
conversation piece- wonderful town
the first reprise of the title song- thoroughly modern millie
your eyes- rent
something bad- wicked
mix tape-ave q
good morning baltimore (reprise)- hairspray
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
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Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:13am"Now I have Everything" from Fiddler. Hate it.
You are young, life has been kind to you. You will learn.
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
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Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:14amUh-oh.... Me and My Baby is a great little number, in my opinion. What don't you like about it?
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#43re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:15am
"That's true. But they could have made it more interesting with tap dancing."
Images of Jud's nudie pics on his walls, coming to life and tap dancing...
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Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:16am
I'm not sure what it is but "Thank Goodness" gets on my last nerve from Wicked. I'm often tempted to come in late to Act II because of it.
I could also do without "We're Okay" from Rent.
"... Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth.
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt. Still a little hard to say what's going on..." Damien Rice
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#46re: Snip snip
Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:20amkissmycookie- i've only heard the soundtrack version and it may just have to do with the fact that i cannot tolerate ann reinking's voice
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
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Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:23amjonartdesign: Oh, that's totally understandable... I was looking at the number from the viewpoint of how the choreography meshes perfectly with the song itself. I wonder if you'd like it better if you heard Ruthie Henshall do it on the London recording...?
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Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:31am
Little lamb- Gypsy
You are young, life has been kind to you. You will learn.
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
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Posted: 8/24/04 at 12:31am
i'll give it a try- after all i'm directing a local production of the show and need to stage that eventually
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
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