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Sondheim on Sondheim - aka Who's turn is it to drag Barbara around stage?
#75The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 2:56pmReliable source claims that they're putting in "Me & My Town" for Kritzer.
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#76The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 3:06pm
I was wondering about what else was going to be put in for Leslie Kritzer. Saw it two Sundays ago before the changes went in last week. Hope she gets a nice big number.
I loved it and can't wait when the show is frozen. A poster above made a great point about how songs took on a different meaning and weight after hearing Sondheim's personal story, with which, admittedly, I was not familiar.
I'd listen to Barbara Cook any day and twice on Sunday over many other singers 50-60 years younger than she. She was exquisite.
#77The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 3:08pm
Reliable source claims that they're putting in "Me & My Town" for Kritzer.
That reliable source is unreliable. They're putting in a much better song for her.
#78The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 4:39pmI'd love to see her do "Getting Married Today".
#79The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 4:56pmUnless they add that into the put it into the company segment it wont work...or do A mash-up up with Vanessa
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Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#80The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 4:57pmSince its length isn't a problem for me ... if I had one dream request, it would be to give Miss Cook "Stay With Me" from WOODS. One of Sondheim's simplest but most soul-bearing songs. Its maternal heartbreak just seems so right for her, and to me, it's still the defining lyric of that show's theme.
#81The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 5:00pmTHAT would make me melt.
#82The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 5:03pmPlease tell me that the production doesn't actually refer to them as mash-ups and this is just Gleecabulary on part of our posters?
#83The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/5/10 at 5:08pmI am sorry, but I was using that term before Glee came around, and I thought it was a word before Glee was on...I am sorry.
#84The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/6/10 at 8:54pmAs of tonight, Kritzer sings "Now You Know" from MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#85The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/6/10 at 9:06pm
I told you it wasn't "Me and My Town," newintown.
Your reliable source must make things up.
#86The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/6/10 at 10:22pm
Now You Know? Good for Kritzer. It's a terrific song!
I really hope this turns into an open-ended run, rather than limited. I won't be able to get to the city until July, at the earliest.
#87The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/6/10 at 10:25pmWow, they're REALLY heavily featuring MERRILY in this show, I'd say more than any of his others musicals.
#88The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/6/10 at 10:30pmIt's probably one of the most autobiographical, as he himself admits (somewhat) in the "Opening Doors" sequence, so it makes sense that they'd pull a lot from it.
Everything in life is only for now. ~ Avenue Q
There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. ~ Rent
#89The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/6/10 at 10:46pm
And Roundabout is almost certainly doing it next season so they want to try out as much as they can.
"Now you know" is a perfect song for Kritzer!
#90The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/6/10 at 10:51pm
They feature Merrily and Follies heavily, which delights me.
Follies is the show that made me who I am, and Merrily has some of my all-time favorite lyrics. I can't wait to hear Leslie sing
I mean, socks have holes.
I mean, roads have bumps,
They make meatheads champs and nice guys chumps.
I mean, even Cream of Wheat has lumps.
And I hope they have her sing the words that Ann Morrison made so memorable even though it's just a throwaway: "Over here, hello!"
#91The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/6/10 at 11:02pm
"I mean, socks have holes.
I mean, roads have bumps,
They make meatheads champs and nice guys chumps.
I mean, even Cream of Wheat has lumps. "
Those lyrics are not in the revised (licensed) version though. I prefer the re-write. I wonder what they will use?
Updated On: 4/6/10 at 11:02 PM
#92The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/7/10 at 12:08am
You mean even Cream of Wheat was cut?
All right, now I know!
#94The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/7/10 at 12:10amOver here, hello!
#95The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/7/10 at 4:01amHas anything been added from Pacific Overtures? I enjoy the songs from Merrily so I'm glad there's more from that show, but I'd still like a nod to Pacific Overtures.
#96The person who said 'drag Barbara around stage' is an ASSHOLE
Posted: 4/7/10 at 9:17amAs of last Friday, when I saw it. It still only appeared in the Entre' Act
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